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Outdoor garden walks occur or Great for the Autumn Book Discussion Group shine; cancellations only in the event of Garden Walk Join fellow garden enthusiasts and book dangerous lightning. All walks begin Wednesday, September 25, 5-6:30 pm lovers as we discuss fiction and non- in the Visitor Center Lobby. Advance Does your perennial garden lack interest fiction books about plants, gardens, registration required. during the autumn? Olbrich’s Director nature, and the environment. The of Jeff Epping will discuss Olbrich Gardens Book Club is a book various perennials you can use to add discussion group hosted by Olbrich’s Small Trees and Shrubs - interest and beauty to the garden in Schumacher Library staff where readers Big Impact! Walk autumn during a stroll through Olbrich’s come together to discuss a book and share in the reading experience. The Thursday, September 12, 5:30-7 pm fall gardens. Create a visually striking discussions are free and open to the Small-scale trees and shrubs are key and harmonious look for your garden public. Participants will need to read the players in any well-designed garden for using spectacular color, texture, height, selected book prior to the discussion. their year-round beauty and structure. and bloom! Dress for the weather. Books are not supplied, but a copy Whether you’re after beautiful flowers, Limited space; register early. will be available in the Schumacher , fruit, bark, form or fall color, Registration Deadline: September 18 Library for check-out. Members of the there is a small-scale tree or shrub 31-19 $15/$12 member Olbrich Botanical Society enjoy lending to fit your needs. Olbrich’s Director privileges. For adults and youth (ages 16 of Horticulture Jeff Epping will share and up). Space is limited; register early. information about the size, shape, growth rate and other important Book: Second Nature: A ’s characteristics of small trees and shrubs Education by Michael Pollen suitable for the Midwest. He will also Sunday, September 15, 1:30-3:30 pm discuss how to use them in your own Registration Deadline: September 5 gardens. Dress for the weather. Limited 11-42 free space; register early. Book: The Brother Registration Deadline: September 5 by Andrea Wulf 31-08 $15/$12 member Photo: Kai Stanecki Sunday, November 17, 1:30-3:30 pm Behind-the-Scenes Registration Deadline: November 7 Putting Your Garden to Bed Holiday Tour 11-43 free Tuesday, September 24, 5-6:30 pm Saturday, November 16, 1-2:30 pm Make your garden a success by properly What would be more festive than a Schumacher Library overwintering your perennials. Join guided tour and stroll through the warm Your Olbrich’s Horticulturists Samantha and green paradise of Olbrich’s tropical Peckham and Tony Gomez to learn what Answer Service , full of exotic tropical needs to be pruned, cut low, mulched, Open daily from 10 am to 4 pm plants, beautiful orchids, and hundreds rodent-proofed, and much more. Protect (closed holidays) of poinsettias? Join Conservatory your plant investment and maximize the and Wildlife Assistant Cindy Cary for For more information about gardening beauty of your perennials. This class an informative, stunning, behind-the- and plants, visit Olbrich’s Schumacher takes place outdoors as a garden walk. scenes visit to the greenhouses. Bring Library. All visitors are invited to use Dress for the weather. Limited space; your camera and questions! Meet in the the library. Olbrich members may register early. Lobby. check out items. Registration Deadline: September 17 Registration Deadline: November 7 Gardening Questions? 31-16 $15/$12 member 31-03 $15/$12 member Call the Garden Answer Service at (608)246-5805, email questions to [email protected], or visit the library to get answers to your gardening questions.

