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Wed, May 22, 2024 5:30 pm
Ornamental Container Design Workshop
Loved by small and large space gardeners alike, containers are a fabulous way to dress up your patio, deck, or balcony. In this presentation and workshop, you will learn how to plant containers with overflowing beauty and go home with one finished 16" ornamental container. Upon registration, please indicate whether you prefer sun or shade plants. All supplies provided.
Adults
At Olbrich
Thu, May 23, 2024 5:30 pm
Virtual Lecture Series: My Greatest Design Lessons with Jay B. Sifford
A garden has the potential to speak to all our senses. Designer Jay Sifford believes that “a garden should be an immersive environment laced with magic, art and story, a place where people, plants and wildlife interact in meaningful ways, and a stage upon which people can live out the best versions of their lives.” Join us as Jay shares his personal discoveries from 20 years of garden design, plus lessons from other designers. Learn how to create a magical, immersive, and profound space. He will share tips on rhythm, lines, shapes, and light; creating theater using scrim; and the power of emotion. Sifford’s work has been featured in several books and publications including Fine Gardening, Southern Living, Country Gardens, Garden Design, and SouthPark Magazine. LUXlife magazine named him "North Carolina's Most Outstanding Landscape Designer” in 2021.
Adults
Virtual
Thu, May 23, 2024 6:00 pm
Stretch, Strengthen and Grow with Essentrics! (5 week series)
Whether you are planting, digging, or weeding, your body needs to stay strong and mobile to prevent injuries. Join this 5-week series that will prepare your body for gardening season and make you feel your best! This no-impact practice will help your flexibility, range of motion, and improve posture by gently strengthening and stretching all your muscles and joints. This series is suitable for all levels.
Adults
At Olbrich
Fri, May 24, 2024 10:15 am
Little Sprouts
Little Sprouts programs are nature and literature-based early childhood programs designed to meet the multidimensional learning and developmental needs of children ages 2-5 years. Each class is designed for children to work side-by-side with their adult caregiver as they engage in hands-on, fun, age-appropriate experiences that support the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards. Ages 2-5 with an adult; adult attends free.
Children
At Olbrich
Thu, May 30, 2024 6:00 pm
Stretch, Strengthen and Grow with Essentrics! (5 week series)
Whether you are planting, digging, or weeding, your body needs to stay strong and mobile to prevent injuries. Join this 5-week series that will prepare your body for gardening season and make you feel your best! This no-impact practice will help your flexibility, range of motion, and improve posture by gently strengthening and stretching all your muscles and joints. This series is suitable for all levels.
Adults
At Olbrich
Sat, Jun 1, 2024 8:30 am
Summer Yoga with Jenna (5-week series)
Yoga is a practice that involves a series of stretches and poses paired with breathing exercises to increase harmony between mind and body. This class offers the powerful benefits of exercise in a gentle way that is accessible to people regardless of age or fitness level. Join us to restore the balance in your life.
Adults
At Olbrich
Sun, Jun 2, 2024 9:00 am
Watercolor Spring Themes: Flowers, Birds and Insects
Enjoy a fun day painting spring themes with watercolors. Join us to practice both Eastern and Western watercolor techniques, such as, wet-in-wet, glaze, and dry brush, on a variety of Asian rice papers and to learn the calligraphy for each of the subjects: peony, iris, orchids, morning glories, plum blossoms, egrets with bamboo, small birds, frogs and dragonflies. A supply kit ($30) is available for purchase from your instructor, or you can bring your own supplies (email [email protected] for list).
Adults
At Olbrich
Mon, Jun 3, 2024 6:00 pm
Tai Chi Meditation in the Garden (8-week series)
The ancient exercise and movement art of Tai Chi has a world wide contemporary following due to its benefits to physical and emotional well-being. Research verifies it is one of the best exercises for physical balance and fall prevention, and the gentleness and pleasure of the experience encourages continued standing and/or seated practice.
Adults
At Olbrich
Tue, Jun 4, 2024
All Day
Summer Pollinator Plant Sale
ONLINE ONLY! Wisconsin is home to over 400 species of wild bees, and more than 120 species of butterflies. As the moon rises, over 1,500 species of moths awaken, ensuring round the clock pollination and these are just the more well-known pollinators! These tiny superheroes pollinate over one-third of our food, making their health and survival a critical component of earth’s ecosystem. Every little bit helps – don’t have space to dig in the dirt – create a pollinator focused container for your patio! Olbrich’s Pollinator Plant Sales offer a variety of perennials with plentiful amounts of nectar and pollen, making them very appealing to pollinator insects! Plant pickup is June 26.
Adults
Virtual
Tue, Jun 4, 2024 9:00 am
Shinrin-Yoku: Forest Bathing at Olbrich
In Japanese Shinrin-Yoku loosely means, “forest bathing,” or immersing oneself in the atmosphere of nature. An introductory 30-minute talk provides insight to Shinrin-Yoku, followed by a gentle, slow-moving, and silent walk through the gardens. Your guide will provide the prompts that make this a deeply sensorial experience. Take-home prompts and a light refreshment will be provided. Please dress for the weather.
Adults
At Olbrich