UPCOMING SPECIAL PROGRAMS for 2022 |
AUGUST
Sunday, 8/7, 10:30am-12:00pm: Making Solar Prints from BG Garden Plants, with Roanne Robbins
Learn to make your own unique, hand-printed, botanical artworks, utilizing the sun to capture natural shapes and forms of the plant world. Our class fee includes a solar print kit and gives you the ability to print ten sheets while exploring the garden with Bedrock educator Roanne Robbins. While in class, we will also create a community poster showcasing some beautiful selections from Bedrock’s cutting garden.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $30, members, $45, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 8/21, 10:30am-2:30pm: Dyeing with Garden Botanicals, with Sofia Selden
Using flowers and leaves collected from your garden, we will learn the basics of botanical printing by placing leaves and flowers on silk, learning about mordants, and using natural dyes to create a floral/leaf composition.
Sofia Selden has been experimenting and learning about fiber and dyeing for the past ten years. Initially using chemical dyes and shibori techniques, she has ventured into indigo and natural dyes, and currently concentrates on botanical dyeing. Her work is featured on her website, https://joyoussilks.com
Fee: $175, members, $200, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 8 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday 8/21, 10:30-2pm, Plant Patterns-Leaves, with Roanne Robbins
Examine the exquisite details of plants through study and craft. We will learn about a leaf’s vascular system, margins and veins by pressing flowers and foliage into clay and studying the relief. What do these patterns reveal? As we create and explore, Bedrock educators will be on hand to help you infuse some botanical knowledge and lore into your craft.
Drop-in program.
Demonstration and garden studio open from 10:30am-2pm, included with admission.
Kits and supplies available in Garden Store
No registration needed. Free with admission.
Thursday, 8/25, 10:30am-12pm: Terrariums, with Roanne Robbins
Learn to create a healthy moss terrarium and introduce your child to the process of photosynthesis and the hydrological cycle. Children will learn the process of terrarium making and how to take care of their living indoor glass garden with plants and natural decorative pieces.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $50, members, $60, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Thursday, 8/25, 10am-12pm: Flower Arranging from the Garden, with Ann Tarlton
Enjoy a hands-on flower arranging techniques and aesthetics from BG Board member and floral arranger Ann Tarlton. Come have fun creating flower arrangements from wild materials found on any walk in the woods.
Ann received her BA in Art History from Barnard College, after which she married, and had two children. Needing to escape the noise of her household. Ann found peace and stillness in her gardens, a passion which she acquired from her time living in Cuba. It was there that, as a child, she discovered the magic of tropical colors and shapes. This passion has followed Ann throughout her life, leading her to become involved in several garden clubs, ownership of two flower stores, time spent on two Tree Commissions, volunteering for Strawbery Banke and creating and presenting numerous programs and workshops on flower arranging, basket making, and wreath designs.
Fee: $50, members, $60, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 8/31, 11am-2pm: Lichen 101, with Roanne Robbins
We will start our day in our outdoor classroom with a lichen terminology lecture and discussion exploring the ambiguous question, "What is a lichen?". Lichen morphology and identification skills will be investigated throughout our field walk in the gardens. At the end of the course, you will have the tools to identify the five lichens' forms and determine which group any lichen belongs to. Class fee includes lichen key, field guide, and loupe.
Ages: Adult and teen
Fee: $100, members, $125, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, 9/4, 10:30am-4pm: Hands on Skills to Repair and Steward the Old Farm Walls in our Gardens and Landscapes, with Brian Fairfield
Do you have old farm walls to preserve or garden beds to build at home? This hands-on day of learning will teach learners of all levels how to build and repair dry stone walls while working on one of the original farm walls at Bedrock Gardens.
Brian Fairfield is an Advanced Craftsman and Instructor with the Dry-Stone Walling Association of Great Britain and @thatstoneguy on Instagram.
Fee: $300, members, $350, non-members (includes admission and a boxed lunch)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/4: 10am-4pm: Botanical Mysteries, with Roanne Robbins
Families are invited to use their super sleuth skills to solve botanical mysteries at the Garden while learning about plant families, native fauna, and pollinators.
Family Friendly
Drop-in program.
Demonstration and garden studio open from 10am-4pm, included with admission.
Kits and supplies available in Garden Store
No registration needed. Free with admission
Wednesday, 9/7, 10 am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday 9/8, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/14, 10am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/15, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/18, 10:30am-12pm: Miniature Mandala Wreaths, with Roanne Robbins
Using local and found botanical materials, we will craft miniature mandala wreaths which add festive horticultural cheer to your home and can be refreshed seasonally by using the skills learned in this class.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $30, members, $40, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/18, 1pm-3pm: Gardening with the seasons - Containers that transition from Autumn to Winter, with Roanne Robbins
Play with the element of seasonal change by creating a winter ready container planting for home. Learn stunning plant combinations that transition beautifully and over-winter in your ornamental containers. Enjoy your composition next season by swapping your design out of the container and into garden come spring. Class fee includes an ornamental trough, a collection of plants, soils and top dressings.
