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CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS AT THE GARDENS JUNE - DECEMBER, 2015 Garden Walks Join Olbrich staff for informative and Garden Design Walk A Garden Stroll with fun outdoor gardens and conservatory Monday, June 22, 5-6:30 pm Dr. Death walks. Walks occur snow, rain, or Have you ever wondered how you can Wednesday, July 15, 6:30-8 pm shine; cancellations only in the event incorporate ideas from other garden Learn about the exciting world of dangerous lightning or snow storm. spaces into your home garden? Join of common plant diseases and Dress appropriately for the weather. All Olbrich Horticulturist Samantha Peckham management. UW-Madison Plant Disease walks begin in the Visitor Center Lobby. on a walk through the outdoor gardens Diagnostic Clinic Director Brian Hudelson Advance registration required. and learn how you can borrow design (aka Dr. Death) will discuss common ideas from any garden space. She will plant diseases and show you examples Rose Garden - discuss specific tips and techniques so during this leisurely stroll through Gardens for Every Season you can recreate the design concepts and Olbrich’s outdoor gardens. Limited feel of other gardens in your own spaces. space; register early. Tuesday, June 2, 6:30-8 pm Limited space; register early. Join Olbrich Horticulturist Tony Gomez Registration Deadline: July 8 for an in-depth look at how Olbrich has Registration Deadline: June 15 31-05 $15/$12 member created and maintains the beautiful Rose 31-03 $15/$12 member Garden. This garden showcases hardy, disease-resistant shrub and climbing rose Stunning and Sustainable varieties that need much less care than Gardens Walk the majority of roses on the market today. Monday, July 13, 6:30-8 pm Unlike traditional rose gardens, Olbrich’s Join Olbrich’s Director of Horticulture Rose Garden has been designed for Jeff Epping for a walk through the displays in every season. Come see how outdoor gardens to learn about lower- you, too, can combine bulbs, annuals,

maintenance garden alternatives for Photo: Kai Stanecki perennials, vines, shrubs, and small-scale both sun and shade. He will highlight trees with a variety of roses to create a successful plantings that you can Gorgeous Gravel Gardens stunning Midwestern rose garden. Limited incorporate into your home garden Walk space; register early. -- from small- and large-scale meadows Wednesday, July 29, 6:30-8 pm Registration Deadline: May 26 to serene groundcover plantings to Green or sustainable gardens make 31-01 $15/$12 member brilliantly colored, drought-tolerant sense for many reasons - they are good perennial combinations in borders, rain for the environment and for us. Many Atwood Neighborhood gardens, and gravel gardens. With high people want beautiful gardens, but Tree Walk energy costs and reduced leisure time, don’t have the time, nor want to see sustainable gardening allows you to work precious resources like water and energy Monday, June 15, 6-8 pm in the garden less and enjoy it more! go into growing them. Join Olbrich’s Join Arborist Sean Gere, owner of Limited space; register early. Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping for Gere Tree Care, Inc., for a tree walk a walk through the outdoor gardens to in the Atwood Neighborhood. This Registration Deadline: July 6 learn about gravel gardens and how neighborhood has an amazing diversity 31-04 $15/$12 member they can easily be incorporated into of trees that generally go unnoticed. He home landscapes. He will show you will share information and tips on tree how Olbrich has replaced lawns and identification, along with information that traditional perennial beds with these will expand your appreciation for trees. sustainable gardens. Limited space; Bring a notebook. Adults and youth (ages register early. 13 and up w/ an adult); each participant pays the registration fee. Limited space; Registration Deadline: July 22 register early. 31-06 $15/$12 member Registration Deadline: June 8 31-02 $15/$12 member

3330 ATWOOD AVENUE MADISON, WI 53704 608.246.4550 www.olbrich.org Garden Walks Hydrangeas and Summer Perennial Combinations for uses ornamental native plants for their Flowering Shrubs Walk Sunny Places Walk beauty, adaptability, and sustainability. He will discuss various native plants and Thursday, July 30, 6:30-8 pm Thursday, September 3, 6-7:30 pm how you can incorporate them into your Hydrangeas, particularly the panicle Good plant combinations are the garden. Limited space; register early. types, are among the most showy key to beautiful borders. Join Olbrich and reliable flowering shrubs for Horticulturist Phillip Stutz on a walk Registration Deadline: September 3 northern climates and are a mainstay through the outdoor gardens where he 31-11 $15/$12 member of the late summer garden. Join Olbrich will discuss and show you perennial plant Horticulturist Christian Harper on a lovely combinations for sunny places. You will Backyard Foraging Lecture evening walk through Olbrich’s extensive have an opportunity to observe how the and Walk collection of hydrangeas and other later- mix of perennials with bulbs, trees, and Monday, September 14, 6:30-8:30 pm blooming shrubs, and learn how to utilize shrubs helps fill out four season borders. See page 7 for details. these beauties in your home landscape. Limited space; register early. Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: August 27 Italian Heirloom Vegetables Registration Deadline: July 23 31-09 $15/$12 member Lecture and Walk 31-07 $15/$12 member Tuesday, September 15, 6:30-8:30 pm Small Trees With Big Impact Heirloom vegetables can be tastier than Garden Design for Walk modern commercial varieties and are Plantaholics Walk Wednesday, September 9, 5:30-7 pm often regionally adapted to suit particular Tuesday, August 25, 5-6:30 pm Small-scale trees are key players in any soil and climate characteristics. Join When you drive by a plant nursery do well-designed garden for their year-round Olbrich Horticulturist Erin Presley for a you find it impossible not to go inside? beauty. Whether you’re after beautiful walk through the Herb Garden to see And then, do you find it utterly impossible flowers, fruit, bark, form or fall color, traditional Italian heirloom vegetables not to buy a plant or two, or maybe even there is a tree to fit your needs. The list growing, and then continue the ten? Do you wonder how you are going of trees is large and horticulturists are discussion with an indoor presentation to squeeze all your fabulous plants into creating and discovering new cultivars to learn growing techniques, the history the garden of your dreams? Join Olbrich and species every year. Join Olbrich’s and stories of select varieties, and recipes Horticulturist Samantha Peckham for a Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping for for you to try at home. Limited space; walk through the outdoor gardens and a walk through the outdoor gardens as register early. discussion about how you can remodel he highlights the top-performing, small- Registration Deadline: September 8 your garden into a beautiful, functional scaled ornamental trees that you can 31-12 $15/$12 member space that will reflect your personality grow in your landscape. Limited space; while showcasing ALL of your treasured register early. Olbrich’s Night Landscape plants. Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: September 2 Lighting Walk Registration Deadline: August 18 31-10 $15/$12 member Tuesday, September 15, 7:30-9 pm 31-08 $15/$12 member Join Olbrich’s Director of Horticulture Native Plants in the Jeff Epping for an after-hours walk Want the latest on class Landscape Walk through the spectacularly illuminated reminders and openings? Thursday, September 10, 6-7:30 pm outdoor gardens. Olbrich, with help from Midwest lighting expert Joel Reinders Sign up for Olbrich’s e-newsletter, “like” There is a place for native plants in and FXLuminaire, has been adding us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. every garden. Join Olbrich Horticulturist segments of lighting to the gardens since Links can be found on our website: Phillip Stutz on a walk through the 1999, when award-winning international www.olbrich.org outdoor gardens to see how Olbrich Become a member and receive a 20% discount on most education programs! Discount shown when appropriate. Please send separate checks for class registration and membership.

