Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Exploring, explaining and celebrating the world of plants Spring Education PHOTO JESS BY LYNK SPRING EDUCATION 2019 1 PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE Color code: Adult (pgs. 5-9) Youth (pg. 10) All Ages (pgs. 11-13) Special Events (pgs. 14-15) Learn more and sign up for classes at dmbotanicalgarden.com How to Register 25 Thursday Pre-registration is required for all classes and programs APRIL Botanical Brews Beer Tasting except where noted. Most workshops have registration 6-7:30 p.m. 5 Friday deadlines; please check the Calendar of Events at Night Bloom Family Workshop 26 Friday dmbotanicalgarden.com for deadline dates. We 7:30-8:45 p.m. Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. encourage you to register early, as class sizes are limited. 27 Saturday Please note, only named individuals on the Botanical 6 Saturday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Garden membership are eligible for the member rates. Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For questions, please call the education department Story Sprouts 10:30-11:30 a.m. at 515.402.4277. 9 Tuesday Pruning Techniques for Spring Register by: 5:30-7 p.m. MAY Telephone: Please call 515.402.4277 between 10 a.m. 1 Wednesday 12 Friday and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To expedite Botanical Garden Book Club Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. your call, please have your credit card number and class 5:30-6:30 p.m. selections ready. 13 Saturday 2 Thursday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Online: Online class registration is available anytime. Nature Photo Journaling 6-8 p.m. Please visit the Calendar of Events at 16 Tuesday 4 Saturday dmbotanicalgarden.com and follow the appropriate Macramé Plant Hangers Spring Wildflower Hike at link(s). 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brown’s Woods 10-11 a.m. 18 Thursday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cancellations and Refunds North Gallery Exhibit Opening 7 Tuesday Class registrants who cancel five or more days prior to Reception 5-7 p.m. a class will receive a full refund. Cancellations less than Growing Microgreens 5:30-7 p.m. 19 Friday five days are non-refundable—please consider your 9 Thursday Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. payment a donation to the Botanical Garden. Refunds Spring Garden Festival Opening are not given for missed classes. 20 Saturday Night Party 6-8 p.m. Downtown Earth Day Tour In the event a class is canceled, registrants will be fully 10-12 Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. refunded. You will be notified as early as possible via Spring Garden Festival phone or email, so please be sure to provide accurate 23 Tuesday 11 Saturday contact information when registering. The Botanical Container Water Gardens Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. Garden is not responsible for lack of notification if not 5:30-8 p.m. Container Vegetable Gardening provided with accurate contact details. 24 Wednesday 10:30 a.m.-noon Yoga at the Garden 5:30-7 p.m. Plant a Pizza Garden Family Workshop 2-3:15 p.m. PHOTO JESS BY LYNK 2 SPRING EDUCATION 2019 SPRING EDUCATION 2019 3 PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE ADULT Color code: Adult (pgs. 5-9) Youth (pg. 10) All Ages (pgs. 11-13) Special Events (pgs. 14-15) Learn more and sign up for classes at dmbotanicalgarden.com 12 Sunday 8 Saturday Horticulture & Growing Microgreens Flower Scepters and Crowns Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Gardening with Carolyn Weber, PhD., Family Workshop 1-2:15 p.m. Botanical Garden Volunteer Pruning Techniques for Spring 13 Thursday Tuesday, May 7, 5:30-7 p.m. 15 Wednesday Spring Luncheon 11 a.m.-1 p.m. with Leslie Hunter and Botanical Fiber Series 6-8 p.m. Bath Bombs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sandy Stundins, Botanical Garden Microgreens may be small, but Tuesday, April 9, 5:30-7 p.m. they pack a big punch in both 16 Thursday 14 Friday flavor and nutritional value. Learn Effective pruning can transform Mounted Staghorn Ferns Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. how to successfully cultivate and your yard and garden. Learn 5:30-7 p.m. care for your own microgreens, 15 Saturday spring pruning basics and see the best plants to use and how to 18 Saturday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. demonstrations of proper incorporate compost into the Bonsai for Beginners 1-4 p.m. techniques. Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 19-21 Wednesday-Friday process. Participants will start Summer Camp: Jungle Safari Members $12, Nonmembers $16 seeds in class that will be ready to 21 Tuesday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. harvest a few weeks later. Toast to Terrariums 5:30-7 p.m. 21 Friday Members $20, Nonmembers $25 22 Wednesday Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. Botanical Fiber Series 6-8 p.m. Summer Solstice Stroll Container Vegetable 25 Saturday 6:30-7:30 p.m. Gardening Bonsai for Beginners 1-4 p.m. with Ruth McCabe, 22 Saturday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Blue River Organic Seed Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 10:30 a.m.-noon 29 Wednesday Yoga at the Garden 5:30-7 p.m. 24-28 Monday-Friday Limited space doesn’t mean you Botanical Fiber Series 6-8 p.m. Summer Camp: Budding Chefs can’t have a beautiful and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. productive garden. Learn tips for planting and designing a 26 Wednesday Container Water Gardens container vegetable garden, the Yoga at the Garden 5:30-7 p.m. with Jamie Beyer, best varieties for pot culture and JUNE Midwest Waterscapes 29 Saturday fun ideas for unique and Tuesday, April 23, 5:30-8 p.m. whimsical containers. Each 1 Saturday Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Create your own container water participant will receive seeds and Tai Chi in the Garden 9-10 a.m. 30 Sunday garden with guidance from plant starts to begin their Garden Buds: Fantastic Flowers Mimosas and Art: Etched Glass gardening expert Jamie Beyer. collection. 10-11:30 a.m. Terrariums 12:30-3:30 p.m. Participants will build their own Members $30, Nonmembers $35 Drop-In 10 a.m.-1 p.m. water gardens in a whiskey barrel 4 Tuesday liner with their choice of aquatic Toast to Terrariums 5:30-7 p.m. plants. As a finishing touch, participants will receive fish to 7 Friday add to their water gardens. Story Sprouts 10:30-11 a.m. PHOTO WINSTON BY BECK Members $70, Nonmembers $80 4 SPRING EDUCATION 2019 SPRING EDUCATION 2019 5 ADULT ADULT Mounted Staghorn Ferns Art & Design with Botanical Garden staff Macramé Plant Hangers BOTANICAL Thursday, May 16, 5:30-7 p.m. with Maggie Harlow-Vogt, FIBER SERIES With the help of a horticulturist, Des Moines Art Center mount your very own staghorn Tuesday, April 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. fern to take home. Learn about Run out of windowsills for your these unique plants, the correct houseplants? Go vertical by mounting technique and how to crafting a beautiful, unique and properly care for your new functional macramé hanger. eye-catching houseplant. Members $30, Nonmembers $35 Members $40, Nonmembers $50 Bonsai for Beginners with Ron Heinen and Scott Allen, Iowa Bonsai Association Saturday, May 18 and Saturday, May 25, 1-4 p.m. Discover the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, learn its fascinating history, how to care for plants, and how to wire and shape them into living sculpture. Class fee Botanical Fiber Series Toast to Terrariums includes a starter bonsai plant. with Maggie Howe, with Botanical Garden staff Registration includes both Girl With a Sword Productions Tuesday, May 21, 5:30-7 p.m. sessions. Wednesdays, May 15, 22 and 29, Tuesday, June 4, 5:30-7 p.m. Nature Photo Journaling 6-8 p.m. Members $70, Nonmembers $75 with Kristie Burns, BEarth Institute Enjoy a glass of wine while you Thursday, May 2, 6-8 p.m. Explore plant-based fibers and learn how to design and care for dye techniques. Learn to hand- terrariums, then build your own in Summer Solstice Stroll Look at nature in a new way as spin with botanical fibers and this hands-on workshop. We with Aaron Harpold, you appreciate, document and explore the variety of fibers provide the ingredients (gravel, Botanical Garden learn about your surroundings. available, then dye hand-spun soil, plants, moss and decorative Friday, June 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Experiment with and improve yarns and other textile samples materials); you provide the your basic photography skills and Celebrate the longest day of the with traditional plant-based container. Terrarium glassware is plan a nature photo journal year with a walk through the hot-pot dyes. Learn to use a for sale in the Garden Shop or project using the principles of Garden. Enjoy a glass of wine and mordant to prepare the fibers to participants can bring their own phenology. Cameras not soak up early summer highlights. bond with natural dyes, including glass container. All participants provided; digital SLR cameras are All participants must be at least household ingredients and more must be at least 21 years of age. recommended but any type can 21 years of age. exotic colors. The course will also be used, including phones. Members $40, Nonmembers $50 Members $15, Nonmembers $20 cover alternate dye techniques Members $25, Nonmembers $30 and preparations.