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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.
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.
Saturday's in Bloom
Bring the Arboretum home, literally and beautifully! You will create a seasonal arrangement that's ready to adorn your coffee table or give as a gift, using exclusive Arboretum harvested flowers and foliage.
Walks and Fitness
Explore nature, stretch your legs and get some exercise all while being guided to explore the Arboretum's wild corners. Join in to get aquainted with wildflowers, birds and other native inhabitants. Enjoy what nature offers as the seasons change from spring to summer, fall and winter with all its wonders. Each walkabout explores a different area.
For more information or to sign up for a class today, please call 952-443-1422 or register online where you see the Register Here! green leaf logo.
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