Sunday, August 21

2:00 – 4:00 PMpm

Event begins at Belwin Education Site (1553 Stagecoach Trail S., Afton, MN 55001) and ends at Tallgrass Trails (park at 15551 Division St., Lakeland, MN 55001)
Free

As part of 4Ground: Midwest Land Art Biennial, we invite you to celebrate Valley Creek, one of our region’s most pristine streams. Participants will visit a woodland that contains a significant portion of the creek and hear from local historians (Dr. Kate Thomas, Jean Huelster, and Sherri Buss) about the people who have lived alongside it. Artist Rachel Frank will lead a re-wilding ceremony that honors the creek and the land surrounding it. Angie Tillges will lead a community poem, “The Longest Poem for the Longest River and its Tributaries,” to help attendees connect personally with the natural landscape. This first part of the event will take place at the Education Site. 

Following these activities, we will move to Tallgrass Trails where David Sprecher’s “Roaming Stone” will be unveiled, followed by an artist talk at 3:30 pm.. This long-term installation will reside on Belwin’s Tallgrass Trails, honoring the history of the land and celebrating the bison and the generations of people who have traveled through this region. To learn more about “Roaming Stone,” read our blog post here.