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Yogalates and spirit. Appropriate for adults of all to naturally raise serotonin. Herbal Wednesdays, September 4- December 18 ages, Tai Chi and Chi Kung movements preparations will be available for you to (No class on Nov. 27), 5:30-6:30 pm are typically done standing but may be taste, smell, and enjoy! For adults and Yogalates is a fusion between adapted for seated practices as well as youth (ages 15 and up); each attendee traditional flowing yoga poses and other kinds of limitations. Jody Curley, pays the registration fee. Limited space; more contemporary core strengthening MA, Certified Heart Rhythm Meditation register early. Pilates exercises. This 15-week class will Instructor and Tai Chi Chuan teacher, will lead you during each 6-week class. Registration Deadline: November 26 help you increase overall flexibility and 11-54 $18/$15 member strengthen your core! Use this class to Register for one or both classes as a series. Wear comfortable clothing and help you improve your posture and feel Yoga better in everyday activities. Instructor footwear that facilitates movement and Mondays, ongoing, 5:30-6:45 pm or Katie Michel, AAAI yoga certified, will balance. Limited space; register early. Thursdays, ongoing, 7:30-8:45 am help lead you to feeling great overall! Mon., September 9-October 14, 6-7 pm This is a participative experiential class Bring your own yoga or pilates mat, Registration Deadline: September 2 for gardeners, nature enthusiasts, and water bottle, and wear comfortable 21-55 $60 per person yoga students. Comfortable, loose clothing. This class is held indoors/ and/or fitting clothing and a portable mat are outdoors, weather permitting. Meet in the Mon., October 21-November 25, 6-7 pm recommended; bring a water bottle. Lobby. For adults and youth (ages 8 and Registration Deadline: October 14 Instructor Jonathan A. Garber, RMT, is up); each attendee pays the registration 21-56 $60 per person a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher. Check fee. Limited space; register early. with the instructor concerning holiday Registration Deadline: August 28 Gladdening Herbs for Winter weeks. This class is held outdoors and 21-02 $210 per person Blues indoors, depending on weather. Meet in Tuesday, December 3, 6:30-8:30 pm the Lobby. Tai Chi Meditation In the Middle Ages, a certain herb was $12 per session known as “the gladdening herb” because Tai Chi and Chi Kung are wellness or 9 sessions for $80/Walk-in practices that originated hundreds of it lifted one’s spirits and strengthened years ago in China and are widely the heart in the dark of winter. Join recommended by healthcare providers herbalist Kathleen Wildwood, founder Want the latest on class around the world today for their health and director of Wildwood Institute in reminders and openings? benefits and positive impact on daily Madison, as she discusses this unique Sign up for Olbrich’s monthly living. Incorporating exercise and herb and other safe, effective herbal e-newsletter, “like” Olbrich on movement, meditation and stillness, music remedies for the winter blues. She will Facebook, or follow Olbrich on Twitter. and silence, this class offers a variety offer a refreshing holistic view of winter Links can be found on Olbrich’s website: of Tai Chi and Chi Kung practices for depression and present seven surprising www.olbrich.org artful integration of body, mind, breath, ways that scientists have discovered

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2 Please check for availability after registration deadlines. Courses may still have space. Classes & Workshops for Adults Trees as Teachers: Studio Day to abundance in which we get them to grow Tropical Gardens of Thailand Explore Trees and Creativity in our gardens. With more and more Tuesday, September 24, 6:30-8 pm introductions of exotic species into our Sunday, September 8, 10 am-4 pm Sit back and enjoy a slide show of the landscapes, it is important to recognize Come to Olbrich Botanical Gardens lush tropical gardens of central Thailand, which ones could overtake our yards, to explore our connections with trees mountain flowers of the North, and pose a potential threat to the health and the creativity they inspire with unique Thai cultural sites throughout of our native ecosystems, and which Anne Forbes, biologist and ecologist, Thailand. In 2005 and 2007, Olbrich’s ones may even be illegal to possess in and Rebecca Power, a landscape Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping the state of Wisconsin. Kelly Kearns, photographer. Everyone is welcome to embarked on trips to some of Thailand’s Wisconsin Department of Natural join us as we explore the seasonal cycles best gardens on group tours sponsored Resources Endangered Species, and of trees through detailed observation by Olbrich Botanical Gardens. View Nisa Karimi, Wisconsin Department of and personal reflection. Using botanical, Thailand’s exotic gardens and landscape Natural Resources Forestry, will help you ecological, and cultural resources to fill through Epping’s stunning