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Autumn at the Arboretum Oct. 13 at Klehm N By Peggy Werner ow in its 30th year, Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden will once again usher in the fall season with an annual community event, Autumn at the Arboretum, giving visitors the chance to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the season, while connecting with nature and neighbors. In celebration of everything fall, this year’s event, made possible by the Dean Alan Olson Foundation, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Fountain Garden and nearby lawn areas at the arboretum, 2715 S. Main St. Horse-drawn buggy rides, scarecrow making and face painting activities will return and there’ll be a new maze made of straw bales to challenge young kids. Adults can watch the children work their way through the obstacles. Game and activity stations will be set up throughout
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the grounds and both Pickles the Clown and Magician Brian Holt will entertain crowds. “The season itself is the highlight of the event with the changing colors and just being outside with family and
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friends,” says Executive Director Alex Mills. As people walk the paths, they’ll see seasonal signs like acorns and nuts on the ground, busy squirrels and brilliantly colored mums, bright red berries, neoncolored asters and ornamental grasses at their peak. New this year is a first annual bulb sale that will take place in the Garden Pavilion and will feature specialty varieties of tulips and daffodils. Profits will support Klehm programming. Mills says the bulbs will provide people with something unique to plant in their own gardens. Samantha Burbach, education and programming coordinator, led the process of selecting about 19 specialty varieties of tulips and daffodils. “We hope that local gardeners will enjoy picking out unique bulbs to add to