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2 Please check for availability after registration deadlines. Courses may still have space. Garden Walks Wellness at the Gardens landscape designer Janet Lennox Moyer Tai Chi Meditation Three-Herb Medicine Kit created Olbrich’s landscape lighting Tai Chi and Chi Kung are wellness Wednesday, August 19, 6:30-8 pm master plan. The lighting creates practices that originated hundreds of Using local, native and abundant breathtaking evening garden views that years ago in China and are widely herbs, Kathleen Wildwood, founder must be seen to be appreciated. Jeff will recommended by healthcare providers and director of Wildwood Institute, will also share ideas that you can incorporate around the world today for their health discuss the medicinal and energetic into your home landscape. Limited space; benefits. Incorporating exercise and uses of the three herbal remedies she register early. movement, meditation and stillness, music always travels with. These simple herbal Registration Deadline: September 8 and silence, this class offers a variety of preparations cover a surprising number 31-13 $15/$12 member Tai Chi and Chi Kung practices for artful of herbal actions and health conditions. integration of body, mind, breath, and You will also learn about common herbs Putting Your Garden to Bed spirit. Appropriate for adults of all ages; available at mainstream grocery stores movements are typically done standing that can work in a pinch. Samples of Tuesday, September 22, 5:30-7 pm but may be adapted for seated practices herbs discussed are provided to smell Make your garden a success by properly as well as other kinds of limitations. and taste. Limited space; register early. overwintering your perennials. Join Jody Curley, MA, Certified Heart Olbrich Horticulturists Samantha Peckham Rhythm Meditation Instructor and Tai Registration Deadline: August 12 and Tony Gomez to learn what needs to Chi Chuan teacher, will lead you during 11-03 $18/$15 member be pruned, cut back, mulched, watered, each 6-week class. Register for one or rodent-proofed, and much more. Protect more classes as a series. Limited space; Gladdening Herbs for Winter your plant investment and maximize the register early. Blues beauty of your garden throughout the Wednesday, December 2, 6:30-8:30 pm year. This class takes place outdoors as Mondays, June 1-July 6, 6-7 pm In the Middle Ages, a certain herb was a garden walk. Dress for the weather. Registration Deadline: May 25 known as “the gladdening herb” because Limited space; register early. 21-01 $60 per person it lifted one’s spirits and strengthened and/or Registration Deadline: September 15 the heart in the dark of winter. Join Mondays, July 20-August 24, 6-7 pm 31-14 $15/$12 member Kathleen Wildwood, founder and Registration Deadline: July 13 director of Wildwood Institute, as she Creating Great Gardens with 21-10 $60 per person discusses this unique herb and other safe, and/or Grasses and Sedges Walk effective herbal remedies for the winter Mondays, Sept. 14-October 19, 6-7 pm blues. She will offer a refreshing holistic Wednesday, September 23, 5-6:30 pm Registration Deadline: September 7 view of winter depression and present Ornamental grasses and sedges are 21-19 $60 per person seven surprising ways scientists have arguably the most important component and/or discovered to naturally raise serotonin. of any great garden, whether in a Mondays, October 26-Nov. 30, 6-7 pm Herbal preparations will be available for mixed border, prairie, or gravel garden. Registration Deadline: October 19 you to taste, smell, and enjoy! Limited No other plant group has the impact 21-31 $60 per person space; register early. ornamental grasses and sedges have in gardens for the beauty they add in Meditation and Movement in Registration Deadline: November 25 almost every month of the year. Olbrich’s the Garden 11-26 $18/$15 member Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping has Thursdays, July 2-30, 6:30-8 pm incorporated a wide variety of these Appreciate Olbrich’s beauty in a Yoga plants into Olbrich’s garden design. new way - through movement and Mondays, ongoing, 5:30-6:45 pm or During this outdoor garden walk, he quiet reflection. This 5-week class Thursdays, ongoing, 7:30-8:45 am will share his experiences on the best brings together the healing powers This is a participative experiential class performing species and cultivars. He will of dance and nature. Each session for gardeners, nature enthusiasts, and also discuss how these beauties can be includes quiet group meditation, lightly- yoga students. Comfortable, loose incorporated into your gardens to create facilitated movement, time for individual fitting clothing and a portable mat are knockout displays. Limited space; register contemplation, and group reflection recommended; bring a water bottle. early. through shared movement/dance. The Instructor Jonathan A. Garber, RMT, is Registration Deadline: September 16 facilitator, Ann Wingate, MA, BC-DMT, a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher. Check 31-15 $15/$12 member DTRL, is a registered dance/movement with the instructor concerning holiday therapist from the Hancock Center weeks. This class is held outdoors and in Madison. No dance experience indoors, depending on weather. Meet in necessary. Held outdoors/indoors, the Lobby. depending on the weather. Limited $12 per session space; register early. or 9 sessions for $80/Walk-in Registration Deadline: June 25 21-08 $75 per person

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 15. 3 Classes & Workshops for Adults Designing a Culinary Herb on statuettes of young women dating designer of cold-climate backyard Garden between 1500 and 500 BCE. Using this aquaponics systems. He writes a column organic, plant-based dye you will learn for Aquaponics Survival Communities, Thursday, June 4, 6:30-8:30 pm how to use henna to create beautiful, gives presentations around Wisconsin in Lauri Lee of Herb ‘n Gardener will temporary tattoo patterns. Poonam partnership with Paradigm Gardens, and provide you with the inspiration, Rao, a local artist specializing in Indian publishes the Cold Weather Aquaponics guidelines, and information needed to handicrafts, will show you the step-by- blog. For adults and teens (ages 14 and transform a random collection of herb step process for making your own henna up); each attendee pays the registration plants into a well-designed garden. paste and creating designs. All materials fee. Bring a bag lunch. Examples of attractive and functional supplied. No prior experience needed herb gardens will be highlighted, and for this hands-on class. For adults and Registration Deadline: June 18 information on herb growing conditions youth (ages 8 and up w/ an adult); each 21-07 $110 per person and theme garden ideas will be shared. attendee pays the registration fee. Limited Handouts and an herbal sample space; register early. Do-It-Yourself Photovoltaics provided. Limited space; register early. (Solar Electric) Wednesday, June 17, 6:30-8:30 pm Registration Deadline: May 28 Sunday, July 12, 9 am-2 pm Registration Deadline: June 10 21-02 $38/$30 member Are you curious about alternative 21-05 $35/$28 member energy and want to know more about Herbal Tea Scoop: From the and/or solar panels? Join Jon Passi, educator Wednesday, July 29, 6:30-8:30 pm Garden to the Teacup and advocate for photovoltaics and Registration Deadline: July 22 sustainable technologies, and learn Thursday, June 11, 6-8:30 pm 21-12 $35/$28 member practical background information about Herb lovers will get the scoop - from solar panels, solar electricity, and various the garden to the teacup - on how to Beginning Papermaking photovoltaic systems, along with the plan, grow, harvest, dry, blend, and Workshop - Summer costs for panels and installation. Jon will brew herbal tea. Steepmaster Lauri Monday, June 22, 6-8 pm present examples of solar systems and Lee of Herb n’ Gardener will discuss Learn the basics of hand papermaking installations as he helps you plan your and demonstrate how to turn herbs that with Greg Grummer, MFA and an solar project to meet your site’s needs. you can grow in your garden into a Arnold Grummer certified papermaking He will share information that will help delightfully-flavored and healthy cup instructor. He will teach how to make you assess your site’s solar potential and of tea, along with what blends well one-of-a-kind cards, stationery, framed coordinate, finance, and implement your together to create your own signature pieces, and much more. Learn basic solar project. You will receive a do-it- blend. Handouts and an herbal sample papermaking techniques, as well as yourself manual that can be used with provided. Limited space; register early. how to embed summer botanicals into a any solar set up, plus lots of resources to Registration Deadline: June 4 finished piece of paper. Lots of botanicals take home. Bring paper, pencil, and a 21-03 $47/$38 member provided or bring your own pressed bag lunch. Limited space; register early. flowers, leaves, ferns, and more. All From the Herb Garden to the supplies included. Easy and lots of fun Registration Deadline: July 2 21-09 $81/$65 member Dinner Plate - take this class with a friend! For adults and teens (ages 13 and up w/ an adult); Sunday, June 14, 1:30-4:30 pm Flower Arranging with Have you been growing a few herbs each attendee pays the registration fee. Limited space; register early. Native Plants and How to and don’t know what to do with them Grow Them or how to expand your repertoire? Lauri Registration Deadline: June 15 Sunday, July 19, 1:30-3 pm Lee of Herb ‘n Gardener will provide 21-06 $50/$40 member you with a comprehensive herb-by-herb Many native plants are long-lasting and overview of how to choose, plant, grow, Aquaponics for Cold Weather beautiful in fresh summer bouquets and and use the top 40 culinary herbs. This can be dried for winter arrangements. Sunday, June 28, 9 am-4:30 pm Mariette Nowak, author of Birdscaping in class combines instruction with samples Learn how to build a cold-climate and handouts to help you get your herb the Midwest, will discuss some of the best aquaponics greenhouse with recycled native plants to include in your landscape garden growing and useful during its first materials that produces $4,000 of fish season. Limited space; register early. for cut flowers and foliage, including tips and greens per year and uses only on how to create beautiful indoor floral Registration Deadline: June 4 $200 of electricity in a space smaller arrangements. A variety of native plant 21-04 $47/$38 member than a bedroom. Jeremiah Robinson bouquets will be provided as inspiration. will discuss the basics of aquaponics For adults and youth (ages 14 and up The Art of Henna design, greenhouse design, fish selection w/ an adult); each attendee pays the Henna has been used in the eastern and care, water quality, heating, registration fee. Mediterranean to adorn the human body and where to find materials on the Registration Deadline: July 9 as part of social and holiday celebrations cheap. Learn hands-on with a portable 11-01 $15/$12 member since the late Bronze Age. Markings aquaponics trailer. Jeremiah Robinson consistent with Henna have been found is a professional energy engineer and

