Celebrate the endangered Karner Blue butterfly — and the multitude of azure shades abloom in the Oak Openings region this spring — during Blue Week from Saturday, May 11 to Sunday, May 19 (see pg 29 for more details). Events include a blue light bonfire, a butterfly hike at Kitty Todd Preserve, and a barn dance at Wheeler Farms. A highlight of the event will be the Blue Week Soiree Dinner, where Ann Arbor’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum director Bob Grese will discuss “Conservation by Design: Prairie-style Gardens Past and Present” on Friday, May 17 at 6:30pm at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. For more information or to register for an event (locations also include Olander Park and Secor Metropark), visit oakopenings.org. —AO
Feeling 'blue'
Celebrate the endangered Karner Blue butterfly — and the multitude of azure shades abloom in the Oak Openings region this spring — during Blue Week from Saturday, May 11 to Sunday, May 19 (see pg 29 for more details). Events include a blue light bonfire, a butterfly hike at Kitty Todd Preserve, and a barn dance at Wheeler Farms. A highlight of the event will be the Blue Week Soiree Dinner, where Ann Arbor’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum director Bob Grese will discuss “Conservation by Design: Prairie-style Gardens Past and Present” on Friday, May 17 at 6:30pm at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. For more information or to register for an event (locations also include Olander Park and Secor Metropark), visit oakopenings.org. —AO
