Current CAFE News
2017 July Auction
The July 22 Auction is nearly here. Be sure to be thinking about what you'd like to sell and buy. It will be held at the Urbana Civic Center, the same location as years past. All the information you need for the auction is on the Auction Information page.
Sellers, please be aware that our auction rules have changed. Seller's are no longer paid on site at the auction and must pay for purchases prior to leaving the auction. Our treasurer will do her best to get checks out in the mail to you within 1 week of the auction. Please contact us if you do not receive a check in the mail within 2 weeks of the auction.
Sellers, please use our label maker and seller's sheets. It's a piece of cake; only a web browser and PDF reader are needed. Just click on the link, type in your information, print everything on blank sheets of paper, cut out and tape your labels to your bags, then bring your items and seller's sheets to the auction. Labels are sized to be attached with packing tape.
See you at the auction!
June 3 Program - Backyard Pond Accessories
Chris Sturdyvin will give our June meeting presentation on backyard pond accessories such as waterfalls and filters. Information will also be available on creating water gardens for your yard. Chris is the owner of Chris’ Water Gardens, located just north of Homer. They provide services to all of central Illinois from the Indiana border to Bloomington, IL. Since their formation in 2000, Chris’ Water Gardens has designed, installed and/or rebuilt over 300 ponds in central Illinois. They provide services from creating ponds, pondless waterfalls, and rain collection systems to aquatic plants, accessories, pond maintenance, and predator control.
Meeting will take place Saturday, June 3, 2017, at 1125 Plant Sciences Laboratory, 1201 S. Dorner Drive, Urbana, IL 61801. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. and will remain open until 7:00. Enter through the eastern most door on the north side of the building. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
Trip to Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery, May 6
Join us Saturday, May 6, 2017 for a trip to Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery, 25410 Fish Hatchery Rd, Topeka, IL 61567. To carpool, meet at 11:30 am at the Plant Sciences Lab parking lot (our usual meeting place), 1201 S. Dorner Drive Urbana, IL. We will not be stopping for lunch on the way there, so be sure to have eaten before you leave. We plan to arrive by 2pm.
Take a sneak peak of the fish hatchery by watching 3 videos posted on YouTube by The State Journal-Register.
March Meeting
Want to know what it takes to be an aquascaping master? If so, join us for our next monthly meeting Saturday, March 4, 7:00pm.
Phil Nixon will give a presentation on the entries in the third annual Aquascaping Live! Contest sanctioned and presented by the Aquatic Gardeners Association (AGA) and sponsored by Fluval. Contestants competed in two categories (Small or Large Tank) for $3,900 dollars in prize money at Aquatic Experience, Schaumburg, IL on November 4-6, 2016. There were 22 Small Tank entries by individuals with the only requirement being the payment of an entry fee. Each participant was provided a 7.9 gallon Fluval tank. There were also ten entries in the Large Tank category as an AGA Team Invitational. These were constructed in 34 gallon Fluval tanks. We will look at the entries along with other aquascaped tanks exhibited at Aquatic Experience and discuss their design and plants.
Regulary scheduled monthly meetings are held the 1st Saturday of each month (except January and July) at 7:00pm in the Plant Sciences Laboratory, Room 1125, on the University of Illinois campus. Directions are available on our Monthly Meetings page. Meetings are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:45.
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