4 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults

Visiting Artist Jamie Kirkell Visiting Artist Dawn Flores Ornamental Grasses Thursday, July 23, 6:30-8:30 pm Jamie Kirkell is a studio silk artist Dawn Flores is visiting from Virginia, While standard turf grass requires from Sarasota, FL, whose work has where she teaches at the Virginia significant time and input, ornamental been exhibited worldwide. Upon Museum of Fine Arts and throughout grasses are durable, beautiful, and graduating from Ohio State University, her state. She is a Wisconsin native low-maintenance. There is a wide range he went to Java and studied Batik who studied at Edgewood College of grasses and grass relatives that offer under Indonesia’s Master Batik Artist and UW-Madison before moving to dynamic texture, color, and interest Bambang Oetoro. Prior to moving New Orleans where she attended in the garden. Mark Dwyer of Rotary to Sarasota, Jamie was a studio art Loyola University. She also studied Gardens will help you examine a variety director and artist working in New at the New York Botanical Garden, of ornamental grasses that are functional, York City with two exceptional silk receiving a certificate in Botanical Art combine well with neighboring plantings, artists whose commissioned works are & Illustration. and add aesthetic qualities to your displayed throughout the US & Europe. Watercolors from the landscape. Beginning Workshop Registration Deadline: July 16 Sunday, August 2, 10 am-4:30 pm 11-02 $15/$12 member Dawn Flores will help you build a strong foundation for getting started in watercolor. Detailed information on paper, paint, and brushes will be clearly explained and demonstrated with helpful visual aids. You’ll practice mixing colors, learn how to do basic washes, and find out about special techniques unique to watercolor. A The Art of Painting on Silk - supply list will be sent to you; bring a An Introductory Workshop bag lunch. For adults and youth (ages Wednesday & Thursday, July 22-23, 16 and up); each attendee pays the 9:30 am-4:30 pm both days registration fee. Join guest artist Jamie Kirkell for this Registration Deadline: July 23 exciting, fun, and stimulating two-day 21-13 $78/$63 member Photo: Jennifer Falkowski introductory workshop to explore design and color to paint florals on Drawing Trees Shibori and Indigo Dyeing silk. This class is taught in an open, Sunday, August 9, 10 am-4:30 pm Workshop relaxed manner and geared for Basic drawing skills are essential for Tuesday, August 18 (rain date August 25), anyone interested in exploring silk building a strong foundation from 6-8:30 pm painting. Beginning students will get a which to express yourself creatively Join Jennifer Falkowski of Rusted Thread good foundation in silk painting and in any medium. Dawn Flores will help for a hands-on exploration of making experienced artists will be able to take you learn the power of observation, patterns on fabric using Shibori methods their work to the next level. You will the importance of proportion, how of dyeing with a natural indigo vat. make three beautiful scarves, and the to establish perspective, and how Shibori is a Japanese process of tying, class will feature a scarf fashion show to build form in drawing. You’ll also folding, and clamping fabric to create at the end. A complete kit with dyes, learn about different tree species beautiful patterns when dyed. You will resist, and fixer; three silk scarves; and cultivate an appreciation for learn four different patterns and make and a wood frame provided. A supply the complexity of nature’s botanical four large coordinating indigo-dyed list of small tools (such as watercolor wonders. We’ll work directly from cloth napkins to take home. No dyeing brushes, push pins, and a pencil) will observation in the outdoor gardens experience necessary. Plan to get messy be sent to you. Bring a bag lunch. and from photographs provided by the - wear old clothes and shoes and bring Limited space; register early. instructor. Excellent for beginners and one pair of rubber gloves and a plastic a great way for experienced students Registration Deadline: July 15 bag for carrying your work home. All to hone their skills. A supply list will 21-11 $225 per person other materials provided. Class meets be sent to you; bring a bag lunch. For outdoors (rain date August 25). Adults adults and youth (ages 16 and up); and youth (ages 12 and up w/ an adult); each attendee pays the registration each attendee pays the registration fee. fee. Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: July 30 Registration Deadline: August 11 21-14 $78/$63 member 21-15 $78 per person

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 15. 5 Classes & Workshops for Adults What is Botanical Art? A Healthy Lawn for a Thursday, August 27, 6:30-8:30 pm Healthy Community Learn about the botanical art renaissance Tuesday, September 8, 6:30-8:30 pm and its impact on creating an awareness Conventional lawn weed killers of our native and endangered plants. present risks for people, pets, and the Mary Bauschelt, a director of the environment. Understanding these risks American Society of Botanical Artists, may motivate one to learn more natural will present botanical art from its early lawn care practices. Family Practice history through the work of today’s Physician Claire Gervais, MD, will contemporary artists. Samples of original discuss the specific risks of lawn care contemporary botanical art and historical pesticides followed by Horticulturist Astrid prints, books on techniques, exhibit Newenhouse, Ph.D., who will present Photo: Megan Cain catalogs, materials, and supplies will natural and organic ways to maintain a Super Easy Food Preserving be on display during this presentation. lawn. She will discuss current research Limited space; register early. information on overseeding, soil health, Thursday, August 20, 6:30-8:30 pm compost, irrigation, and weed control. Want to save money by not having to Registration Deadline: August 20 Drs. Gervais and Newenhouse will also buy expensive out-of-season vegetables? 11-06 $15/$12 member share ideas on how to encourage our Join Megan Cain, The Creative Vegetable community to adopt healthier lawn care Gardener, to learn how you can preserve Tree and Shrub Planting practices. high-quality produce throughout the Workshop harvest season with the fewest steps Tuesday, September 1 (rain date Sept. 8), Registration Deadline: September 1 possible. She will discuss the easiest and 6-7:30 pm 11-08 $15/$12 member quickest ways to put food away using Have you ever wondered if you are your basement, refrigerator, and freezer - correctly planting the trees and shrubs no canning involved! Even if you are not you get from garden centers? Many trees a gardener, you will learn how you can and shrubs do not thrive, or even survive, easily preserve purchased produce, best due to poor planting techniques. Join ways to use preserved food, and which Olbrich’s Horticulture staff Aaron Wilkie foods give you the ‘most bang for your and Mark Shimasaki to learn the proper buck.’ Limited space; register early. planting techniques. They will share tips Registration Deadline: August 13 on selecting the best plants to buy, how 11-04 $40/$32 member to prepare the root ball for planting, the correct way to dig and prepare the Maximizing Fall Color in planting hole, and post-planting care the Garden procedures that will ensure your plants Photo: Jackie Hefty have a healthy start in your garden. Most Thursday, August 27, 6:30-8:30 pm of this class takes place outdoors; dress Sewn Books: Pamphlet and While most of us appreciate fall colors for the weather. Limited space; register Stab Bindings as they appear in October, there are early. Wednesdays, September 9 & 16, certain plant selections that have been 6:30-8:30 pm both days bred for superior fall color. Mark Dwyer Registration Deadline: August 25 The pamphlet stitch is a simple of Rotary Botanical Gardens will discuss 21-16 $22/$18 member binding often used to bind chapbooks. a wide range of the most colorful woody Chapbooks are inexpensively made plants, perennials, grasses, and other Plantings for Extended booklets, originally sold by “chapmen” plants that will ensure a dynamic, colorful Autumn Interest door-to-door and village-to-village. Join succession throughout the fall season. Wednesday, September 2, 6:30-8:30 pm Jackie Hefty from Whispering Woodlands These plants will have interest in other Our gardening season shouldn’t end in for this two-day workshop and complete seasons, too, but the focus on September September! Through the careful selection several variations using pamphlet through November color transitions will and placement of plant materials, autumn and stab bindings. This workshop is a be significant and comprehensive. garden interest, color, and beauty can great foundation to your book making Registration Deadline: August 20 be extended until the snow falls and skills. Minimal supplies needed. Great 11-05 $15/$12 member beyond. Mark Dwyer of Rotary Botanical for garden journals! Some supplies Gardens will focus on a combination provided; a supply list will be sent to of the season’s latest blooming plants, you. No experience necessary. Adults superior fall color selections, and the and youth (ages 15 and up w/ an adult); incorporation of woody plants that offer each attendee pays registration fee. significant interest late in the season. Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: August 26 Registration Deadline: September 2 11-07 $15/$12 member 21-17 $81/$65 member

