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Spring &Summer

2011 *

Rosalind Creasy Comes to Brookside Gardens! Page 7

* Landscape or Lie Series, page 13* Garden Party Beneft or Brookside Gardens, page 6


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The creativity and resourceulness o the

sta at Brookside Gardens has certainly

been tested by a very challenging 2010. Theckle weather has thrown every extreme:

with punishing snows and cold drying winds

in February that required hours o snow

removal to reopen the Gardens; a summer

with a record-breaking number o days above

90 degrees that orced the closing o Wings

o Fancy; the rapid, violent windstorm in

July that elled dozens o trees; and an early

morning thunderstorm in August that cast

3.3 inches o rain in less than hal an hour,

which scoured the creek and surrounding

gardens with a fash food six eet or more above its regular level.

Clean up and restoration ater each weather event has taken countless hours

and is ongoing, as Gardens sta coordinates with other skilled trades in

Montgomery Parks to repair the damage. In addition to replacing damaged

plants, other restoration includes signicant work by the arborist crews to

remove and prune hazardous trees, ence replacement and repair, asphalt

repair, and cleaning out clogged storm drains. All these reparations divert

resources earmarked or daily operations rom our already lean budget. As

you may know, this scal year the budget or Montgomery Parks was cut by 15

percent. Next year looks to be similarly harsh. And despite this, sta continues

to be optimistic about what we can accomplish and resourceul in ways tocontinue providing the high quality garden and programs our visitors expect.

I am very grateul to the sta or their commitment and ingenious solutions,

and to the volunteers and donors who support our operations through the git

o their time and money. Brookside Gardens is a special place, and it takes

many special people to keep it that way.

Best regards,

Stephanie Oberle

Director, Brookside Gardens

1. How Did Our Gardens Grow?

2. Wings o Fancy: Success with

Wings and Six Legs

3. Were You There?

4. Volunteer Update

5. Thank You, Donors!

PROGRAM GUIDE

7. Special Events

8. Group Tours

9. Spring Lecture Series &

Art Xhibits

10. Horticultural Talks &

Workshops

13. Garden Photography &

Writing Workshops

14. Cooking Demonstrations &

Xcursions

15. Adult Programs by Date

16. Brookside Gardens School o

Botanical Art & Illustration18. Childrens Programs

21. Registration

Table o Contents

General Inormation, 301-962-1400

Adult Education, 301-962-1470

hildrens Education, 301-962-1408

ibrary, 301-962-1476

chool o Botanical Art & Illustration,

01-962-1470 or 1474

Volunteer Oce, 301-962-1429

Git Shop, 301-962-1448 or 1479

acility Rental, 301-962-1404

McCrillis Gardens, 301-962-1455

Media Relations, 301-962-1427ponsorships/donations, 301-962-1402

Brookside Gardens1800 Glenallan Avenue

Wheaton, Maryland 20902

www.brooksidegardens.org

Hours: Brookside Gardens is open

every day except December 25.

Gardens: SunriseSunset

Conservatories: 10:00am5:00pm

Visitors Center: 9:00am5:00pm

(closed some holidays)

McCrillis Gardens | 6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda, MD 20817

Letter rom the Director

Horticultural Reerence Library10:00am3:00pm Monday

through Friday, except holidays

301-962-1476

Master GardenersPlant

Clinic at Brookside Gardens

Saturday 10:00am2:00pm

Sunday 1:004:00pm

Open Year Round

Wed. & Thurs. (MayOctober)

1:004:00pm

ditor: Ellen S. Bennett, 301-962-1402

Cover Photo: Leslie McDermott

The Shop

Brookside Ga

Hours:

Monday-Satu10:00am4:0

Sunday Noon301-962-14

Adversity has the eect o eliciting talents w

in prosperous circumstances, would have lain

dormant.


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A

pproaching its teenth season o fight, the Wings

o Fancy Live Caterpillar and Butterfy Exhibit has

grown and changed every year, with the goal o creating an

exceptional, enjoyable and educational experience. Nearly

50,000 visitors come to the exhibit and more than 200

volunteers participate in its operation annually, so we must

be doing things well enough to keep people coming back

or more!

In order to import butterfies across state lines, Brookside

Gardens is required to secure a permit rom the U.S.

