Tour water gardens on bikes

Tue July 14 2009
Posted Jul 14, 2009
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Des Moines-area businesses are selling tickets for a Saturday water garden tour. Eight spots in Slater, Ames and Boone will be part of the event, which is sponsored by the Central Iowa Water Garden Club and runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A free seminar on pond- building, at the end of the tour, is included in the $10 ticket cost. People can participate in Bike MS: Cruise the Cornfields individually or as a team. Volunteers are also needed for this two day event! Riders will depart from the Ankeny campus at 7 a.m. and ride to Marshalltown and back. Register online at www.myMSbike.org, call 270-6337 or e- mail andria.battaglia@nmss.org. Tickets can be purchased locally at the Woodsmith Store, 10320 Hickman Road in Clive, and Earl May Nursery and Garden Center, 5910 Douglas Ave. in Des Moines. For additional information, contact Judy Anderson at 278- 0939.