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Class and Event Calendar 2012 Payment is your reservation. January Valentines Twig Wreath Class - Saturday, January 28th 10:00am-12:00pm February Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a Valentine's Day treat! $25 per person. Valentines Fresh Flower Arrangement - Saturday, February 11th 10:00am-12:00pm March Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Includes a seasonal favor. $25 per person. Easter Candle Ring Class - Saturday March 24th 10:00am-12:00pm Start with spring wreaths, perfect for pillar candles, add sparkly eggs, & flowers. $30 Spring Arrangement - March 31st 10:00am-12:00pm Start with potted Spring bulbs & add fresh flowers. Beautiful long lasting table arrangement. $40 April Want to grow organic veggies? Start here. You'll take home plants, seeds & produce that we grow as a class. 8 1-hour sessions on Tues. & Thurs. April 10 & 24, May 15 & 31, June 12 & 28, July 10 & 24. $50 Peter Rabbit's Egg Hunt - Saturday April 7th 10:00am Bring your children on the bestest Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Peter Rabbit & Mr. McGregor. Bring your camera. Our egg hunt loops around our woodland trails where everyone finds Easter treats or toys or a grand prize. Reservations required. $5.00 per child. Rain or shine! See all of our vintage Easter decor. Easter Flowers & Gifts! Easter English Cream Tea - Saturday April 7th 2:00pm-4:00pm Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a seasonal favor. $25 per person. Lettuce Eat Flowers - Saturday April 14th 10:00am-12:00pm Plant heirloom lettuces & edible flowers in a container & learn how to make a simple herbal vinaigrette, perfect for salads. Also learn how to use edible flowers for beautiful presentations. $30 Plant a Culinary Herb Garden - Saturday April 14th 1:00pm-3:00pm Have parsley, thyme, basil, oregano and other herbs handy for cooking in your favorite dishes. Perfect to keep on your porch. Plants, container, soil & fertilizer included. $30 Earth Box Garden - Saturday April 21st 10:00am-11:00am Learn how to plant & tend to a Grow Box that yields high amounts of veggies or herbs. Includes: Earth Box, plants & organic soil. $58 May Day Basket - Saturday April 28th 10:00am-12:00pm Welcome Spring with a Basket planted with Spring annuals & finish with fragrant fresh flowers. Perfect for your front door! $50 May Fashion an herb & flower-hanging basket, overflowing with color and fragrance. Tested Proven-Winners for the best color all season, with time-release fertilizer. Pick sun or shade. $25 Extra Large Planter - Saturday May 5th 1:00pm-3:00pm Tour the planters in our gardens & choose from a kaleidoscope of colors to plant an extra large, overflowing planter for your home. Choose from a huge selection of Proven Winners and Old Fashioned Annuals. $45 Mother's Day Flower Arrangement - Saturday May 12th 10:00am-11:00am Treat your mom to make a beautiful fresh flower arrangement. Seasonal flowers & herbs will be utilized in a keepsake container. $50 Mother's Day English Cream Tea - Saturday May 12th 12:00pm-2:00pm Sit amidst the flowers or in the gazebo or cabin while enjoying sinfully good food! Sign up early, this fills up quickly. We will have beautiful flower arrangements, planters & tea baskets. $25 Green Wall - Saturday May 19th 10:00am-12:00pm Learn how to effectively plant succulants and herbs on a wall. Take home your own wall section of plants. $40 Roses: The Queen of the Garden - Saturday May 26th 10:00am-12:00pm Learn the folklore, healthful properties & the delicious flavor & fragrance of the rose. Select 1 variety of the new David Austin Roses, sample a rose dessert & make a rose potpourri. $50 June Learn the basics of herbal medicine, as we harvest herbs to make teas, salves & tinctures. June 2, June 16, June 23. $75 Summer English Cream Tea - Saturday June 9th 12:00pm-2:00pm Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a seasonal favor. $25 per person Native Plants - Thursday June 14th 6:30pm-8:30pm Learn the importance of native plants for drought tolerance, attracting beneficial insects & birds that improve our environment & make a sustainable landscape. See many indigenous plants & take 2 native plants home with you, to increase your biodiversity. $25 Moon Garden - Thursday June 21st 6:30-8:00pm Learn what plants make a beautiful Moon Garden, also known as a White Garden, take home 3 plants. $30 Berry Garden - Saturday June 30th 10:00am-12:00pm Learn the health benefits of berries. Sample 2 recipes made with berries, choose 2 different types tof berry plants to take home. Choose from: blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, figs & grapes. $35 Fourth of July Arrangement - June 30th 2:00pm-4:00pm Use seasonal flowers to create a firework display of flowers. Use a festive container & a mix of red white & blue flowers. $40 July Learn the power of greens from our garden and earth by tasting foods, that help fight chronic diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, stroke, cancer & diabetes. Take home recipes and plants. Sample several wonderful dishes of good health. $35 Children's Garden - Saturday July 14th 10:00am-12:00pm Plant a potted garden with your child that's easy. Choose either a Fairy Garden or Vegetable planter. $25 Movie Night - Important Movies for your health. The last 2 Fridays in July 7:00-9:00pm Watch a movie as you enjoy a vegetable dish from our garden & a fruit filled dessert. $15 per person Food Inc: Friday July 20th 7-9pm Fork Over Knife: Friday July 27th 7-9pm Sleepy Time Class - Saturday July 21st 10:00am-12:00pm Learn which herbs promote a healthy night’s sleep. Make an herbal sleepy tea & a sleep pillow. $30 Call of the Wild - Saturday July 28th 10:00am-12:00pm Forage for wild edibles. Dandelions, elder flowers, rosehips, lambsquarters & wild black cherries should help create some of our dishes. $20 August Home grown citrus! We've been home for dwarf citrus plants for over 30 years. Easy care plants with great rewards. Learn their healthful properties & sample 2 citrus recipes & leave with a citrus plant of your choice. $50 September Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a seasonal favor. $25 per person Fresh Herb Wreath - Saturday September 15th 10:00am-12:00pm One of the delights of growing herbs is to fashion a fresh wreath of fragrant herbs. Calming & Satisfying; it can be hung in your kitchen to dry and use for chemical free cooking. 