Department o Agriculture (USDA). Non-local butterfies

and caterpillars are considered to be potential pests, and

the USDA regulates their movement and use. The permit

states that no butterfy lie stages may leave the exhibit,

which means that our greenhouse must be butterfy-

prooed every spring. The permit also requires that a

person be stationed at each o three exits during all hours

o operation, to check or hitch hikers on anyone leaving

the fight house, which is why a robust volunteer program

is necessary and crucial to the exhibits success.

Dr. Wayne Wheling is the USDA entomologist who oversees

Wings o Fancys import permit. Dr. Whelings support o

the exhibit has been a key element in its ongoing success.

In its earliest years, he helped nd solutions to the

challenges o bringing a thirty year old greenhouse acility

up to current standards o containment. Our containment

director, Cheryl Beagle, and carpenters rom the Parks

Departments Facilities Management Division have gured

out how to complete the required structural modications

quickly and eciently every spring when display change

begins. The fight house is inspected by a representative

rom either the USDA or Maryland Department o the

Environment (MDE) beore any butterfies may be released

into it. Containment must be assured beore the exhibit

components and interpretive materials are installed.

The interpretive panels are a cooperative creative eort

between the Parks Departments Exhibit Shop designers

and Brookside Gardens sta.

The exhibits most interesting components, the caterpillars

and butterfies, must be fying or crawling in sucient

numbers on opening day. Several devoted butterfy and

moth anciers (lepidopterists) share caterpillars with us

throughout the season, but especially beore opening day,

when we dont have any caterpillars o our own. They

have given us a number o dierent species, including

native giant silk moth and Baltimore Checkerspot butterfy

caterpillars. Our exhibit is greatly enriched as a result o

their generous support.

Wings o Fancy initially exhibited only butterfies that live

in North America, but with guidance rom Dr. Wheling,

our permit has expanded over the years to include

species that live in other parts o the Americas. With

urther modications to our acility, we were able to get

approval to import butterfies rom Asia and, most recently,

Arica. Dr. Wheling has also helped exhibit sta modiy

our techniques and methods to improve the health and

longevity o the butterfies.

A willingness to change and try new things is at the heart

o making Wings o Fancy resh and interesting each

year. We try to pay attention to what our visitors respond

to, as well as listen to our volunteers observations and

experiences. Our volunteers are passionate and curious

about butterfies and are always bringing us questions

and new inormation to incorporate into the exhibit. We

continue to be ascinated by the complex lie cycle and

lie story o butterfies, always nding compelling ways to

share our passion with our volunteers and visitors.

Kathy Stevens

Conservatory Manager

Wings o Fancy: Success withWings and Six Legs


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Brookside Gardens School o Botanical Art &

Illustration Awards Ceremony

Students and teachers rom Brookside Gardens School o

Botanical Art & Illustration gathered on Sunday, September

19 to celebrate the achievements o several o the Schools

nest students. Director Margaret Saul, in town rom Italy

to attend the American Society o Botanical Artists annual

conerence in Pittsburgh, presented Certicates to ve

individuals who this year completed their nal certicate

projects. Jeanne Benson, Karen Coleman,

Joan Maps Ducore, Berit Robertson

and Denise Swayne each received this

prestigious award ater several years o

meticulous work and dedication to this

unique art orm. Each o them now joins

a very elite group o just eight individuals

to complete all the requirements o the

Schools Certicate Program.

Margaret also presented Achievement

Awards to several students whose work

was accepted or the rst time to be

displayed in the Botanica exhibition

o student and teacher artwork.

Congratulations to Marydean Floyd, Harriet Weiner,

Christine Rollins and Arden Brady or their exceptional

progress through this specialized curriculum. Interested

in learning more about the Brookside Gardens School o

Botanical Art & Illustration? Visit www.brooksideartschool.

org here, youll nd a link to the Schools Online Gallery,

where you can view images o the Certicate students

nal projects.

Mark Richardson

Adult Education Programs Manager

Adventures With Food Childrens Day 2010

Brookside Gardens largest special event, Childrens Day,

had a picture perect day this past September. Ninety

volunteers helped make it a successul, exciting event or

our estimated 4,000 visitors. All Childrens Day activities

are planned especially or elementaryage children and

relate to an assigned theme this year being, Adventures

With Food and stemming rom Brookside Gardens overall

theme, Food For Thought.