photographs identify which species to eliminate from in any gaps, we will create attractive and while learning about the fundamentals of your garden or landscape and discuss informative tree phenology, or life-cycle, Thai . some alternative species to plant instead. wheels. Your personal wheel may be For adults and youth (ages 12 and up); Registration Deadline: September 17 a satisfying work of art or an informal each attendee pays the regisration fee. visual journal that will support your 11-44 $15/$12 member continued learning and inspiration. We Registration Deadline: September 3 Travel to Thailand with will work both outdoors in the gardens 11-07 $15/$12 member and indoors. Dress for the weather; bring Olbrich in 2014! a bag lunch. All materials included. For Bulbs For Spring Color More info at www.olbrich.org adults and youth ages 16 and up. Limited Wednesday, September 11, 6:30-8:30 pm space; register early. There are so many wonderful options for Registration Deadline: August 29 including fall-planted bulbs in the garden 21-36 $124/$99 member that will provide exciting and welcomed color throughout spring. Mark Dwyer of Fall Herbal Series: , Rotary Botanical Gardens will discuss Seeds, Berries, and More! a wide range of potential selections for the home garden, along with how to Tuesdays, September 10 & 17 and successfully and effectively incorporate October 1 & 8, 6-9 pm these bulbs to create a progression of Learning about herbs of the autumn

color from late March to late June. Proper Painting: Kay Brathol-Hostvet season is fun and inspiring! Join herbalist planting methods and other tips will be and wild crafter Linda Conroy for this included as well. Introduction to Painting in series of four classes focusing on bringing the fall herbal bounty into your daily life. Registration Deadline: September 4 Soft Pastel You will be introduced to plants, along 11-03 $15/$12 member Sunday, September 29, 9:30 am-4:30 pm with their history, that promote health Many students “fall in love” with pastels and heal common minor health ailments. The Good, the Bad, and the after taking this comprehensive one- We will craft a seasonal salve, a cough Hungry - Wildlife in Your day workshop! Soft pastels are fun to syrup, a freezer poultice, infused healing Garden use, colorful, versatile, and expressive. oils, and more! You will take home Professional Artist Kay Brathol-Hostvet Wednesday, September 11, 6:30-8:30 pm items we make in each session. This is will introduce you to this fascinating dry Have you ever wondered what kind of an experiential class that includes plant painting medium through a variety of critters are living in your garden or who walks, instruction, handouts, samples, exercises on different papers, completing has been munching on your veggies and hands-on projects. A $20 materials two or three different nature-based works or ornamental plants? Join Olbrich fee will be collected on the first day of during the day. A supply list will be sent Horticulturist Samantha Peckham and class by the instructor. Limited space; to you; all papers for this introductory learn how to identify both the good register early. class provided. Bring a bag lunch. This and bad critters in your garden. After workshop is appropriate for all skill Registration Deadline: September 3 determining who is living in your garden, levels. For adults and mature teens; each 21-05 $106/$85 member she will discuss how to attract and attendee pays the registration fee. Limited promote the ‘good guys’ while deterring space; register early. The Invasive Garden and keeping out the ‘bad guys.’ Tuesday, September 10, 6:30-8:30 pm Registration Deadline: September 19 Registration Deadline: September 4 21-58 $91/$73 member Invasive species don’t always look 11-04 $15/$12 member alarming at first. The detrimental impacts of a species can be masked by beautiful flowers, fragrant blooms, or even our own excitement at the ease and

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 9. 3 Classes & Workshops for Adults Save Your Own Seeds experience necessary. For adults and also help promote the safety and welfare Tuesday, October 1, 6-9 pm youth (ages 13 and up); each attendee of every project. Join Drew W. Tedford This fun class will introduce you to the pays the registration fee. Limited space; from FXLuminaire and Joel Reinders exciting world of seed saving by looking register early. from Reinders, Inc. for an awe-inspiring at several different plants and how to presentation and night walk through Registration Deadline: September 26 the illuminated outdoor gardens. They collect seeds from them. Join instructor 21-41 $54/$44 member John Holzwart and learn the dynamics will discuss garden lighting design and mechanics for residential owners. You of seed production and pollination, The Winter Landscape timing, seed identification, cleaning, and will learn about the main components Wednesday, October 9, 6:30-8:30 pm storing. After an introduction, we’ll start of low-voltage systems, the basics and Our gardens don’t have to be bleak our evening outdoors in Olbrich Park cost comparison