@CrosbyArboretum Insect Workshop for Children

June 29, 2016
10:00 am to 12:00 pm

About this event

Children will enjoy this fun and educational entomology event led by Hancock County Extension Agent Christian Stephenson. After receiving a brief overview of insects, including why they are important to our environment, the children will go on an insect collecting expedition around the Crosby Arboretum grounds. Admission is free for children of Crosby Arboretum members and $2 for non-members’ children. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who will be admitted free. Please call the Crosby Arboretum's business office at 601-799-2311 to register for this workshop by June 26. Click the "Link" below for more information. Follow the Crosby Arboretum on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CrosbyArboretum and Twitter @CrosbyArboretum.

Details

Type
Workshop
Link
http://crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu/june-calendar
Location
Crosby Arboretum, 370 Ridge Road in Picayune (off I-59 at Exit 4)
Cost
Admission is free for children of Crosby Arboretum members and $2 for non-members’ children. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who will be admitted free.
Primary Sponsoring Organization
The Crosby Arboretum (Mississippi State University Extension Service)
Sponsoring Organization's Web Site
http://www.crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu
Contact Name
Kimberly Johnson
Contact Phone
(601) 799-2311 (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday)
Contact Email
kim.johnson@msstate.edu
Additional Information
With increasing value being placed on our natural heritage, the Crosby Arboretum in Picayune is the premier native plant conservatory in the Southeast. The arboretum was established as a living memorial to L.O. Crosby Jr. (1907-1978) and has expanded to become a resource for education in the region and the world. Today, it provides for the protection of the region's biological diversity and serves as a place for the public's enjoyment of plant species native to the Pearl River Drainage Basin of south-central Mississippi and Louisiana.