In addition to the un hands-on activities, amilies

listened to the sounds o the Richmond Indigenous Gourd

Orchestra and explored a gourd-petting zoo that the

band shared with the public. Whats a gourd orchestra?

The orchestra is made up o ve band members who wear

stylish gourd hats and fashy costumes accessorized with

gourd buttons. Their lively music comes rom a variety o

homemade gourd instruments. It is described as Paleolithic

lounge music mixing past with present, rhythm with

melody, and chaos with order. Whatever it

was, it was lots o un or everyone!

As children participated in several hands-

on activities spread throughout the

gardens, they were on a mission to stamp a

Passport detailing their accomplishments.

Kids travelled rom the Plant a Mini Salad

Bowl activity to Fruit and Veggie Bingo, on to

Fruit and Veggie Beach Ball, and to the other

displays including Pollinators and Food, Fruit

and Veggie Scavenger Hunt, Fruit and Veggie

Painting Cornucopia, Face Painting, Fruit and

Veggie Printing, and an actual Kids Farmers

Market (a avorite activity, as it turns out!).

At the Kids Farmers Market, children chose a recipe and

then shopped with play money to obtain the produce

needed to make their dish. Many thanks to Rocklands

Farm whose support made or a smooth-running Market.

Additionally, Rocklands set-up their own Farmers Market

as an extra bonus or the adult crowd. We are pleased that

several volunteers rom the Botanical Art Society o the

National Capital Region have come annually to support

Childrens Day to teach children watercolor painting

techniques.

Feedback rom the public was especially complimentary

this year. And our visitors were generous in bringing ood

donations, accumulating two large boxes o ood that

Brookside Gardens donated to Marthas Table. Brookside

Gardens is grateul to the Friends o Brookside Gardens or

their support o this popular special event allowing ree

admission or the public. A great time was had by all!

Lynn Richard

Childrens Program Horticulturist

Were You There?



Volunteer Update:Student Service Learning

M

ost students in Montgomery County must perorm

volunteer service in order to ulll graduation

requirements. Montgomery County Public Schools require

students to complete 75 hours o Student Service Learning

(SSL) hours and many local private schools have similar

community service requirements. In the last scal year

at Brookside Gardens, 118 student volunteers rom 26

area middle and high schools volunteered more than

2,500 hours. Students volunteer at our seasonal Wings o

Fancy Live Butterfy Exhibit, Garden o Lights Holiday Light

Display, and one day events such as Childrens Day, Earth

Day and the Garlic Mustard Challenge.

Providing an opportunity or young people to volunteer

outside in a public garden is imperative, because it

introduces them at an early age not only to the great

outdoors, but also to one o the wonderul ree resources

o Montgomery County: Brookside Gardens, as a part o the

Montgomery Parks system. Sta and volunteer mentoring

o our student volunteers urther ensures that no matter

what eld they choose to work in as adults, students

will have developed an appreciation or horticulture and

gardening. In addition, many o our student volunteers

benet rom learning or the very rst time important job

readiness skills, such as punctuality, appropriate workplace

dress and basic workplace communication skills.

Student Volunteer Highlight

Phanna Lamlek o Sherwood High School is our top

student volunteer or the 2010 scal year. Phanna

completed 116 hours at the Wings o Fancy Live Butterfy

Exhibit and at the Garden o Lights Holiday Light Display.

Phanna started volunteering with Wings o Fancy at age 14,

and over the past several years has volunteered more than

300 hours at Brookside Gardens!

Je Kimm rom the Bullis School is the runner up or

FY2010 with 96 hours. Je worked as a Wings o Fancy

Flight Attendant.

Jonathan Mallory rom the Washington Christian

Academy completed 72 hours as a Gardeners Assistant.

Jonathan liked volunteering here so much that even ater

he completed his graduation requirement, he returned

throughout the summer to help out.

Vishal Hemnani rom John F. Kennedy High School

completed 70 hours as a Wings o Fancy volunteer. Vishal

started out in Wings o Fancy in 2009 and returned as a

volunteer in 2010 with three o his classmates through his

schools Leadership Training Initiative program.

Brookside Gardens benets greatly rom the energy and

enthusiasm that our student volunteers bring to the job.

Thank you to our many student volunteers, and thank you

to all o our volunteers, or all that you do or Brookside

Gardens!