of energy-efficient and dreary during the winter months! along the Capital City Trail for a hands- lighting systems, the difference between Proper selection and placement of plants on collecting demonstration! Dress for the professional lighting components and with winter interest will help extend the weather. do-it-yourself kits, and creative, yet season and still provide color, texture, functional, design concepts. Class will Registration Deadline: September 24 and interest in our winter gardens. Mark occur indoors and outdoors; dress for the 11-13 $19/$15 member Dwyer of Rotary Botanical Gardens will weather. Limited space; register early. discuss a wide range of plant materials This class satisfies CEU requirements for Hardscaping and Retaining and how they can be combined to both ASLA and AIA. Walls maximize the winter appeal of form, color, and texture by using foliage, Registration Deadline: October 10 Saturday, October 5, 10 am-12 pm ornamental bark, berries, and other 11-35 $15/$12 member Hardscaping and retaining walls can winter assets. be a vital element in your backyard paradise. However, all too often these Registration Deadline: October 2 elements are ill-placed or improperly 11-32 $15/$12 member selected for a particular setting or function. Join Tim Garland from Gardens The Evening Garden by Garland to delve into hardscapes Wednesday, October 16, 6:30-8 pm and retaining walls, the structural When do you spend the most time in bones of any garden. He will discuss your garden? Beyond weekends, most design concepts, materials, styles, and working people enjoy their gardens construction techniques and review primarily during the evening hours. Photo: Greg Grummer some recent case studies highlighting the Join Horticulturist Zannah Crowe from pros and cons. Enjoy a candid look at Monches Farm for a presentation on Papermaking and improper design or contrived solutions, how to get the most out of your evening Papercasting and get some unique, unususal, and garden through plant selection, design Saturday, October 19, 1-4 pm refreshing ideas to complement your considerations, and emphasis on Learn to make paper with embedded plantings and home. Limited space; delighting the senses beyond sight. autumn leaves and other botanicals register early. with Greg Grummer, MFA and an Registration Deadline: October 9 Arnold Grummer certified papermaking Registration Deadline: September 26 11-34 $19/$15 member 11-41 $18/$15 member instructor! You will learn how to make handmade paper and embed leaves Wet-felted Laminate (Nuno) and other botanicals into your paper. Scarf This class will also feature paper casting, which involves creating paper Sunday, October 6, 9:30 am-1 pm shapes using casting molds. You will Learn the technique of laminate, or nuno, be able to make at least 3 sheets of felt without spending a whole day. You handmade paper and several paper will decorate one hand-dyed silk chiffon casts (most likely more.) No experience scarf with wisps of merino wool, and needed. Materials for papermaking and then wet felt them very gently together. Accent Lighting - Enhancing papercasting provided. For adults and The result is a super-light, beautiful scarf Landscape & Architecture youth (ages 12 and up); each attendee with amazing texture! Jan Falk, artist and with Low Voltage Lighting pays the registration fee. Limited space; art instructor, will also show you how Thursday, October 17, 6:30-8 pm register early. to extend the length of your scarf with Accent lighting is a component of pieces of yarn. Bring your favorite colors landscape design that is sometimes Registration Deadline: October 10 or choose from the instructor’s yarn. regarded as an unnecessary luxury. 21-54 $56/$45 member Participants must have some physical However, with the proper application endurance. Most supplies included; approach, it can actually be an asset bring a sponge, an old bath towel, and to your design. Accent lighting not only a produce-size plastic bag. No felting enhances the aesthetic aspect, it can

4 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults Plants, Emotions, and Your the Birds and Blooms and Midwest Living Nose magazines. For adults and youth (ages 12 and up); each attendee pays the Wednesday, October 23, 6:30-8 pm registration fee. Join Amy Freidig, a Wisconsin Master Gardener Volunteer, to learn about our Registration Deadline: October 23 sense of smell, one of the most ancient 11-36 $15/$12 member and powerful senses, and its relation to plants. She will discuss the biology of Gardening

