Monday, 18 May 2015
Workshop: Container Water Gardening
Learn the right way to set up a container water garden from Jamie Beyer, one of the Midwest's most knowledgeable and experienced authorities on the subject.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Container Gardening Workshop
Get expert hands-on instruction in outdoor container gardening. Horticulture Manager, Sarah Rummery, will demonstrate planting and placement in an outdoor container, and you will have the opportunity to practice on several displays in the Gardens. Finally you will receive your own 15" x 12" fiber garden container with a variety of summer florae to plant in the workshop.
Macro 1 Photography Class
This is a 4 week course on Tuesdays beginning May 5, May 12, May 19, and May 26 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. This four-part workshop will cover the basics of macro photography including equipment and how to use it, depth of field, aperture, light, composition, finding your subject and tips and tricks.
Workshop: Floral Design Series
Arrangement Theme: "Remembrance Flowers" - Learn how to create flower arrangements as a memorial to the people close to us. Learn the tips and skills used by professionals and create your own one-of-a-kind floral designs.
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Behind the Scenes
Topic: "inTREEguing TREEhouses Exhibit" This program is perfect for volunteers! Join staff each month for an interactive, behind the scenes look at Reiman Gardens. Each month's topic features a mini-tour, interesting facts, and the chance to see many things not typically open to the public. Come each month to learn more about Reiman Gardens and its many plants and butterflies.
Container Gardening Workshop
Get expert hands-on instruction in outdoor container gardening. Horticulture Manager, Sarah Rummery, will demonstrate planting and placement in an outdoor container, and you will have the opportunity to practice on several displays in the Gardens. Finally you will receive your own 15" x 12" fiber garden container with a variety of summer florae to plant in the workshop.
Photographic Exposure Class
This is a 4 week course on Wednesdays beginning May 6, May 13, May 20, and May 27 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Go in-depth with professional photographer and instructor Mark Stoltenberg, to understand just what exposure is and how adjusting it will alter your photographs, for a variety of desired effects. Learn to master manual control of the lightness and the darkness of an image, even when your camera suggests something different.
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Youth Program: Plant Pals
Join us and cultivate a real garden at Reiman Gardens. We will learn about and grow lots of vegetables, pumpkins, tomatoes and sunflowers, as well as beautiful flowers. Each session has hands-on activities to interact with all the wonderful plants that we enjoy and eat. Classes are great for kids of all ages to participate in with an adult. Classes are held every other Thursday from May 7 to September 10.
Plant and Flower Drawing Class
This is a 6 week course on Thursdays May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, and June 25 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. This six-week beginner course will introduce how to use plants as the subject of art with easy approaches and successive lessons. Learn from artist Megan Henson as you draw from flowers and plants in the classroom, the Hughes Conservatory, and even get inspired by those early spring blooms in the outdoor gardens.
Saturday, 23 May 2015
Workshop: Floral and Butterfly Watercolors
Have fun painting watercolor in a comfortable, noncompetitive atmosphere with artist and instructor Yvonne Brune.
Workshop: Pysanky (Ukrainian Egg Dyeing)
Explore this traditional Ukrainian and Polish craft with artist Megan Henson.