Fee: $175, members, $200 non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/21, 10am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/22, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/22, 10:00 am-12pm: Wreath Making from the Gardens, with Ann Tarlton
Join Bedrock Gardens Board Member and former florist in a hands on wreath making workshop. Participants will learn skills and techniques for home, and leave the workshop with their own handmade wreath accented with botanicals from our gardens.
See Ann's bio on her 8/25 event..
Fee: $60, members, $75, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/28, 10am-11:30: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday 9/29 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
OCTOBER
Sunday, 10/2, 1pm-3pm: Making Botanical Cordials from the Garden, with John Forti
Tour Bedrock Gardens with Director John Forti to gather botanicals that can be turned into herbal and fruit, cordials. In the course of the program, participants will learn more about the history of liqueurs, aperitifs, and digestifs and how these concoctions help to preserve the best of our garden harvest for winter enjoyment and well-being.
See John's bio on the July 29 event
Fee: $100, members, $125 non-members (this includes admission and materials included for take home samples)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 10/5, 1-3pm: Garden Sensory Exploration-Flowers, with Roanne Robbins
Build new connections to the garden and the natural world with a sensory exploration of the garden with Bedrock educators. Experience a variety of natural textures, objects and fragrances, all which come from flowers. Bedrock Gardens is a beautiful setting to inspire children to use their imagination and serve as a safe place to explore and create their play while infusing botanical appreciation and horticultural exposure into their experience. This is a great program for very young families who wish to expose their children to the language of the natural world and the spirit of the garden. Program will end with a song and story.
Ages: Program materials are designed for toddlers to Kindergarten children, accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Fee: $20, members, $30, non-members ( this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 10/5, 10am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 10/6, 10 am-12:30pm: Foraging from Garden and Landscape (The Shagbark Hickory), with Russ Cohen
Shagbark hickory is Russ Cohen’s favorite wild edible – out of native, non-native, and invasive species. “The nuts of shagbark hickory taste like walnuts that have been lightly sprayed with maple syrup. There’s pretty much consensus among people that know that the shagbark hickory nut is our tastiest wild nut, and perhaps even our tastiest nut, period. It’s a native species and grows in all six New England states.” Join Russ in Bedrock Garden’s hickory grove, including the second oldest tree in the state of New Hampshire, as he showcases this delectable edible. Propagation, gathering, and preparing the nuts for cooking will all be demonstrated in this hands-on workshop. .
See Russ's bio on his July 12 event.
Fee: $85, members, $100, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Thursday, 10/6, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Sunday, 8/7, 10:30am-12:00pm: Making Solar Prints from BG Garden Plants, with Roanne Robbins
Learn to make your own unique, hand-printed, botanical artworks, utilizing the sun to capture natural shapes and forms of the plant world. Our class fee includes a solar print kit and gives you the ability to print ten sheets while exploring the garden with Bedrock educator Roanne Robbins. While in class, we will also create a community poster showcasing some beautiful selections from Bedrock’s cutting garden.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $30, members, $45, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 8/21, 10:30am-2:30pm: Dyeing with Garden Botanicals, with Sofia Selden
Using flowers and leaves collected from your garden, we will learn the basics of botanical printing by placing leaves and flowers on silk, learning about mordants, and using natural dyes to create a floral/leaf composition.
Sofia Selden has been experimenting and learning about fiber and dyeing for the past ten years. Initially using chemical dyes and shibori techniques, she has ventured into indigo and natural dyes, and currently concentrates on botanical dyeing. Her work is featured on her website, https://joyoussilks.com
Fee: $175, members, $200, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 8 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday 8/21, 10:30-2pm, Plant Patterns-Leaves, with Roanne Robbins
Examine the exquisite details of plants through study and craft. We will learn about a leaf’s vascular system, margins and veins by pressing flowers and foliage into clay and studying the relief. What do these patterns reveal? As we create and explore, Bedrock educators will be on hand to help you infuse some botanical knowledge and lore into your craft.
Drop-in program.
Demonstration and garden studio open from 10:30am-2pm, included with admission.
Kits and supplies available in Garden Store
No registration needed. Free with admission.
Thursday, 8/25, 10:30am-12pm: Terrariums, with Roanne Robbins
Learn to create a healthy moss terrarium and introduce your child to the process of photosynthesis and the hydrological cycle. Children will learn the process of terrarium making and how to take care of their living indoor glass garden with plants and natural decorative pieces.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $50, members, $60, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Thursday, 8/25, 10am-12pm: Flower Arranging from the Garden, with Ann Tarlton
Enjoy a hands-on flower arranging techniques and aesthetics from BG Board member and floral arranger Ann Tarlton. Come have fun creating flower arrangements from wild materials found on any walk in the woods.
Ann received her BA in Art History from Barnard College, after which she married, and had two children. Needing to escape the noise of her household. Ann found peace and stillness in her gardens, a passion which she acquired from her time living in Cuba. It was there that, as a child, she discovered the magic of tropical colors and shapes. This passion has followed Ann throughout her life, leading her to become involved in several garden clubs, ownership of two flower stores, time spent on two Tree Commissions, volunteering for Strawbery Banke and creating and presenting numerous programs and workshops on flower arranging, basket making, and wreath designs.