Photo: Shelley Ryan smell in both humans and plants and Techniques explain some of the common garden Garden Silks: Thursday, November 7, 6:30-8:30 pm aromas. You will also explore the Making Silk Scarves with Premaculture is a philosophy and connection between scent, emotions, and practice of gardening and landscape Botanical Dyes memory, and how this connection is used management that focuses on mimicking Create beautifully dyed silk scarves using in therapeutic horticulture. common fall garden plants, as well as the structures and interrelationships grocery store finds such as blueberries Registration Deadline: October 16 found in the natural world. It emphasizes and tea leaves. Shelley Ryan, host 11-33 $15/$12 member improving and optimizing water use, of Public Television’s The Wisconsin while incorporating food plants such as Gardener, will guide you through an Designing Attractive Native fruits, nuts, and perennial vegetables. easy technique that you can confidently Gardens for Home & Business Join Madison Area Permaculture Guild Founder Kate Heiber-Cobb and repeat at home. This process is simple, Tuesday, October 29, 6:30-8 pm learn how to incorporate sustainable but completed scarves take four weeks. In the minds of many city dwellers, permaculture practices into your urban You will practice all the steps - starting the terms “native plants” and “prairie or suburban landscape. Discussion about with dyeing, and then learn to finish the restoration” evoke visions of wide open plant guilds, composting, water holding scarf that Ryan started two weeks prior. spaces either blooming gloriously or and capturing, pollinators and beneficial You will go home with four dyed scarves looking wild and unkempt. Neither has insects, sheet mulching, and more is - one that Ryan started for you, and three translated well to the traditional home included. that you start on your own. They will be lot, until now. Join John J. Gishnock ready in two and four weeks respectively. III, ecological designer and owner Registration Deadline: October 31 All materials included. For adults and of Formecology, LLC, as he takes 11-37 $15/$12 member youth (ages 14 and up); each attendee you through a process of developing pays the registration fee. Limited space; attractive native plantings and gardens. Pastel Interpretations register early. Learn how to utilize wildflowers, grasses, Saturday, November 9, 9:30 am-4:30 pm sedges, shrubs, and trees to create a Sunday, October 20, 1:30-3:30 pm Soft pastel is a very adaptable medium more natural, wild look or a clean, Registration Deadline: October 10 and is perfect for learning different organized planting suitable for the most 21-46 $70 per person painting techniques. In this workshop refined of settings - from rural residencies or you will do three or four different to urban municipal buildings. Sunday, November 17, 1:30-3:30 pm interpretations from the same nature- Registration Deadline: November 7 Registration Deadline: October 22 based photograph. Each work in your 21-47 $70 per person 11-31 $15/$12 member series will be quite unlike the others! You will be using different papers and Healthy Houseplants Gardening for Hummingbirds styles of application, learning which styles and techniques work best for you. Tuesday, October 22, 6:30-8 pm Wednesday, October 30, 6:30-8:30 pm This repeatable workshop by instructor How do you keep houseplants healthy Learn how to create a sanctuary for Kay Brathol-Hostvet is for beginner to with the changing interior light and hummingbirds in your own backyard. advanced levels. Beginners to the soft variable conditions? With a little Through the use of perennial and annual pastel medium should have reasonably preparation and some care, you can plants, wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and good drawing skills. A supply list will be keep your houseplants looking beautiful. hummingbird feeders, you too can sent to you; all papers provided. Bring a Dane County UWEX Horticulture discover the magic and excitement of bag lunch. For adults and mature teens; Educator Lisa Johnson will discuss the hummingbirds! Hummingbird enthusiasts each attendee pays the registration fee. general techniques for growing healthy Michael and Kathi Rock will discuss Limited space; register early. houseplants and diagnosing houseplant identification of the Ruby-throated problems. You will also find out more hummingbird, ideal , migration, Registration Deadline: October 31 about some of the most popular species. nesting, feeding, importance of water 21-59 $91/$73 member Bring digital or paper photographs of features, and how the elements of the houseplants that need help to add to our best hummingbird feeders and plants discussion and to get answers to your can bring you up close to these special questions. birds. The Rock’s hummingbird garden in Madison has been featured on WPT’s Registration Deadline: October 15 The Wisconsin Gardener and in issues of 11-45 $15/$12 member 5 Register online at https://www.olbrich.org/vsiwebtrac.html Classes & Workshops for Adults

