Videos

Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula: Transplanting Seedlings to the Garden

In the third video in the Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula series, regenerative farmer and gardener Maureen Bula, co-owner of Bula's Pleasant Valley Farm near Baraboo, Wisconsin, demonstrates how she transplants seedlings to the garden, using regenerative gardening tools and techniques:

Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula: Transplanting Seedlings to the Garden

See the first video, in which Maureen explains why she uses regenerative methods for gardening and demonstrates how she plants seeds for her 2025 garden: https://youtu.be/mFLbxjn_PrY?si=MDaRYcwkIxjAQoue

See the second video, in which Maureen demonstrates how she transplants her growing seedlings to larger pots for some time in the greenhouse before being planted in her spring 2025 garden:

https://youtu.be/B3aOSIVdUpk?si=b1iW0Z6onyG2fUl8

Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm is a family-owned, regenerative farm situated amongst the Baraboo Bluffs. https://www.bulaspleasantvalleyfarm.com/

This video has been produced by Powered Up Baraboo, a non-profit that seeks to promote the practice of energy conservation, the use of renewable energy, and increase carbon sequestration through sustainable practices in green spaces in the Baraboo, Wisconsin area. https://www.poweredupbaraboo.org/

Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula - Transplanting Seedlings to Larger Pots

In this second video in the Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula series, regenerative farmer and gardener Maureen Bula, co-owner of Bula's Pleasant Valley Farm near Baraboo, Wisconsin, demonstrates how she transplants her growing seedlings to larger pots for some time in the greenhouse before being planted in her spring 2025 garden.

See the first video, in which Maureen explains why she uses regenerative methods for gardening and demonstrates how she plants seeds for her 2025 garden:

Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula - Planting Seeds in the Basement

https://youtu.be/mFLbxjn_PrY?si=Yriy4Bk1F8sAlxPD

Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm is a family-owned, regenerative farm situated amongst the Baraboo Bluffs. https://www.bulaspleasantvalleyfarm.com/

This video is sponsored by Powered Up Baraboo, a non-profit that seeks to promote the practice of energy conservation, the use of renewable energy, and increase carbon sequestration through sustainable practices in green spaces in the Baraboo, Wisconsin area.

https://www.poweredupbaraboo.org/

Native Shrubs & Trees for the Birds & Bees

The video for the program, “Shrubs and Trees for the Birds and Bees”, presented on April 23, 2025 at the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library in Baraboo, Wisconsin is now available. David Garison Stevens, Curator of the Longenecker Horticultural Gardens at the UW-Madison Arboretum, presented the program. In his presentation, Stevens describes how adding native trees and shrubs to your landscape creates a more attractive environment for birds and pollinators seeking food and shelter. This program was sponsored by Powered Up Baraboo’s Green Spaces Action Team and Four Elements Organic Herbals.

Powered Up Baraboo

Four Elements Organic Herbals

Longenecker Horticultural Gardens at the UW-Madison Arboretum

Dark Sky Baraboo

The video is now available for the presentation on October 30, 2024, in which Ariana Zimney, Education and Communication Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation, spoke at the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library in Baraboo, Wisconsin about light pollution. Her presentation, “Dark Sky Baraboo”, described the dangers light pollution presents for animals, humans, and plants, and measures we can take to limit or prevent light pollution in our own environments. This presentation was co-sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation and Powered Up Baraboo.

Powered Up Baraboo

Aldo Leopold Foundation

Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula - Planting Seeds in the Basement

Watch the video, "Regenerative Gardening with Maureen Bula - Planting Seeds in the Basement", in which regenerative farmer and gardener Maureen Bula, co-owner of Bula's Pleasant Valley Farm near Baraboo, Wisconsin, talks about the positive differences moving to regenerative practices have made in her garden as she demonstrates how she plants seeds for her spring 2025 garden. Bula’s Pleasant Valley Farm is a family-owned, regenerative farm situated amongst the Baraboo Bluffs. https://www.bulaspleasantvalleyfarm.com/

Bird Banding Demonstration in the Baraboo Arboretum

The video is now available from the May 11, 2024, program held in observance of World Migratory Bird Day in Baraboo, WI. PhD students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology set up their mist nets and research station in the Baraboo Arboretum in Baraboo to demonstrate for the public the techniques they use for studying migrating birds that pass through the South Central Wisconsin area. They explained the reasons for using these techniques, as well as the goals for studying migrating bird species.

This program was sponsored by Powered Up Baraboo and the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Many thanks are due to the students, Ashley Olah, Sathya Chandra Sagar, and Maia Persche, for coming to Baraboo to share their knowledge and passion for protecting birds with program participants. Thanks are also owed to the City of Baraboo Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department for allowing the use of the Arboretum for this event.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife

https://forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu/

Powered Up Baraboo

https://www.poweredupbaraboo.org/

Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library

https://www.csmpl.org/

Solar Energy for Your Home, Business, and Farm

On June 12, 2024 Powered Up Baraboo hosted a virtual presentation, Solar Energy for Your Home, Business, and Farm. Panel participants who have had solar arrays installed on their homes, business, and farm were on hand to discuss what led them to seek out solar installations, how they chose their installer, how they financed the project, and how their solar installation has affected their power bills. Virtual attendees also heard from the installers who made these solar wishes a reality, including how the process begins for the customer, what services the installer can provide, challenges a project might encounter, and potential financing assistance for which customers might qualify.

Through the Looking Glass: Studying and Preventing Bird-Window Collisions

Every year, a billion birds die needlessly in North America by smashing into windows of homes, businesses, and government buildings. The good news is, there are things we can all do to help!

View the video of the May 14, 2024 program, in which Brenna Marsicek, Director of Outreach for the Southwestern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Through the Looking Glass: Studying and Reducing Bird-Window Collisions. In this presentation, Ms. Marsicek describes the problem of bird-window collisions, which claim the lives of a billion birds a year in North America. The problem is especially severe during the annual fall migration. She tells about the work of the volunteer teams of bird lovers who fan out across municipalities like Madison, Wisconsin in the early morning to count the fallen birds who have crashed into windows of low and medium height buildings overnight. Based on the careful records of these volunteers, the City of Madison has been able to pass ordinances that require new construction to include bird-safe windows that dramatically reduce bird strikes. Learn how owners of existing buildings can make their windows bird-safe using relatively inexpensive products available for purchase.

This program was co-sponsored by the Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library of Baraboo (https://www.csmpl.org/) and Powered Up Baraboo (https://www.poweredupbaraboo.org/), whose educational programs for World Migratory Bird Day 2024 helped earn the City of Baraboo the designation of a Wisconsin Bird City.