FEBRUARY EVENTS AT DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS FREE DAYS
----MORDECAI CHILDRENS GARDEN
----EXHIBITS & ART AT THE GARDENS
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STORY KEEPER:
----ORCHID/CYCLAMEN
----Kundalini Yoga
----CHILDREN’S CLASSES AND CAMPS
---AND MUCH MORE
to grow plants. Make a plant collage in the shape of the first letter of your name.
Ages 3-5 years: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 9:30 or 11:00 a.m.
Take a tour of our children's greenhouse and discover the plant alphabet. Learn some common plant names and plant your own alphabet garden
For more information and to register, visit http://catalog.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3580.
Mini Camps
Spend your day off from school at the Gardens exploring the amazing world of plants. We’ll fill each day with garden explorations, games, activities, projects and take-home gardens.
Cost: $50 members, $55 non-members.
Diary of a Worm Mini Camp
Monday Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Investigate the life of a worm - find out what they do all day and how they help plants. Build a special worm bin in which to take some of your new friends home.
For more information and to register, visit http://catalog.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3580.
BOTANICAL ART & ILLUSTRATION
Art meets science in this certification program for the dedicated illustrator, as well as the devoted amateur. Highlighted elective classes include:
Bookbinding Workshop
Two sessions:
Wed., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 6 – 9 p.m.
Sat., June 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16, 9 a.m. – noon
Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Bind a book yourself! Learn how to bind a traditional hardcover spring-back ledger book suited for botanical art or journaling. All elements of this book are acid-free and archival and can last for centuries.
Cost: $320 member, $373 non-member. Fee includes goat skin, cloth, paper, board, linen thread for one book and sewing tools.
To register, visit our online calendar at www.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3580.
Color Mixing Journal
Sat., Feb. 12, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Learn the craft of Coptic binding as you make your own journal for mixing colors. Create a custom cover with your own decorative papers. Beginning with specially printed watercolor, learn to assemble paper signatures, align the spine, and stitch your beautifully bound journal. In just one day, create a lasting color journal for color mixing.
Cost: $100 member, $$125 non-member. Fee includes paper, color mixing templates, archival glue, Davey board for one journal and needles for sewing.
To register, visit our online calendar at www.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3580.
Café Botanique
This lecture environment provides an atmosphere where botanical science, research and the arts come together for academia, artists and the general public to enrich understanding of plants, art and people and engage in community dialogue. Highlighted events include:
“Native American Plant Roasting” talk by Jason La Belle, Ph.D., Public Archaeology Department, CSU
Feb. 3, 2011, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
Suggested Donation: $5
To register, visit our online calendar at www.botanicgardens.org or call 720-865-3580.
2011 BONFILS-STANTON LECTURE SERIES
Keep up with current trends and innovative gardens by attending lectures by renowned speakers from around the country. Here is your chance to learn from the best.