6 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults Introduction to Botanical Italian Heirloom Vegetables Visiting Author Ellen Zachos Watercolor Painting Lecture and Walk Ellen Zachos is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden where Sunday, September 13, 9 am-3 pm Tuesday, September 15, 6:30-8:30 pm she teaches for both Continuing Have you admired botanical art but See page 2 for details. Education and The School of questioned whether you could do it? If Professional Horticulture. She lectures so, this is the class for you. This one-day Mixed Media Collage: on a wide variety of topics at flower workshop introduces traditional botanical Fabric Papers shows, nurseries, and for horticultural art skills such as plant observation, Saturday, September 19, 1-5 pm organizations around the world. drawing, color mixing, and watercolor Collage is a creative method of collecting painting. Learn how to mix colors for a variety of materials and exploring Orchid Growing for Wimps accuracy, practice flat and graded how they might be put together into washes, and be introduced to the dry Sunday, September 13, 1:30-3 pm a new visual composition. Learn the brush technique. Join Mary Bauschelt, Ellen Zachos, author of Orchid art of collage with Jackie Hefty from a director of the American Society of Growing for Wimps, will discuss the Whispering Woodlands. Working on Botanical Artists, and learn to love plants profiles of 16 easy-to-care for orchids, light-weight muslin with a large selection and painting more in this botanical all of which can rebloom in average of materials, explore the enjoyable watercolor workshop. Beginners and household conditions. She will also collage technique. Time allows for several advanced artists are welcome. All share basic care instructions and opportunities to branch out in individual supplies provided. Bring a bag lunch. professional “tricks” to get the most directions and interpretations. Completed Limited space; register early. out of each plant. Not all orchids works may be used as a foundation for are temperamental tropicals – many Registration Deadline: September 3 further drawing and painting or in the book arts. Some materials provided; a make low-maintenance, free-blooming 21-18 $93/$75 member houseplants. Limited space; register supply list with be sent to you. Adults and early. youth (ages 15 and up w/ an adult); Visiting Author each attendee pays registration fee. Registration Deadline: September 3 Leda Meredith Limited space; register early. 11-10 $15/$12 member Leda Meredith is an instructor at the Registration Deadline: September 10 New York Botanical Garden and the 21-20 $87/$70 member Backyard Foraging Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a certified Lecture and Walk ethnobotanist, and the author of four Organic Landscape Monday, September 14, 6:30-8:30 pm books on the subjects of plants & food. When you think about hostas and Maintenance Practices daylilies, you probably focus on The Herbal Pantry Wednesday, September 23, 6:30-8 pm their appealing foliage and vibrant Tuesday, September 15, 6:30-8:30 pm Many people are interested in reducing blooms. But these perennials are Join guest author Leda Meredith to or eliminating pesticides and inorganic delicious, as well as lovely. Join Ellen learn how to make the most of your fertilizers in the landscape because Zachos, master forager and author, herb garden’s abundance, and never of concerns about water quality and and discover a surprising number again waste any fresh herbs you bring potential toxic threats to humans, of garden plants that can feed both home from the store. She will discuss pets, bees, birds, and other wildlife. body and soul. She will discuss how how to make herbal vinegars, salts One way to achieve this is by using to recognize, harvest, and prepare and oils, as well as how to freeze or organic landscape maintenance. Join tasty treats such as wintergreen dry culinary herbs so they keep their Becky Kielstrup, General Manager and sorbet, rose hip soup, and dahlia vibrant colors and aromas. Stock Horticulturist at Avant Gardening, and tuber bread from plants you already up on medicinal herbs, too, with learn about tried and true techniques for have in your Garden. This class takes homemade Echinacea tincture to ward organic landscape maintenance. She will place outdoors as a walk followed off colds and elderberry syrup to fend discuss organic lawn care, sustainable by an indoor presentation; dress for off the flu. These delicious herbal planting bed methods, native plants, the weather. For adults and youth products make great gifts, and they integrated pest management, and simple (ages 12 and up w/ an adult); each are useful pantry items that you will steps and tips on how to begin. Limited attendee pays the registration fee. want to keep on hand for your family space; register early. Limited space; register early. to use year-round. Registration Deadline: September 16 Registration Deadline: September 3 Registration Deadline: September 8 11-13 $15/$12 member 11-11 $16/$13 member 11-12 $15/$12 member

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 15. 7 Classes & Workshops for Adults Non-Adhesive Books hand towel and a produce-size plastic Warli Folk Art of India on Wednesdays, September 23 & 30, bag. All felting materials supplied. No Terracotta Pots experience necessary. For adults and 6:30-8:30 pm both days Wednesday, October 7, 6:30-8:30 pm youth (ages 13 and up w/ an adult); No adhesive, needles, or sewing either! Warli paintings are a form of Indian folk each attendee pays the registration fee. One sheet of paper can become a book art that dates back to about 300 BCE Limited space; register early. with the correct folding, creasing, and in the Neolithic Age. They depict day- cutting. (Think paper dolls.) Join Jackie Registration Deadline: September 17 to-day activities, customs, and beliefs of Hefty from Whispering Woodlands for 21-23 $60/$48 member the different tribes - similar to pre-historic this two-day workshop and explore cave paintings. Today, Warli paintings the possibilities of meandering books, Stirring the Crock: are depicted in modern and decorative accordion books with folded paper Fermentation Basics and styles. Poonam Rao, a local artist covers, and a pocket accordion. Bring Beyond Workshop specializing in Indian handicrafts, will some decorative papers, if you’d like. discuss the history and patterns of Warli You will also make a few of your own Tuesday, September 29, 6:30-8:30 pm folk art and show you how to make your papers. Some materials provided; a Fermentation is a food preservation own modern decorative paintings. You supply list with be sent to you. No technique that is fun, simple, and will go home with a completed project on experience necessary. Adults and youth nutritious. Join Linda Conroy of a terracotta pot. All materials supplied. (ages 15 and up w/ an adult); each Moonwise Herbs for this workshop that No prior experience needed. For adults attendee pays registration fee. Limited offers information as well as hands-on and youth (ages 12 and up w/ an adult); space; register early. experience transforming vegetables, fruit, each attendee pays the registration fee. other food items into delicious, healthy, Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: September 16 nutrient-dense food that can be put up 21-21 $81/$65 member for use throughout the year. You will be Registration Deadline: September 30 amazed at the taste and simplicity. You 21-25 $40/$32 member Beginning Papermaking will go home with resources, tips, and Workshop - Fall samples of our creations from class. All Wild Food & Wild Medicine: Thursday, September 24, 6-8 pm supplies provided. Whether you have Focus on Fall Roots Learn the basics of hand papermaking been fermenting for awhile or are new Thursday, October 8, 6:30-8:30 pm with Greg Grummer, MFA and an to it, you will learn useful ‘tricks of the Join Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs Arnold Grummer certified papermaking trade.’ Limited space; register early. for this fun and inspiring exploration instructor. He will teach how to make Registration Deadline: September 22 of foraging and preparing roots for one-of-a-kind cards, stationery, framed 21-24 $43/$35 member food and medicine. We will work with pieces, a Halloween mini-lantern, and dandelion, burdock, elecampane, and much more. Learn basic papermaking other roots and prepare them through techniques, as well as how to embed pickling, tinctures, and drying, as well fall leaves and other botanicals into a as grinding them for food, beverages, finished piece of paper. Lots of botanicals and medicine. You will go home with provided or bring your own pressed resources, tips, and some samples of flowers, leaves, ferns, and more. All our creations from class. All supplies supplies included. Easy and lots of fun provided. Limited space; register early. - take this class with a friend! For adults and teens (ages 13 and up w/ an adult); Registration Deadline: October 1 each attendee pays the registration fee. 21-26 $43/$35 member Photo: John Holzwart Limited space; register early. Saving and Storing Seeds Restoring Your Woodland to Registration Deadline: September 17 Health 21-22 $50/$40 member Tuesday, September 29, 6:30-8:30 pm This fun class will introduce you to Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-8:30 pm Wet-felted Clutch Purse the exciting world of seed saving by Would you like to restore your looking at several different plants and woodland so it can be home to birds, Sunday, September 27, 1-5 pm how to collect seeds from them. Join butterflies, bees, and wildflowers instead Explore the magic of wet-felting and seed collector John Holzwart and learn of buckthorn, garlic mustard, and create a unique clutch purse with Jan the dynamics of seed production and mosquitoes? Frank Hassler from Good Falk, artist and art instructor. You will pollination, timing, seed identification, Oak Ecological Services will discuss the learn the basics of turning loose wool cleaning, and storing. We’ll start our steps necessary to restore various types roving into a solid, durable fabric using class with a visit to the plants outside of sites, from wooded gardens to multi- warm water and soap and how to felt a to get an idea of what seeds to collect acre tracts, to stable and healthy natural 3-D object using a plastic resist. Make and how to process them. Dress for the communities. your small clutch purse uniquely yours by weather. Limited space; register early. having fun with colors, blending more Registration Deadline: October 6 than one type of wool, and then adding Registration Deadline: September 22 11-15 $15/$12 member embellishments at home. Bring an old 11-14 $25/$20 member

