… New! Take a step into the past and discover the art of writing with a quill pen. Try your hand at cutting your own quills from real feathers that you will take home with you. Learn about the history of oak gall ink and then use your quill and ink to practice the tricky art of writing with a quill pen. Along the way, learn about the …
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… Care by Month March April May June July August September October Harvest peas, raspberries, and all cool-season lettuces and vegetables as they ripen. If squash vine borer has been a problem in your garden, cover small transplants of squash, cucumbers, and zucchini with row covers to prevent moths from laying eggs on vines. Remove row covers when …
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… hands-on workshop series, you will learn the process of preparing textiles for natural dyeing and use a variety of direct applications of dye to cotton, silk, and thread. In later classes, try your hand at a variety of embroidery stitches to embellish your … even more. All skill levels welcome. All supplies included. Millicent Kennedy, textile and natural dye artist Classroom 6, Learning Center …
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… short-season snap beans, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflower, carrots, mustard greens, spinach, and radishes for fall harvesting. Cool-season lettuces, mesclun mixes, and unusual greens that were planted in early spring can be planted again this month. If weather is unusually hot, plant these greens in partial shade. The best quality and best tasting salad greens come from plants that were watered frequently and lightly rather …
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… Q. Is there anything that I can do to prepare my trees and shrubs for winter? A. The best thing that can be done to prepare your plants for winter is to make sure they enter the cold winter months with plenty of moisture. It is easy and quite common to forget about woody plant maintenance as we clean up spent annuals and perennials. Established trees and shrubs require approximately one inch of water per week. …
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… an evening making delicious desserts in this cooking class. Learn to use fresh vanilla beans and separate eggs. Recipes include mango upside-down cake with vanilla bean rum butter sauce and chocolate pavé with crème anglaise. Take home a sample of double-chocolate coconut macaroons and yellow cupcakes with buttercream frosting. Alcohol will be served in this class; participants …
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… Join us for cocktails and conversation about gardening, cooking, and more with Jeff Ross, farmstead school manager at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee. For more …
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… Experience the joy of creating your own unique papers created by eco-dyeing with plants and flowers. Explore printmaking methods that use leaves to create a simple print plate and direct mono-prints. Finally, apply both printing methods to freshly made paper. You will leave with a stack of papers that can be used in mixed media works, papercrafts, and other projects. Most printing supplies are included. All skill levels welcome. A supply list …
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… Making your own products with healthy ingredients can be simple and fun. In this class, you will learn about the benefits of using quality essential oils in your … life. Together we will make four products such as: bath salts, foaming hand soap, sugar scrub, and room-freshening spray. Each participant will make three packaged gift sets, so they will come … to give for holiday gifts. Tamara Mannelly, M.Ed., HHC, certified healing foods specialist and holistic health coach Plant Science Lab, Regenstein Center …
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… Chicago Botanic Garden scientist Jeremie Fant’s latest research. Fant, a molecular ecologist and plant genetics guru, is working with other botanic gardens around the world to develop conservation and reintroduction plans modeled after the ones used by zoos to protect endangered animal … species. “When we conserve plant species, it’s possible to preserve hundreds of individuals, and the genetic information they contain, by banking their seed or using cuttings to propagate …
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