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What's Happening - Current Arboretum Events
Current Arboretum hours: Grounds open every day from 8 a.m. to sunset. Visitor Center- Gift Store-Restaurant: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon-Sat & 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sun. Andersen Horticultural Library: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. Learning Center : 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon to 4 p.m. weekends.
Arboretum admission: $9 for adults; free for members & youths 15 and younger.
"Explore, Experience, Remember" Photography Show & Sale
Jan. 6-May 27, Restaurant Gallery, Oswald Visitor Center
Annual show and sale of works by Arboretum Photography Society members.
Tiny Treasures: Fairies & Gnomes at the Arboretum
Jan. 28-March 4, Oswald Visitor Center
Enjoy several fairy and gnome gardens inspired by imagination! Presented by Tonkadale Greenhouse in Minnetonka.
FEBRUARY
Walk for the Curious: Snowshoe Trek
10 a.m.-noon. Meet in Ordway Parking Lot.
$5 - $7.50
Take a snowshoe romp with Matt Schuth. If no snow, this will be an outdoor hike. Call 952-443-1422.
Planning Your Garden for Seed-Saving
10 a.m.-1 p.m., Marion Andrus Learning Center
$35 member/ $45 non-member
In this special collaboration with Seed Saver Exchange, Shannon Carmody, public programs manager, leads the first of three classes. Explore the difference between open-pollinated hybrid seed and gain understanding of plant taxonomy, reproduction and pollination methods. Call 925-443-1422 or click here to register.
Weekend Family Fun: Chocolate
Noon-4 p.m. Learning Center (drop-in basis). Free with gate admission.
Sunday, Feb. 26
All About Weddings Fair
1-3 p.m. Oswald Visitor Center
$5 member/$10 non-member
Learn about the many options available to create your special day. Meet with florists, wedding planners, caterers and more. Special preview opening at noon for those who have booked 2012 weddings at the Arboretum. Click here for info.
Weekend Family Fun: Chocolate
Noon-4 p.m. Learning Center (drop-in basis). Free with gate admission.
MARCH
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds & Buds
Noon-4 p.m. (drop-in basis), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with admission.
Spring Expo: Learning to Grow, Growing to Learn
1:30-8 p.m., Oswald Visitor Center
Three days of green ideas and gardening talks. Hear from speakers with the Seed Savers Exchange and the University of Minnesota, book-signings, demos and more. Three-day learning pass: $35 member/ $45 non-member. Or per day fee: $20 member/ $25 non-member. Click here to register.
Spring Expo: Learning to Grow, Growing to Learn
1:30-8 p.m., Oswald Visitor Center
Three days of green ideas and gardening talks. Hear from speakers with the Seed Savers Exchange and the University of Minnesota, book-signings, demos and more. Three-day learning pass: $35 member/ $45 non-member. Or per day fee: $20 member/ $25 non-member. Click here to register.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
Spring Expo: Learning to Grow, Growing to Learn
1:30-8 p.m., Oswald Visitor Center
Three days of green ideas and gardening talks. Hear from speakers with the Seed Savers Exchange and the University of Minnesota, book-signings, demos and more. Three-day learning pass: $35 member/ $45 non-member. Or per day fee: $20 member/ $25 non-member. Click here to register.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
Wednesday, March 14
Traditional Monthly Tea
2:30-4 p.m. $23 member/ $26 non-member
Snyder Building Tea Room
Traditional tea of sweets, savories and English trifle. Call 612-626-3951 or click for reservations.
StoryTime at the Library
10:30 a.m. Andersen Horticultural Library
Class: Understanding Wine Faults
7-9 p.m. Learning Center
Saturday & Sunday, March 17 & 18
Learn all about wine faults and how to address them in the winery with U of M enologist Katie Cook. $70 member/ $75 non-member.
Winter Beer Dinner
Reception 6:30 p.m., dinner 7 p.m.
$65 member/ $70 non-member, Snyder Building
Four hearty courses accompanied by four beers from Mantorville Brewery. Call 612-626-3951 for reservations or click here.
Composting & Improving Your Soil
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Snyder Building
Learn the essentials of good soil and composting with Arboretum staffer Dan Miller. $35 member/ $45 non-member.
Mill City Farmers Market at the Arboretum
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oswald Visitor Center
Shop for jams, pickles, artisan cheese, chocolates, tea, seasonal baked goods, wild rice, maple syrup, natural soaps and more.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
Yale Slavic Chorus
2-3 p.m. MacMillan Auditorium, Oswald Visitor Center
Enjoy a concert by this traveling chorus. Free with Arboretum admission.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
Inside the Collection: A Passion for Fruit
Noon-1 p.m., $7.50 member/ $10 non-member
Snyder Building, Classroom 1
Learn about the botanical art books in the Andersen Horticultural Library with Kathy Allen.
Thursday, March 22
StoryTime at the Library
10:30 a.m. Andersen Horticultural Library
Understanding Wine Faults
See March 15
Saturday, March 24
Sugarbush Pancake Breakfast & Maple Syrup Tours
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. MacMillan Auditorium
$9 member/ $11.50 non-member/ $6 children
Enjoy a delicious pancake brunch with Arboretum-made maple syrup. Then wander through the Arboretum's sugarbush on a self-guided tour of the tapping area.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
The Small Enough Garden
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Snyder Auditorium
$35 member/ $45 non-member
Arboretum gardener Mary Bigelow shows you how to create a small meditative garden space.
Sunday, March 25
Sugarbush Pancake Breakfast & Maple Syrup Tours
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. MacMillan Auditorium
$9 member/ $11.50 non-member/ $6 children
Enjoy a delicious pancake brunch with Arboretum-made maple syrup. Then wander through the Arboretum's sugarbush on a self-guided tour of the tapping area.
Weekend Family Fun: Spuds and Buds
Noon-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (drop-in), Learning Center
Learn all about the world's most popular vegetable. Free with gate admission.
Thursday, March 29
"Living with Orchids" Preview Event
5:30-8:30 p.m., Oswald Visitor Center
Enjoy a special private preview of the 2012 "Living with Orchids" exhibit. Mingle with orchid experts Jerry and Jason Fischer of Orchids Limited. Enjoy unique vignette displays showcasing orchids in home-decor scenarios, created by Twin Cities interior design professionals, plus orchid-inspired garden plans from local garden designers. Reservations: $30 (includes one drink ticket and butler-passed hors d'oeuvres). Reserve at www.arboretum.umn.edu/AuxiliaryOrchidPreviewEvent.aspx or call 612-625-9865.
"Living with Orchids" Exhibit
March 30-April 29, Oswald Visitor Center
& Snyder Building Meyer-Deats Conservatory
Free with gate admission.
Experience a world of unique species and select hybrids that have been grown, selected and exhibited by Orchids Limited. Exhibit presented by the W. Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Foundation.
For Future Events, click here.
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