Fee: $50, members, $60, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 8/31, 11am-2pm: Lichen 101, with Roanne Robbins
We will start our day in our outdoor classroom with a lichen terminology lecture and discussion exploring the ambiguous question, "What is a lichen?". Lichen morphology and identification skills will be investigated throughout our field walk in the gardens. At the end of the course, you will have the tools to identify the five lichens' forms and determine which group any lichen belongs to. Class fee includes lichen key, field guide, and loupe.
Ages: Adult and teen
Fee: $100, members, $125, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, 9/4, 10:30am-4pm: Hands on Skills to Repair and Steward the Old Farm Walls in our Gardens and Landscapes, with Brian Fairfield
Do you have old farm walls to preserve or garden beds to build at home? This hands-on day of learning will teach learners of all levels how to build and repair dry stone walls while working on one of the original farm walls at Bedrock Gardens.
Brian Fairfield is an Advanced Craftsman and Instructor with the Dry-Stone Walling Association of Great Britain and @thatstoneguy on Instagram.
Fee: $300, members, $350, non-members (includes admission and a boxed lunch)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/4: 10am-4pm: Botanical Mysteries, with Roanne Robbins
Families are invited to use their super sleuth skills to solve botanical mysteries at the Garden while learning about plant families, native fauna, and pollinators.
Family Friendly
Drop-in program.
Demonstration and garden studio open from 10am-4pm, included with admission.
Kits and supplies available in Garden Store
No registration needed. Free with admission
Wednesday, 9/7, 10 am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday 9/8, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/14, 10am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/15, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/18, 10:30am-12pm: Miniature Mandala Wreaths, with Roanne Robbins
Using local and found botanical materials, we will craft miniature mandala wreaths which add festive horticultural cheer to your home and can be refreshed seasonally by using the skills learned in this class.
Ages: Family friendly
Fee: $30, members, $40, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Sunday, 9/18, 1pm-3pm: Gardening with the seasons - Containers that transition from Autumn to Winter, with Roanne Robbins
Play with the element of seasonal change by creating a winter ready container planting for home. Learn stunning plant combinations that transition beautifully and over-winter in your ornamental containers. Enjoy your composition next season by swapping your design out of the container and into garden come spring. Class fee includes an ornamental trough, a collection of plants, soils and top dressings.
Fee: $175, members, $200 non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/21, 10am-11:30am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/22, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 9/22, 10:00 am-12pm: Wreath Making from the Gardens, with Ann Tarlton
Join Bedrock Gardens Board Member and former florist in a hands on wreath making workshop. Participants will learn skills and techniques for home, and leave the workshop with their own handmade wreath accented with botanicals from our gardens.
See Ann's bio on her 8/25 event..
Fee: $60, members, $75, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 9/28, 10am-11:30: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday 9/29 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins- see above
Sign up here.
OCTOBER
Sunday, 10/2, 1pm-3pm: Making Botanical Cordials from the Garden, with John Forti
Tour Bedrock Gardens with Director John Forti to gather botanicals that can be turned into herbal and fruit, cordials. In the course of the program, participants will learn more about the history of liqueurs, aperitifs, and digestifs and how these concoctions help to preserve the best of our garden harvest for winter enjoyment and well-being.
See John's bio on the July 29 event
Fee: $100, members, $125 non-members (this includes admission and materials included for take home samples)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 10/5, 1-3pm: Garden Sensory Exploration-Flowers, with Roanne Robbins
Build new connections to the garden and the natural world with a sensory exploration of the garden with Bedrock educators. Experience a variety of natural textures, objects and fragrances, all which come from flowers. Bedrock Gardens is a beautiful setting to inspire children to use their imagination and serve as a safe place to explore and create their play while infusing botanical appreciation and horticultural exposure into their experience. This is a great program for very young families who wish to expose their children to the language of the natural world and the spirit of the garden. Program will end with a song and story.
Ages: Program materials are designed for toddlers to Kindergarten children, accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Fee: $20, members, $30, non-members ( this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Wednesday, 10/5, 10am: Garden and Habitat Morning Series, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
Thursday, 10/6, 10 am-12:30pm: Foraging from Garden and Landscape (The Shagbark Hickory), with Russ Cohen
Shagbark hickory is Russ Cohen’s favorite wild edible – out of native, non-native, and invasive species. “The nuts of shagbark hickory taste like walnuts that have been lightly sprayed with maple syrup. There’s pretty much consensus among people that know that the shagbark hickory nut is our tastiest wild nut, and perhaps even our tastiest nut, period. It’s a native species and grows in all six New England states.” Join Russ in Bedrock Garden’s hickory grove, including the second oldest tree in the state of New Hampshire, as he showcases this delectable edible. Propagation, gathering, and preparing the nuts for cooking will all be demonstrated in this hands-on workshop. .
See Russ's bio on his July 12 event.
Fee: $85, members, $100, non-members (this includes admission)
Registration limited to 12 participants. Sign up here.
Thursday, 10/6, 10:30am-12pm: Young Botanist Club, with Roanne Robbins-see above
Sign up here.
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