8 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults Gardening for Hummingbirds water pollution and flooding while dormant roots, including dahlias, cannas, Wednesday, October 14, 6:30-8:30 pm reducing groundwater recharge. elephant ears, top-grafted rose trees, and Learn how to create a sanctuary for Rain gardens, designed to capture, more. Limited space; register early. hummingbirds in your own backyard. purify, and infiltrate stormwater while increasing a sites aesthetic and habitat Registration Deadline: October 15 Through the use of perennial and annual 11-19 $38/$30 member plants, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, qualities, are an effective solution to this and hummingbird feeders, you can problem. Planted with native grasses, discover the magic and excitement of sedges, flowers, shrubs and trees, rain hummingbirds! Hummingbird enthusiasts gardens offer a variety of aesthetic Michael and Kathi Rock will discuss options suitable for any landscape. identification of the ruby-throated John Gishnock III, ecological designer hummingbird, ideal habitat, migration, and owner of Formecology, LLC, will nesting, feeding, importance of water discuss the features and benefits of rain features, and how the elements of the gardens with a special focus on design best hummingbird feeders and plants and installation techniques for do-it- can bring you up close to these special yourselfers. birds. The Rock’s hummingbird garden Registration Deadline: October 13 in Madison has been featured on WPT’s 11-17 $15/$12 member Photo: Jackie Hefty The Wisconsin Gardener and in issues of Introduction to Calligraphy the Birds and Blooms and Midwest Living Planting When the Roots are Workshop magazines. For adults and youth (ages Wrong 12 and up); each attendee pays the Saturday, October 24, 10 am-4:30 pm registration fee. Thursday, October 22, 1:30-3:30 pm Learn the art of beautiful writing We can buy almost any species and with Jackie Hefty from Whispering Registration Deadline: October 7 variety of tree and shrub today, an Woodlands. Working with pen/brush, 11-16 $15/$12 member unprecedented wide choice. Yet despite ink, and paper, you will learn the basics careful selection, when we remove the of constructing a few lettering styles. A Coptic Stitch Book Binding plants from their pots, we find most have selection of nature poems and quotations Saturday, October 17, 1-5 pm compromised root systems. Sometimes will be provided for you to hand-letter for The Coptic stitch is a non-adhesive, hand- we reject a plant even at that point, your home, as gifts, for creating unique sewn book binding method introduced but more often we implement fixes. greeting cards, and more. No previous during the fourth century A.D. in ancient We are gardening in an age when a experience necessary. Some supplies Egypt. Various forms of this stitching perfect storm of production practices provided; a supply list will be sent to you. technique have remained popular for and economic realities has created Bring a bag lunch. Limited space; register over 1,500 years and are still in use this situation. Janet Macunovich, a early. today. Join Jackie Hefty from Whispering professional gardener, author, and Woodlands and learn this intermediate educator, will explain the problem and Registration Deadline: October 15 level book binding method that will the attention it is getting at high levels. 21-28 $87/$70 member further develop and challenge your She will also share remedial methods she creative skills. This binding design opens has employed, along with the results she “Black Magic” Pastel flat which is an advantage for writing has seen over 30 years of experience. Sunday, October 25, 10 am-4 pm or drawing, or as a garden journal. Limited space; register early. Black paper can create a sense of Recommended for those who have basic mystery, drama, or mood in your work, Registration Deadline: October 15 bookmaking and sewing experience. as well as make your colors sing! You 11-18 $38/$30 member Some materials provided; a supply will explore the use of three very different black papers (supplied) for various list with be sent to you. Limited space; Admitting You’re Hooked: register early. nature-based projects. This workshop Overwintering Tender is geared for intermediate to advanced Registration Deadline: October 8 Perennials pastels students, but beginners with 21-27 $87/$70 member Thursday, October 22, 6:30-8:30 pm good drawing skills are welcome. Join This class is for the gardener who can’t Professional Artist Kay Brathol-Hostvet Rain Gardens: Designing for let go and must keep growing all year and learn how to work in hard and Function and Beauty or those who can’t compost the foliage soft pastels on black paper. All papers Tuesday, October 20, 6:30-8 pm plants, flowers, herbs, and artistic plants provided; a supply list will be sent to you. Increases in impervious surfaces due to from bonsai to topiary that can’t make it Bring a bag lunch. For adults and teens; urbanization, land use changes, and outdoors over winter. Janet Macunovich, each attendee pays the registration fee. roadway development have greatly a professional gardener, author, and Limited Space; register early. altered natural water cycles by rapidly educator, has recommendations for Registration Deadline: October 15 increasing stormwater run-off from a plants, pots, soils, lights, arrangements, 21-29 $93/$75 member typical site while minimizing on-site and care of species that can be saved as infiltration. This has led to increased

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 15. 9 Classes & Workshops for Adults Wet-felted Laminate (Nuno) looking at the overall page design. Work Variations on the Accordion Scarflette on project(s) with a personal interest with Book instructor input. Better understand the use Sunday, October 25, 1-4 pm Wednesdays, November 4 & 11, of additional mark making tools, inks, Learn the technique of laminate, or nuno, 6:30-8:30 pm both days and paints. Students are encouraged to felt in just a few hours! Jan Falk, artist Accordion books have a rich history bring a quote, poem, phrase (or two) and art instructor, will teach you how to around the world. They are made in in order to work on accomplishing a make a small decorative neck scarf with many parts of Asia, and they were the favorite lettering style. This may be the wool, upcycled silk prints, and some book form of the Aztecs and Maya in extra push needed to get you practicing muscle. You will learn how to decorate Mexico and Central America. Versatile at home. Some supplies provided; a one hand-dyed silk chiffon scarflette with and adaptable, the accordion book supply list will be sent to you. Limited wisps of merino wool, and then wet felt structure can be woven together, layered space; register early. them very gently together. The result is as a tunnel book, or made with pockets. a super-light, beautiful scarflette with Registration Deadline: October 20 Join Jackie Hefty from Whispering amazing texture! Bring an old hand 21-32 $87/$70 member Woodlands for this two-day workshop towel and a produce-sized plastic bag; and learn how to make accordion all other supplies provided. No felting books, while having fun experimenting. experience necessary. For adults and No experience necessary, and no youth (ages 13 and up); each attendee specialized tools required to continue at pays the registration fee. Limited space; home. Some materials provided; a supply register early. list will be sent to you. Adults and youth (ages 15 and up w/ an adult); each Registration Deadline: October 15 attendee pays registration fee. Limited