Ornamental Winter Container the “do’s and don’ts” will be mentioned evergreen wreath and all plant materials Tuesday, November 12, 6:30-8:30 pm too! and supplies provided to make one The growing season isn’t the only time holiday wreath for your home or as a Registration Deadline: November 13 gift. Limited space; register early. for decorative containers. Late fall 11-48 $15/$12 member still provides colorful plant materials Registration Deadline: November 27 that can be arranged for container Introduction to Home Cheese 21-35 $71/$57 member splendor in the fall and winter. Olbrich’s Making Director of Horticulture Jeff Epping and Permaculture and Water Horticulturist Samara Eisner will teach Saturday, November 23, 10 am-4 pm Thursday, December 5, 6:30-8:30 pm you what materials to collect and how to Join herbalist Linda Conroy for this fun Join Madison Area Permaculture Guild create stunning arrangements to enjoy day of cheese making. Learn how simple Founder Kate Heiber-Cobb and learn throughout these seasons. You will create it is to make cheese in your own kitchen. how to construct swales and berms, rain one ornamental winter container using We will create and sample several simple gardens, and other water catchment plant materials from Olbrich’s gardens cheeses that can be cultivated at home. devices in your landscape. These holding to take home. All plant materials and We will make cultured butter, feta cheese, methodologies help our community deal supplies provided, including an outdoor mozzarella, and several varieties of soft with water issues and can be used for display container. Limited space; register cheese and fermented milk products. You growing plants. She will discuss why you early. can build on this introduction to create many varieties of cheese. You will go want to hold water where it falls, how Registration Deadline: November 5 home with some of the cheese we make this practice relates to healthy soil, how 21-32 $71/$57 member and culture to get started. A light lunch it refills our aquifers, and much more. of salad, cheese, bread, and butter that Bring drawing/sketch paper, pencil, and Permaculture Systems on we make in class will be provided. Bring eraser for beginning to create a plan for Your Property your own drink, plate, and utensils. For your landscape with guidance from the instructor. Limited space; register early. Thursday, November 14, 6:30-8:30 pm adults and children (8 years and up) with an adult; each attendee pays the Join Madison Area Permaculture Guild Registration Deadline: November 27 registration fee. Limited space; register Founder Kate Heiber-Cobb and discover 11-57 $15/$12 member the basics of permaculture systems early. design and how to apply it in your own Registration Deadline: November 14 Herbal Gift Making: backyard. She will discuss observation 21-03 $98/$78 member Hands-on, Interactive, and skills, waste to food and medicine Fun! production, pollinator habitat, and much Hands-on Traditional Broom Saturday, December 14, 1-5 pm more. This class will help you develop a Making: A Lost Art sustainable and self-sufficient ecosystem Join herbalist Linda Conroy for this in your yard. A complete list of resources Saturday, November 23, 1-5 pm fun, hand-on class. You will make available to help you will be provided Join broom maker John Holzwart for approximately 10 herbal gift items that and books will be available for you to this afternoon of fun and function. You you can give to your friends, family, browse during the class. Bring drawing/ will learn to make one round or one flat or keep for yourself. The classroom sketch paper, pencil, and eraser for hearth broom (your choice). Handles will be set up in stations and you will working on your property’s vision/plan of various woods have been gathered rotate through, making a different item with guidance from the instructor. Limited and cured for you to use, and all at each station. Everyone will make lip space; register early. materials are provided. Discussion about balm, body spray, felted soap, herbal decorative items will be included. No condiments, herbal salts for foot and Registration Deadline: November 7 open-toed shoes allowed. Bring a sharp bath, lotion bar, dream pillow, herbal 11-46 $15/$12 member knife and scissors. Limited space; register tea blend, and much more! Learn about early. the variety of herbs offered and select Holiday Lights herbs that resonate with you. All supplies Registration Deadline: November 14 Wednesday, November 20, 6:30-8:30 pm provided; decorative packaging provided 21-30 $58/$46 member The garden can come alive with holiday as well! For adults and children (ages 8 and up) with an adult; each attendee lights and other features that will create Evergreen Holiday Wreaths a winter wonderland in your own pays the registration fee. Limited space; backyard. Rotary Botanical Gardens has With Natural Materials register early. had a Holiday Lights Show for the past Wednesday, December 4, 6:30-8:30 pm Registration Deadline: December 5 16 years featuring over 300,000 lights Evergreen holiday wreaths smell 21-53 $68/$55 member and many displays. Come learn some of wonderful and add charm to your the fun tips and ideas for accenting the winter decorating scheme. Join Olbrich home landscape from Mark Dwyer of Horticulturists Samantha Peckham and Rotary Botanical Gardens, and see some Samara Eisner to learn how to decorate of the past successes and features utilized your own unique wreath with natural at Rotary Botanical Gardens. Many of materials from Olbrich’s gardens. Fresh

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Advance registration required.

Yogalates See page 2 for details.

