FREE with Arboretum Admission
ALL AGES The Plant-Maker Studio offers "make a plant" experiences for all ages. Our technology-loaded lives can leave anyone eager to dig into nature and get their hands on plants.
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December - January
PlantMaker Studio
Journey with Spices ALL AGES
DATES Saturdays and Sundays December - January TIME Drop-in anytime between noon - 4:00 p.m. LOCATION Learning Center FREE with gate admission
Get tropical this winter with spices! Experience spices from around the world with all five of your senses.
- Choose a spice to flavor your own fresh-baked gingerbread cookie
- Learn what might have been on your spice shelf 500 years ago
- Take a spice-seeking voyage around the Learning Center greenhouse
- Discover why these plants are known as healthy winter warmers
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February - March
PlantMaker Studio
Pot-a-Plant ALL AGES
DATES Saturdays and Sundays February - March TIME Drop-in anytime between noon - 4:00 p.m. LOCATION Learning Center FREE with gate admission
Many of our houseplants were once wild plants somewhere. How plants lead their lives in nature can give you clues about ways to multiply or divide them.
- Practice your propagation skills by starting cuttings
- Learn how to care for your new plant and take your plant home
- Get inspired by the displays in the Learning Center greenhouse
- Return to collect them all! Plant selections change every two weeks
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Program Quick Links
FREE & LOW COST PlantMaker Studio StoryTime Q&A at the Yard & Garden Desk
YOUTH & FAMILIES Youth+Adult Together Programs Ages 3-5 with adult Ages 5-12 with adult Homeschool Days
ADULTS Gardening & Horticulture Classes Gardening - General Houseplants Edible Gardening Landscape & Design Floral & Botanical Crafts Seasonal Holiday Pollinators Pollinators - Misc Fine Art & Crafts Classes Painting & Drawing Mixed Media Floral & Botanical Crafts Jewelry & Wearable Art Fiber Arts Stone Balancing & Sculpture Open Art Studio Seasonal Holiday Photography Classes Photography Special Access Experiences Food & Wine Classes Dine with a Chef Cooking Classes Wine Books Book Club Nature Appreciation Birds Trees Signature Guided Walks Shinrin-yoku Nature-Based Therapeutics Shinrin-yoku
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