21-30 $60/$48 member Photo: Briana Frank space; register early. Bulbs for Spring Color What’s Bugging Your Tree? Registration Deadline: October 28 Tuesday, October 27, 6:30-8:30 pm Wednesday, October 28, 6:30-8 pm 21-34 $94/$75 member As our gardens begin to wane in early Join Briana Frank, owner of Tree Health autumn and frost approaches, it is the Management, LLC, and learn about Hostas and Companion best time to plant spring-blooming bulbs common insects and disease issues Plants for the following year. There are many affecting trees in Wisconsin, and what Thursday, November 5, 6:30-8 pm wonderful options for using fall-planted to do to mitigate damage and improve Dane County UWEX Horticulture bulbs in the garden to provide exciting tree health. She will help you understand Educator Lisa Johnson will discuss some color throughout spring. Mark Dwyer of Oak Wilt management, Emerald Ash of the hottest new hostas on the market Rotary Botanical Gardens will discuss Borer, common foliar diseases, and and companion plants that let them really a wide range of potential selections for insect problems, as well as teach you shine. Learn how to use color, texture, the home garden, along with how to how to detect these issues. Limited space; and height to get the most out of your successfully and effectively incorporate register early. shade garden. Companion plants she will bulbs to create a progression of color discuss include annuals, perennials, and Registration Deadline: October 21 from late March to late June. Proper small woody ornamental plants. selection, placement, planting methods, 11-21 $15/$12 member and other tips will be included. Registration Deadline: October 29 Decorative Winter Container 11-22 $15/$12 member Registration Deadline: October 20 Workshop 11-20 $15/$12 member Tuesday, November 3, 6:30-8:30 pm Make Your Own Henna The growing season isn’t the only time Wood Photo Frame Calligraphy: The Art of for decorative pots in the garden. With Monday, November 9, 6:30-8:30 pm Written Forms Workshop the right selection of fall fruit, dried Henna is traditionally used to decorate Tuesdays, October 27 & November 3, plants, and evergreens, you can enjoy human skin. It can also be used to 6:30-8:30 pm both days your arrangement during the holiday decorate a variety of objects. The stain This two-day class is designed as a season and all through the winter months. is effective on all natural surfaces and refresher or follow-up for individuals Join Olbrich’s Director of Horticulture it will not fade or disappear, so it is a with a foundation in the tools and Jeff Epping and Horticulturist Samara great way to preserve your creative approaches to calligraphy. More than Eisner to create one unique and beautiful designs. Using this ancient decorative practicing the alphabet or the quick decorative winter container using plant and symbolic art form from India, you brown fox..., continue to develop your materials from Olbrich’s gardens to will gain an understanding of the history skills with Jackie Hefty from Whispering take home. All plant materials, outdoor and symbolism of henna patterns, as Woodlands. Working with pen/brush, display container, and supplies provided. well as learn how to use henna to create ink, and paper, you will explore letter Limited space; register early. your own beautiful designs on a wood formation, applying letter spacing and photo frame. Poonam Rao, a local artist Registration Deadline: October 27 word spacing considerations, as well as specializing in Indian handicrafts, will 21-33 $73/$59 member

10 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults show you the step-by-step process for Herbal Infused Oils, Salves, Vernacular Gardens making your own henna paste and and Lotions Thursday, November 19, 6:30-8 pm creating designs. You will go home Saturday, November 14, 1-5 pm The gardens of the rich and famous with one small Henna-designed photo Join Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs have been well-documented in the frame. All materials supplied. No prior for this fun, experiential class and learn pages of many coffee table gardening experience needed. For adults and youth how to make herbal-infused oils with books, but there has been scant (ages 12 and up w/ an adult); each plants from your garden and other simple coverage of the gardens of everyday attendee pays the registration fee. Limited ingredients. After making infused oils, folk: vernacular gardens. Liza Lightfoot, space; register early. you will learn how to transform them into Landscape Architect and Owner Registration Deadline: November 2 salves and lotions. Linda will discuss a of Avant Gardening, will highlight 21-35 $43/$35 member wide spectrum of plants and the qualities these often overlooked gems that are they lend to salves and lotions. You will usually developed on a shoestring Make Your Own Handmade take home an infused oil, a salve, and budget and not necessarily designed Paper Lampshade a lotion sample that are made in class, by professionals, but are splendid in as well as recipes to use at home. All their creativity. She will also discuss the Tuesday, November 10, 6-8 pm supplies provided. Limited space; register historical roots of the vernacular garden, Turn wastepaper into handmade paper early. along with the community-held beliefs and create a ‘green’ lampshade! Learn about gardening aesthetics and utility. the basic techniques of handmade Registration Deadline: November 5 Limited space; register early. papermaking, and then complete one 21-38 $43/$35 member bedside lampshade with handmade Registration Deadline: November 12 paper. Greg Grummer, MFA and an Gardens of Stone 11-24 $15/$12 member Arnold Grummer certified papermaking Tuesday, November 17, 6:30-8 pm instructor, will provide sample options for Interested in stone landscape features? Evergreen Holiday Wreaths your lampshade, or a starting point for Join John Gishnock III, ecological With Natural Materials your own idea. All supplies included; you designer and owner of Formecology, Workshop will leave class with one bedside lamp LLC, and explore the exciting world of Thursday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 pm and shade plated with your handmade stonework. He will show you how simple Evergreen holiday wreaths smell paper - a beautiful accent for any room! materials and layout choices can help wonderful and add charm to your For adults, youth (ages 8 and up w/ an your natural stone landscape features winter decorating scheme. Join Olbrich adult), and teens; each attendee pays the go beyond function to truly express Horticulturists Samantha Peckham and registration fee. Limited space; register the essence of the landscape. Through Samara Eisner to learn how to decorate early. numerous examples, he will focus on the your own unique wreath with natural Registration Deadline: November 3 use of local landscape materials and materials from Olbrich’s gardens. Fresh 21-36 $50/$40 member cover the aspects of natural stonework, evergreen wreath, plant materials, and including the different functional, other supplies provided to make one Coiled Basketry: aesthetic, and emotional uses. holiday wreath. Limited space; register early. Pine Needles, Sweet Grass, Registration Deadline: November 10 and Broom Corn 11-23 $15/$12 member Registration Deadline: November 25 Saturday, November 14, 10 am-5 pm 21-40 $71/$57 member Spend a fun day learning the art of Notecard Gift Box coiling to make a small basket using Wednesday, November 18, 6:30-8 pm Successfully Grow Apples various natural materials. Explore Learn how to construct a three- and Pears creative possibilities of this ancient dimensional folder designed to store Tuesday, December 8, 6:30-8:30 pm art form as you design and complete eight A2-size notecards with envelopes. Apple and pear trees require patience, your own basket. John Holzwart will Tricia Morris, founder and owner of Club knowledge, and skill to grow well. Dane guide you on how to start and sew a Scrap, Inc., will help you complete this County UWEX Horticulture Educator Lisa basket. You will explore various stitching project with a ribbon closure and an Johnson will discuss how to select, grow, techniques, as well as approaches interior pocket to hold postage stamps. prune, and train your apple and pear to incorporating other materials into Makes a great gift! All supplies provided. trees. She will share some organic pest the design. This class is for all levels. Limited space; register early. and disease management techniques and Bring a bag lunch, small pair of sharp help you find the resources needed to scissors, thimble, and reading glasses (if Registration Deadline: November 11 21-39 $37/$30 member answer your questions for successful fruit needed for close work); all other supplies tree growing in Wisconsin. provided. Limited space; register early. Registration Deadline: December 1 Registration Deadline: November 5 11-27 $15/$12 member 21-37 $56/$45 member

