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Art, Design & Crafts
Join us for one of our specialty workshops. Whether you're looking to create furniture for the garden, design floral arrangements for your home, or learn how to draw or paint, the Arboretum offers more than a dozen classes to choose from, all featuring expert instruction and often hard-to-find materials.
Cooking Classes
Enjoy traditional, regional recipes that emphasize flavors of the upper Midwest and around the world. Chef instructors bring years of cooking experience and cultural perspective, as well as a passion and commitment to use sustainable, high quality wholesome foods.
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between plants and people: From"ethno" - study of people and "botany" - study of plants. Ethnobotany is considered a branch of ethnobiology. Ethnobotany studies the complex relationships between (uses of) plants and cultures.
Gardening School
Learn from expert instructors in the Midwest's largest and most spectacular classroom --- the 1,047-acre Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Through lectures, demonstrations, on-site garden visits and hands-on activities, the Arboretum Gardening School offers rich opportunities for lifelong learning on a full range of topics.
Horticulture Techniques
Fine-tune your plant knowledge or learn a new gardening skill from expert instructors. The instructors are Arboretum staff, University of Minnesota scientists, and other invited guest speakers. The Arboretum gardens serve as classrooms and laboratories which make the classes especially unique.
Photography
Take advantage of a variety of classroom sessions and field expeditions lead by expert instructors to improve your photography skills. Opportunities include introductory, intermediate and advanced level classes, one-on-one training sessions with professional photographers, specialty workshops and classes, and hands-on photo excursions perfect for brushing-up or practicing new skills.
For more information or to sign up for a class today, please call 952-443-1422.
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