Trees as Teachers: Studio Day to Thursday-Sunday, rushing waterfall, fragrant orchids, and Explore Trees and Creativity September 26-29, 2013 free-flying birds. The Bolz Conservatory See page 3 for details. Madison, Wisconsin is self-guided, with docents available to answer questions and lead impromptu New ways of thinking, probing, working, strolls. It houses more than 650 The Invasive Garden learning, living—the Wisconsin Science plants that are native to tropical and See page 3 for details. Festival explores science from every subtropical regions throughout the world. possible angle. The festival welcomes Conservatory Admission: public - $2; Introduction to Painting in people of all ages to look, listen, feel, children 5 and under - free; Olbrich Soft Pastel touch, taste and discover the wonders of Botanical Society members - free. See page 3 for details. all aspects of the sciences, arts and more through interactive exhibits, hands-on Olbrich ’s Wet-felted Laminate (Nuno) workshops, lectures, demonstrations, and Outdoor Gardens Scarf conversations with leading researchers Stroll through 16 acres of outdoor See page 4 for details. and creative thinkers. display gardens, open daily and free to So, unleash your curiosity and discover the public. Olbrich Botanical Gardens’ Papermaking and your inner scientist! outdoor gardens offer breathtaking Papercasting displays all year long. View hundreds See page 4 for details. The Wisconsin Science Festival is a of blooming bulbs in spring, interesting multiday public event presented by the annuals and hardy perennials in the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the summer, colorful asters and mums Garden Silks: Making Silk Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation alongside swaying ornamental grasses Scarves with Botanical Dyes in partnership with various organizations, in fall, and colorful bark, berries, See page 5 for details. including Olbrich Botanical Gardens. evergreens, and Olbrich’s Thai Pavilion standing out against the snow in winter. Gardening for Hummingbirds For a schedule of participating sites, The outdoor gardens are open daily See page 5 for details. activities, and more information, visit 8 am to 8 pm in September, and 9 am to www.wisconsinsciencefest.org. 6 pm in October. Pastel Interpretations See page 5 for details. What is a Rainforest? Gardening Questions? - Family Drop-in Program Contact Olbrich’s Garden Introduction to Home Cheese Sunday, September 29, 1:30-3 pm Answer Service Making Discover the fascinating world of the Have your problems solved with help See page 6 for details. tropical rainforest habitat with your from Olbrich’s Garden Answer Service. child in this fun, hands-on family A trained garden resource volunteer is program. Participate in a scavenger Gladdening Herbs for Winter ready in Olbrich’s Schumacher Library to hunt through the Bolz Conservatory Blues provide one-on-one assistance to figure and engage in guided learning stations See page 2 for details. out your gardening conundrum. This is that highlight the unique features of a also a great chance for first-time users to tropical rainforest habitat. Ages 4 and Herbal Gift Making: learn all about the library’s resources. up with an adult. Drop-in program; Contact Olbrich’s Garden Answer Hands-on, Interactive, and registration highly recommended. Service by calling (608)246-5805, Fun! *Program fee includes admission into e-mailing [email protected], See page 6 for details. Olbrich’s Bolz Conservatory. or visiting the library to get answers to 61-04 $5 per child (Ages 4 and up) your gardening questions. Please don’t bring diseased or infested plant materials Tropical Garden Strolls of to Olbrich; photoraphs are always Olbrich’s Bolz Conservatory welcome to identify plants, bugs, and Saturday and Sunday September 28 & 29, more. open from 10 am-4 pm Guided Garden Strolls Enjoy a tropical paradise in Olbrich’s Bolz Conservatory, a glass pyramid See page 10 for details. filled with exotic plants, bright flowers, a

More info? See www.olbrich.org. Food & beverage availability and materials fees? See page 9. 7 Learn + Play Together Dress for the weather. Sign up for one Family classes are designed so that Owls class or the entire series. Grades K-3 with adults and children can explore together. Friday, November 1, 10-11 am an adult. Space is limited; register early. Children grades 2 and under must be Registration Deadline: October 24 51-25 $9/$7 member accompanied by an adult; limit two What Do Owls Eat? age-appropriate children per adult; Toddler Story and Stroll: Friday, October 4, 6:30-7:30 pm adult attends free. Advance registration December Delights Registration Deadline: September 26 required. Dress for the activity and 61-22 $10/$8 member weather. Learn and play with your youngster in this fun, hands-on series based on What Does a Paleontologist Toddler Story and Stroll: Olbrich’s Holiday Express Train and Do? Autumn Adventures with Lois Ehlert Flower Show and the Bolz Conservatory’s Friday, November 1, 6:30-7:30 pm Stories Plants of the Dinosaur Age exhibition. Registration Deadline: October 24 Learn and play with your preschooler Classes include a story, a walk through 61-23 $10/$8 member in this fun, hands-on series that focuses the Bolz Conservatory, and theme- on the seasonal