Jared Ashling

Volunteer Coordinator & Library Horticulturist



ANNUAL APPEAL

Eleven Anonymous Donors

Anne AmblerMichael AudetIvy Baer and Marc Rothenburg

Jane BarrettBernice Bartlett

Josephine BennettMarian BellamaEllen Bennett and Ric GratzSally BoasbergBette BowmanMarney BruceMarlene and Salvatore CianciCatherine ConlyTina Coplan

James and Susan DavidLorraine DavisLewis and Barbara DennisLinda and John Derrick

John and Ruth DoakBarbara Dunn and Susan LinganAnn and Don EnglishKurt and Sylvia EschbachSelma FalloonWyn FitzpatrickMrs. C. A. FontynSerena Fossi Gardening &

Gentle RedesignLeonard Friedman and Randi

PassamaneckPeter and JoAnn GaleBarbara GentileAlda Giusti

John and M.T. GoiovanelliClaudia GolendaClaudetta HardingRuth HarperKatie HenleyAngela HittiShelton and Lily JacksonBill JohnsonSusanne KarackiCarol Karl

Edward KarpoAudrey and Sheldon KatzChristine KellyMarianne KuhlthauSandra LangeMimi LevineSamuel LevySheila LindveitCathy LonasMartha and Ron LubetFrances Lussier and Patricia

Smith

Johanna and ViAnn LyskawaDwight and Sue Mason

Carmen MaymiSusan McCallLeslie and Jim McDermottMr. and Mrs. Flynn McLeanTim McNellisBarbara MeiselmanHelen MeyersBob and Jo Ann MuellerEd MurtaghThe Mycological Assn o

WashingtonNorma NicholsMarjorie and Stephen

Nordlinger

Cynthia NyeStephanie and Brian OberleStephen OlinerCharles OssolaCeleste ParkHarriet PeckMartin and Marcia PostmanNancy RandaMark RatnerVan RayburnFu-meei and Richard RobbinsEllen RossEva RoswellBarbara Shidler

The Sign ShopNadine SparerKathy Stevens and Sam

RosenbaumJoan and Peter StogisTerry Strayer and John GratzSylvia SuarezUrsula Sabia SukinikPeter TaltyRichard and Ann TerrillBetsy ThomasNancy and Dick TraubitzTeresa TretterLynn and David Vismara

Ira and Marcia WagnerSarah Wagner and Steven PugliaHelga WappausSammye WilliamsAl Wilson and Ethel DutkyMichael and Daniela WolMaria Wortman

Jin YangKen Young

GENERAL DONATIONS

Four Anonymous Donors

Paxton and Rachel BakerJune BlandThe Blumenstock FamilyRuth and Mark BortzFriends o Brookside Gardens

John GunnMagdy MansourMaryland Nursery and

Landscape AssociationElena PaoliPotomac Home & Garden ClubHarriet SaxeGaia Vasiliver Shamis and

Yackov Shamis

Thanh Quoc Truong and AnhKim Ngo

Elizabeth VitchockMartin WieseHelen Wirsch

IN KIND GIFTS

Carole GalatiBarbara GentileMcLean Nurseries Bill KuhlPhil NormandyPleasant Run Nursery - Rich and

Heidi HesseleinJanet and Jim Sent

LIBRARY BOOK DONATIONS

Danelia DashiellEmile DeckertSimone Fary

Judith GraeUna Pearl Jarboi

John KemperBetty MackeyMartha Moulton OHehinMartha Lee RalpheMark RichardsonDorothea Russell

Joanne Schmader

Donald M. SimondsKathy StevensSarah Wendel

PROGRAM SUPPORT

2010 Childrens Day

Friends o Brookside Gardens

2010 Fall Lecture Series


2010 Garden o Lights

Silver Spring Garden Club

Garden Renovations


2011 Green Matters

Anne AmblerFriends o Brookside GardensHonest TeaSilver Spring Garden ClubTakoma Horticultural ClubDavid and Marilynn VismaraUniversity o Maryland

ExtensionHome & GardenIno. Center

Winding Orchard CitizensAssociation

TRIBUTE GIFTS

To celebrate the lie o Nina

Linda Adler

Alan and Carole Kuritzky

In Memory o Edward and

Consolata Amatucci

John and Sandra Irish

In Honor o June and Bill

Andersons 50th Wedding

AnniversaryAlida AndersonEric AndersonFrederick AndersonDonald and Marijane Harper