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Piano Hinge Book Join the Book Discussion Family classes are designed so adults Tuesday, December 8, 6:30-8 pm Group at Olbrich! and children can explore together. Join Tricia Morris, founder and owner Join fellow garden enthusiasts and book Children must be accompanied by of Club Scrap, Inc., and complete a lovers as we discuss fiction and non- an adult; limit two age-appropriate handmade, 12-page mini-book -- no fiction books about plants, gardens, children per adult; adult attends free. trimming, scoring, or measuring required! nature, and the environment. The Olbrich Advance registration required. Dress It features a piano-hinge style binding Gardens Book Club is a book discussion for the activity and weather. Classes fill and is the perfect size to store and group hosted by Olbrich’s Schumacher quickly; register early! display 4”x6” garden photographs and Library staff where readers come together field notes. All supplies provided. Limited to discuss a book and share in the Toddler Story & Stroll: space; register early. reading experience. The discussions are free and open to the public. Participants Stories in the Garden with Registration Deadline: December 1 will need to read the selected book prior Kevin Henkes Books 21-41 $37/$30 member to the discussion. Learn and play with your youngster in Drawing: The Next Step Books are not supplied, but a copy this fun, hands-on series that focuses will be available in the Schumacher on books written by local author and Sat., December 12, 9:30 am-4:30 pm illustrator Kevin Henkes. Classes include Build upon your basic drawing skills Library for check-out. Members of the Olbrich Botanical Society enjoy lending a story, a stroll through the outdoor and gain more pleasure in the drawing gardens, and theme-related activities process during this one-day workshop. privileges. For adults and youth (ages 16 and up). Online registration is not designed for you and your preschooler to Professional Artist Kay Brathol-Hostvet spend quality time together. Sign up for will help you focus on learning to see available for the Book Club discussion groups; please register by phone or mail. one class or the entire series. Ages 2-4 and measure accurately while using time- with an adult. honored, traditional drawing techniques. Limited space; register early. You will also do some exercises that help Book: The Seed Underground Birds you loosen up a bit for a more gestural by Janisse Ray Tuesday, June 16, 10-11 am approach to drawing. We will work Sunday, September 13, 1:30-3:30 pm Registration Deadline: June 9 in pencil, pen, and charcoal. Some Registration Deadline: September 3 51-01 $9/$7 member materials provided; a supply list will 11-09 free be sent to you. Bring a bag lunch. For My Garden adults and teens; each attendee pays the Book: Our Life in Gardens Tuesday, June 23, 10-11 am registration fee. Limited space; register by Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd Registration Deadline: June 16 early. Sunday, November 22, 1:30-3:30 pm 51-02 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: November 12 Registration Deadline: December 3 11-25 free A Good Day 21-42 $91/$73 member Tuesday, June 30, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: June 23 Herbal Gift Making: Hands- 51-03 $9/$7 member on, Interactive, and Fun! Visit Olbrich’s Saturday, December 12, 1-5 pm Schumacher Library Little Sprouts Gardening: Stories in the Garden Join Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs Your Gardening Answer Service for this fun, hand-on class. You will make Play and learn with your youngster in approximately 10 herbal gift items that Open daily from 10 am to 4 pm this fun, hands-on series that focuses you can give to your friends, family, (closed holidays) on gardening and storytelling. Classes or keep for yourself. The classroom All visitors are invited to use the library. include a story, gardening fun, and will be set up in stations and you will Olbrich members may check out items. theme-related activities designed for you rotate through, making a different item Plant or Gardening Questions? and your preschooler to spend quality at each station. Everyone will make lip Call the Garden Answer Service at time together. Some classes may contain balm, body spray, felted soap, herbal (608)246-5805, email questions to tasting samples. Sign up for one class or condiments, herbal salts for foot and [email protected], the entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. bath, lotion bar, dream pillow, herbal or visit the library. Dress to get messy. tea blend, and much more! Learn about the variety of herbs offered and select Jack and the Beanstalk herbs that resonate with you. All supplies Thursday, July 2, 10-11 am provided; decorative packaging provided Registration Deadline: June 25 as well. For adults and youth (ages 8 and 51-07 $9/$7 member up w/ an adult); each attendee pays the registration fee. Limited space; register Peter Rabbit early. Thursday, July 9, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: July 2 Registration Deadline: December 3 51-08 $9/$7 member 21-43 $68/$55 member 12 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Learn + Play Together

The Little Mouse, the Red Toddler Story & Stroll: Pumpkins Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Autumn Adventures Friday, October 30, 10-11 am Hungry Bear Learn and play with your youngster in Registration Deadline: October 22 Thursday, July 16, 10-11 am this fun, hands-on series that focuses on 51-22 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: July 9 the seasonal changes of fall and early 51-09 $9/$7 member childhood basics. Classes include a story, Toddler Story & Stroll: a stroll through the outdoor gardens, and Our Amazing Earth Quiet in the Garden theme-related activities designed for you Learn and play with your youngster in Thursday, July 23, 10-11 am and your preschooler to spend quality this fun, hands-on series that focuses on Registration Deadline: July 16 time together. Sign up for one class or the Earth and its diverse habitats. Each class 51-10 $9/$7 member entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. includes a story, a stroll through the Bolz Conservatory, and theme-related activities The Little Red Hen Squirrels designed for you and your preschooler to Thursday, July 30, 10-11 am Tuesday, September 15, 10-11 am spend quality time together. Sign up for Registration Deadline: July 23 Registration Deadline: September 8 one class or the entire series. Ages 2-4 51-11 $9/$7 member 51-13 $9/$7 member with an adult. and/or Curious George and the Pizza Saturday, September 19, 10-11 am Earth Thursday, August 6, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: September 10 Tuesday, November 17, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: July 30 51-14 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: November 10 51-12 $9/$7 member 51-23 $9/$7 member Leaves Toddler Story & Stroll: Tuesday, September 22, 10-11 am Rivers Bugs in the Garden Registration Deadline: September 15 Tuesday, November 24, 10-11 am Learn and play with your youngster in 51-15 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: November 17 this fun, hands-on series that focuses and/or 51-24 $9/$7 member Saturday, September 26, 10-11 am on bugs and early childhood basics. Deserts Classes include a story, a stroll through Registration Deadline: September 17 Tuesday, December 1, 10-11 am the outdoor gardens, and theme-related 51-16 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: November 24 activities designed for you and your 51-25 $9/$7 member preschooler to spend quality time Apples Tuesday, September 29, 10-11 am and/or together. Sign up for one class or the Registration Deadline: September 22 Saturday, December 5, 10-11 am entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. 51-17 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: November 25 Butterflies and/or 51-26 $9/$7 member Saturday, October 3, 10-11 am Friday, July 24, 10-11 am Rainforests Registration Deadline: July 16 Registration Deadline: September 24 Tuesday, December 8, 10-11 am 51-04 $9/$7 member 51-18 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: December 1 Ladybugs Toddler Story & Stroll: 51-27 $9/$7 member Friday, July 31, 10-11 am Fall Fun and/or Saturday, December 12, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: July 23 Learn and play with your youngster in Registration Deadline: December 3 51-05 $9/$7 member this fun, hands-on series that focuses 51-28 $9/$7 member Bees on the fall season and early childhood basics. Classes include a story, a stroll Friday, August 7, 10-11 am Arctic through the outdoor gardens, and theme- Registration Deadline: July 30 Tuesday, December 15, 10-11 am related activities designed for you and 51-06 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: December 8 your preschooler to spend quality time 51-29 $9/$7 member together. Sign up for one class or the and/or entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. Saturday, December 19, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: December 10 Wind 51-30 $9/$7 member Friday, October 16, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: October 8 51-20 $9/$7 member Owls Friday, October 23, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: October 15 51-21 $9/$7 member