changes of fall and Lois related activities designed for you What is a Rainforest? Ehlert’s stores. Classes include a book and your preschooler to spend quality Friday, December 13, 6:30-7:30 pm written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert, a time together. Sign up for one class Registration Deadline: December 5 stroll through the outdoor gardens, and or the entire series. Ages 2-4 with an 61-24 $10/$8 member theme-related activities designed for you adult. Space is limited; register early. and your preschooler to spend quality *Classes do NOT include admission into Morning in the Rainforest time together. Sign up for one class or Olbrich’s Holiday Express Train and Flower Saturday, November 9, 8:30-9:30 am the entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. Show. Join us in this behind-the-scenes class and Space is limited; register early! Dinosaurs help us prepare the Bolz Conservatory and its animals for another busy day. Tuesday, December 3, 10-11 am Pie in the Sky Work side-by-side with staff as you Registration Deadline: November 26 Tuesday, September 17, 10-11 am feed the birds and fish. Learn about 51-26 $9/$7 member Registration Deadline: September 10 the animals and how to care for their or 51-20 $9/$7 member environment. Class takes place before Saturday, December 7, 10-11 am the Bolz Conservatory opens. Meet in Registration Deadline: November 27 Nuts to You the Lobby. Limited space, register early. 51-27 $9/$7 member Tuesday, September 24, 10-11 am Grades 1-5 with an adult. Registration Deadline: September 17 51-21 $9/$7 member Trains Registration Deadline: October 31 Tuesday, December 10, 10-11 am 61-14 $11/$9 member Man Registration Deadline: December 3 Tuesday, October 1, 10-11 am 51-28 $9/$7 member The Curious World of Registration Deadline: September 24 or Carnivorous Plants 51-22 $9/$7 member Saturday, December 14, 10-11 am Registration Deadline: December 5 Saturday, November 16, 10-11:30 am Toddler Story and Stroll: 51-29 $9/$7 member There are few plants more spooky or fascinating than carnivorous plants! Most Fantastic Fall Candyland people have heard of Venus Flytraps, Learn and play with your youngster in Tuesday, December 17, 10-11 am however, there are many others including this fun, hands-on series of fall classes. Registration Deadline: December 10 several species that grow in Wisconsin. Classes include a story, a stroll through 51-30 $9/$7 member Instructor Teresa Golembiewski of the the outdoor gardens, and theme-related or University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s activities designed for you and your Saturday, December 21, 10-11 am Department of Biological Sciences will preschooler to spend quality time Registration Deadline: December 12 share the mysteries of these fascinating together. Sign up for one class or the 51-31 $9/$7 member plants through living examples, and entire series. Ages 2-4 with an adult. she will explain how and where these Space is limited; register early! I Wonder…? Series dynamic plants grow in the wild. Each In honor of the 75th anniversary of the child will also create a Venus Flytrap Fall Fun puppet to take home. 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Bolz Conservatory Plants of the Dinosaur Age Exhibit Guided Garden November 2, 2013 - March 9, 2014 Monday – Saturday 10 am-4 pm; Strolls Sunday 10 am-5 pm Sundays, June 2 - September 29 What would plant-eating dinosaurs have 1:30 pm and 3 pm eaten when they roamed the earth 225 to 65 million years ago? Their plant Get an insider’s view of Olbrich’s diet was very diverse and many of the outdoor gardens during free guided 31st Annual Herb Faire plant species they consumed during garden strolls every Sunday. All the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous ages are welcome for this drop-in, Saturday, November 2, 9 am-3 pm Periods in which they lived are still alive casual overview of the Gardens Join the Madison Herb Society in today. Some of these plant species by our expert volunteer guides. the 31st Annual Herb Faire held at have changed significantly over time, Guided garden strolls are about Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Browse while others have changed very little 45 to 60 minutes in length and through displays of herbal foods, since the days when they coexisted with will vary somewhat according books, and other products for sale the dinosaurs. Discover some of these to the season and ever-changing and listen to popular herb speakers. Mesozoic Era plants, and see other beauty to reflect the garden Join in the fun during various prehistoric plant species up close in areas that are at peak interest. demonstrations and participate in the Bolz Conservatory, including figs, Strolls start and end in the lobby the hands-on activities. Admission breadfruit, ferns, palms, and cycads. near the outdoor garden entrance. is free. For more information visit Also, learn about some of the plant- No registration is required. Strolls www.madisonherbsociety.org. eating dinosaurs that roamed the Earth are held rain or shine and will millions of years ago. be cancelled only in the event of dangerous lightning. Admission General public - $2 Free; donations accepted. Wed. & Sat. 10 am-12 pm - free Children 5 and under - free Olbrich Botanical Society members - free