10" wreath. $30 Food as Medicine with Herbs - Saturday September 22nd 10:00am-12:00pm Learn how to use 8 herbs and understand their medicinal properties. Take home each herb & a recipe as we make one dish as a class. $30 October Our freshly harvested & dried herbs are ready to be made into teas, seasonings, & rubs. Make 3 different teas & 1 seasoning & 1 rub. $30 Fall Harvest Day - Saturday October 13th 12:00pm-4:00pm Celebrate our 33st year! Enjoy cider & fall treats as you visit the farm. Visit the animals. Free for all Fall English Cream Tea - Saturday October 13th 12:00pm-2:00pm Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a seasonal favor. $25 per person Fall Harvest Wreath - Saturday October 20th 10:00am-1:00pm Make a beautiful, colorful aromatic 24" wreath with freshly harvested everlastings. Blend natural colors from lavender, amaranth, celosia, & many more. Choose from assorted colors. $45 November Relax & enjoy a delightful tea prepared by the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Served in our decorated garden cabin or gazebo by the pond. Take home a seasonal favor. $25 per person Christmas Preview Party - Friday November 16th 7:00pm-10:00pm Dress up and start the season with our evening Christmas Party. Our Winter Wonderland sparkles by night. Come fill yourself with Christmas spirit, herbal appetizers & warm drink. Decorations adorn, capture the warmth of the season through our natural decorations. Please call for reservations & receive a gift also, enter to win a grand prize for the evening. Christmas Open House - Saturday November 17th 10:00am-6:00pm & Sunday November 18th 12:00pm-4:00pm Come visit our Winter Wonderland. Aromatic fresh cut greens; herbs from our gardens & our luscious potpourri evoke the scents of the holiday season. Let us make your home fragrant with wreaths, kissing balls, herbal gifts & glittery ornaments from the North Pole. Lovely handcrafted ornaments artistically made from nature's gifts, hang from our themed trees. Start a tradition with folk-art vintage ornaments. Great for collectors. Sample spiced punch, teas, herbal foods & cookies. Door prizes all day & festive music. Enjoy live violin & guitar. Walking in a Christmas Wonderland - November 23rd-December 22nd. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 4:30pm-7:00pm With the aid of magical fairy dust, you and your family can go on a self-guided walk to the North Pole, through the forest of Candy Canes and more, to see Santa's Ice Palace where the elves are busy at work. Walk through our gardens with lighted scenes of Christmas. See the flower fairies decorate the gazebo, Gingerbread house, Forest Animal Christmas Party, Nativity & lit gardens. New scenes added each year. Hot chocolate & Cookies await you at the barn. Rumor has it that Santa will be visiting the Garden Cabin on Fridays & Saturdays. $7 adults, $5 children Symbolic Christmas Wreath - Saturday November 24th 10:00am-12:00pm Make a 10" dried Christmas wreath that contains symbolic, fragrant herbs: silver king, sage, rosemary, thyme & lavender. Accented with gilded holly, red roses, celosia & berries. Lasts many years. $30 Christmas Porch Arrangement - Tuesday November 27th 6:30pm-8:30pm Great visitors with a showy arrangement. Bring your own planter (~10" by ~2' tall) and fill it with fresh greens, holly, snowy hydrangeas and branches. Add extra lit snowy branches optionally. $25 December Use a variety of evergreen boughs & berries from our gardens to weave a festive fresh 18" - 20" wreath for your door. Including many varieties of pines, hollies, cedars, junipers and winterberries. $25 Spicy Christmas Wreath - Tuesday December 4th 6:30pm-9:30pm Twig wreath backing to adorn with Christmas spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, star anise. Wonderful fragrance. $55
Evening tea by candle light in our cabin, including a lecture on the symbolic plants of Christmas. $25 Williamsburg Door Medallion - Saturday December 8th 10:00am-12:00pm Make a decorative style door medallion (18"x 14") inspired by Colonial Williamsburg. Using magnolia, boxwood, hollies, winterberries, pomegranates, miniature oranges & other fruit. A traditional favorite. $35 Williamsburg Apple Tree Centerpiece - Saturday December 8th 2:00pm-4:00pm Make a centerpiece to accompany your door medallion. Boxwood, faux apples or lemons, and other evergreens make a old fashioned and festive focal point. $30 Aromatic Candle Centerpiece - Thursday December 13th 6:30pm-8:30pm Fashion a fragrant holiday centerpiece from lovely juniper, cypress, fir & cedar, cut Fresh from our gardens. A taper candle and pinecones make this special. $30 Christmas Ornaments - Saturday December 15th 10:00am-1:00pm Make something to cherish with friends, family, or children. Make 3 ornaments inspired by nature. $30 Holly Basket - Tuesday December 18th 6:30pm-8:30pm Festoon a Christmas basket, a new design this year, with many varieties of symbolic holly, clustered with red berries. These unusual hollies grow in our gardens. Accent with snowy white berries. Stunning. $30 Fresh Flower Christmas Arrangement - Saturday December 22nd 6:30pm-8:30pm Stunning Arrangement for your table. Red & white roses, white & green mums, lilies, spray roses, fresh greens & carnations. $50 | |||
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