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Flower Fairies Bolz Conservatory: Olbrich Botanical Gardens is the perfect Friday, July 10, 6:30-8 pm Blooming Butterflies place to explore the wonders of nature. Join us for flower fairy fun! Learn the Girl Scouts are invited to join us for myth and lore of flower fairies, look Exhibit Classes hands-on learning programs that help for fairies in the outdoor gardens, and Breakfast for the Butterflies complete their Journeys and Badges. make your own fairy to take home. All Come to this special behind-the-scenes Programs are available throughout materials included; dress for the weather. class and help conservatory staff get the year. For more information and Grades K-5 with an adult. Limited space; ready for a busy day of Olbrich’s to schedule a program, contact the register early. Blooming Butterflies event. Work side-by- Education Department by calling (608)245-5791. Registration Deadline: July 2 side with staff as you feed the butterflies, 61-11 $15/$12 member birds, and fish in the Bolz Conservatory. You will learn where the butterflies come Plant, Water, Grow! Fireflies from and how the chrysalis cases are set up and cared for. Grades 1-5 (ages Saturday, October 17, 10-11:30 am Friday, August 14, 7-8 pm Grades: K-1 (Daisy Scouts) Join us for this fun evening class and 6-11) with an adult. Limited space; register early. $10 per scout/$0 adult/$5 additional learn about fireflies. You will discover adult what makes them glow, search for them Wednesday, July 22, 8:30-9:30 am Begin the Welcome to the Daisy Flower in the outdoor gardens, and make a Registration Deadline: July 15 Garden Journey at Olbrich Botanical firefly puppet to take home. All materials 70-40 $15/$12 member Gardens. This hands-on program included; dress for the weather. Grades provides an opportunity for Daisy Scouts Wednesday, July 29, 8:30-9:30 am K-5 with an adult. Limited space; register to discover the world of plants and Registration Deadline: July 22 early. gardening, to make connections between 70-41 $15/$12 member Registration Deadline: August 6 insects, flowers, and gardens, and to 61-13 $10/$8 member Wednesday, August 5, 8:30-9:30 am create a mini-garden to take home. Registration Deadline: July 29 Activities can be applied toward the I Wonder . . . Series 70-42 $15/$12 member Watering Can Award. The “I Wonder…” series of nighttime Register your troop or individual scout by classes combine literacy, art, and Olbrich’s Blooming calling (608)245-5791. Limited space; science to explore the natural world. Butterflies register early. Classes include a walk through Bolz Registration Deadline: October 1 Conservatory or outdoor gardens and July 15 - August 9, 10 am-4 pm daily hands-on learning activities. Sign up for Every Drop Counts Experience the magnificence of free- one or both classes. Grades K-3 with an Saturday, October 17, 12:30-2 pm adult. Limited space; register early. flying butterflies while strolling through the tropical Bolz Conservatory. Live Grades: 2-3 (Brownie Scouts) Do Mandrakes Scream? - butterflies emerge from chrysalises $10 per scout/$0 adult/$5 additional adult Harry Potter’s Plants daily in the Conservatory, including Enrich your Brownie troop’s WOW! Friday, October 2, 6:30-7:30 pm low-flyers like the playful yellow and Wonders of Water Journey at Olbrich Registration Deadline: September 24 black striped zebras and bright orange Botanical Gardens. Scouts will make 61-21 $10/$8 member julias. More than a dozen species of butterflies, native to both Wisconsin a personal connection with ways that What is a Desert? and the more tropical areas of the water is important in their lives. We will Friday, October 9, 6:30-7:30 pm southern United States can be seen at learn about the water cycle through an Registration Deadline: October 1 various times during the exhibit. interactive demonstration, create various 61-22 $10/$8 member waterways and landforms, explore ways After spotting butterflies inside the Bolz pollution impacts our lives, and more. What is a Rainforest? Conservatory, children can follow the Activities can be applied towards LOVE Friday, November 13, 6:30-7:30 pm paths through the outdoor gardens to Water Award and will prepare scouts for Registration Deadline: November 5 complete their Butterfly Passports. Find SAVE Water and SHARE Water Awards. 61-23 $10/$8 member the five stations, read fun facts, then answer a few simple questions. Fill up Register your troop or individual scout by What is the Arctic? the passport and earn one free junior calling (608)245-5791. Limited space; Friday, December 11, 6:30-7:30 pm cone from Michael’s Frozen Custard, register early. Registration Deadline: December 3 valid at the Atwood Ave location. Registration Deadline: October 1 61-24 $10/$8 member Admission $7 Adults $3 Children (ages 3-12 years) Free to Olbrich Botanical Society members & Children ages 2 and under

14 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Register early. Class sizes are limited!

How to Register Telephone Cancellations & Refunds Pre-registration required for all classes and Register by telephone 10 am – 4 pm by Class registrants who cancel 7 or more programs except where noted. Registration calling (608)246-4550. To expedite your days prior to the class are subject to a deadlines are one week before classes call, have your MasterCard or Visa number 20% processing fee (minimum of $5). except where noted. Register early; class ready along with your class selections. Cancellations less than 7 days notice are sizes are limited. Classes may be cancelled In Person non-refundable; please consider your due to low enrollment. In-person registrations are accepted payment a donation to the Gardens. Refunds are not given for missed classes. Walk-in registration may be available if 10 am – 4 pm weekdays at the Greeter’s space and supplies allow. Call (608)246- Desk, located in the Visitor Center Lobby. Classes cancelled by Olbrich due to low 4550 for availability if the pre-registration Submit completed registration form with enrollment or hazardous weather conditions deadline has passed. check made payable to Olbrich Botanical are fully refunded automatically. You will be Gardens or with credit card information. notified by telephone as early as possible If using your Olbrich volunteer benefit card, Online if a program is cancelled. Olbrich is not you must pre-register for applicable classes. Online class registration is available 24 responsible for lack of notification if you do Register by: hours a day, 7 days a week. Use WebTrac not have an answering service. to view class offerings, check space Mail availability, and register using a credit Inclement Weather Mail completed registration form with card at: https://www.cityofmadison.com/ In cases of inclement weather, call check made payable to Olbrich Botanical olbrich/vsiwebtrac.html, or visit Olbrich’s (608)246-4550 to check the status of the Gardens or with credit card information to: website www.olbrich.org for a link. class. Olbrich Botanical Gardens Education Registrar Payment Food & Beverage 3330 Atwood Avenue Full payment is due at time of registration Olbrich does not have food available for Madison, WI 53704 using check, cash, MasterCard, or Visa. purchase. Beverages are available in the Fax Growing Gifts Shop. Unless otherwise Fax completed registration form with credit stated, please bring your own snack or card information to: bag lunch to classes that occur through lunchtime. Education Registrar (608)246-4719 Registration Please make copies of this form, download from www.olbrich.org or contact Olbrich for forms for each additional registrant.

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Youth Classes Advance registration required. Atwood Neighborhood Tree Walk Non-Adhesive Books Young Writers Summer Camp See page 1 for details. See page 8 for details. at Olbrich (grades 3-8) The Art of Henna Beginning Papermaking Workshop - Fall Tues.-Fri., Aug. 4-7, 9 am-2 pm See page 4 for details. See page 8 for details. or Mon.-Thurs., Aug.10-13, 9 am-2 pm Beginning Papermaking Workshop - Wet-felted Clutch Purse Summer See page 8 for details. High School Writers Camp See page 4 for details. Warli Folk Art of India on Terracotta Pots at Olbrich (grades 9-12) Aquaponics for Cold Weather See page 8 for details. Tues.-Fri., Aug. 4-7, 9 am-2 pm See page 4 for details. Gardening for Hummingbirds The Greater Madison Writing Project, Flower Arranging with Native Plants and See page 9 for details. in partnership with Olbrich Botanical How to Grow Them Gardens, is sponsoring camps for See page 4 for details. “Black Magic” Pastel young writers. Young writers use See page 9 for details. Olbrich’s gardens and conservatory Watercolors from the Beginning as inspiration for writing. Through Workshop Wet-felted Laminate (Nuno) Scarflette See page 10 for details. brainstorming, drafting, revising, and See page 5 for details. editing, led by experienced teachers Drawing Trees Variations on the Accordion Book and working with peers, participants See page 5 for details. See page 10 for details. produce a finished piece of writing that is then published. Shibori and Indigo Dyeing Workshop Make Your Own Henna Wood Photo See page 5 for details. Frame Writers share their favorite pieces of See page 10 for details. writing from the week with their families Sewn Books: Pamphlet and Stab Bindings during an evening celebration on the Make Your Own Handmade Paper See page 6 for details. last day. Space is limited; register early. Lampshade Olbrich Book Club See page 11 for details. To register visit See page 12 for details. https://uonline.education.wisc.edu/ Drawing: The Next Step mod/coursepage/view.php?id=12688 Backyard Foraging Lecture and Walk See page 12 for details. See page 7 for details. For more information visit Herbal Gift Making: www.olbrich.org or e-mail questions to Mixed Media Collage: Fabric Papers Hands-on, Interactive, and Fun! [email protected] See page 7 for details. See page 12 for details.