In Memory o Margaret Bancrot

Douglas and Gertrude BusheyMr. and Mrs. Peter MagoonAngel and Duane Moe and

FamilyKelly PintoKenneth and Jennie Pinto

In Memory o Wendy CampbellSusanne Karacki

In Memory o Chin-Che Lin

Liang

Helen AllenKenneth Shueh-Shen ChangDr. and Mrs.Chuntung

ChangchienChihmei Lin ChenDr. and Mrs. His ChenMr. and Mrs. Chun-Nan Chi

Thank You, Donors!Donations received between June 1, 2010 and

December 15, 2010



Thank You, Donors!continued

Mr. and Mrs. Hua-Shan ChiTheresa Lin Chung

Cynthia DickinsonEdith Ferrante and John BeasleyPaul Hshieh and Meiyun HshiehMr. and Mrs. Chuck HsuFu-Lian Hsu and Susie Z. HsuMr. and Mrs. Jeremy HsuLi-Hua HsuSu-Jan HuangMr. and Mrs. Shyh-An HuangMr. and Mrs. Tai L. HuangDou Huey JeanRong Song JihRosemary Johann-LiangThomas Y. Ko and Meiyun H. Ko

Immuno Group o BDRD/NMRCMr. and Mrs. Chunyen LaiMei-Mei Hsieh LaiVincent LaiChun Sheng Lee and Huei Ying

LeeHenry Y. LeeRay Fong LeeDr. and Mrs. Tung-Pi LeeMr. and Mrs. Wu-Lang LeeMr. and Mrs. George LiLi-Shiang Liang and Georgia

SassenLi-Ting Liang

Ma-Li LiangYung-San LiangAi Jeng LinChing Kuo Lin and Chia-Chi LinMr. and Mrs. Peter LinYie C. LinDr. and Mrs. Chia Ching LiuMr. and Mrs. Zurnpeeng NggSharon Tong PanTai Sassen-Kiang

Dr. and Mrs. Jiin-Shiang SuMr. and Mrs. David W. Tsai

Dr. and Mrs. Bernard W. TsaiHolly TsengMr. and Mrs. Kuo M. TsuTaiwanese Youth Arts

FoundationCzau-Siung YangMr. and Mrs. Harry YiehHenry H. and Jia Huey Yu

In Memory o Jeanne Moulton

Friends o Brookside GardensSara Moran

In Memory o Thelma Mueller

Alden and Jane Munson

In Memory o Rosalyn Roddy

Michael and Linda FrostVA Maryland Healthcare System

- Trauma Recovery Program

In Memory o Milton J. Seidel

Katherine Seidel

In Memory o Jerry M. Seigel

Susan Canada

In Memory o Dan Shepherdson

Antonia Chion

In Memory o Robert P. Stalter

Blue Heron Wellness FamilyWalter G. EdmondsWilson and Marian MarshallZane and Wilma Stalter

John and Louise Swink

In Memory o John St. Clair

John and Janice Lefer

In Memory o Susan

Stephenson

Dick and Anita Garner

Ron Taddei Memorial Perennial

Garden

Donation on behal o parents,Rudy and Delores Taddei andentire amily

ROSE GARDEN

COMMEMORATIVE BRICK

PROGRAM

Honoring the Lie o NancyBenedict

Leslie McDermott and PatrickMcDermott

Eternal Love and Lie CH PB CL

Clatterbuck WR Gillette III

Carol Clatterbuck

In Memory o Dick Johnson

Kay (Michaela) Johnson

In Memory o Bill Richards

Margie Richards

STORM RESTORATION FUND

Gail Gee and VincentCampanella

Eugene and Julia HormanSally and Bob NewcombPat and Ray Sumner

TRIBUTE BENCHES

In Memory o Maurice and

Margaret BassanLaurie E. Bassan

In Memory o Joanne Bintz

Thomas McCombe

In Memory o Esther and Sam

Furash

Judith FurashToby FurashSydney Rodgers

In Memory o Tom and Jean

McCloskey

Susan CheselkaTeri Emig

Joan LyonJoseph McCloskeyTim McCloskeySharon Snellings

In Memory o Vasan

Ramaswamy

Shoma Ramaswamy

TRIBUTE TREES

In Memory o Bill Hussmann

Katherine G. Hussmann

In Memory o Polina and Yukov

Zengin

Georgiy Burtsev

Correction:In Honor o Edith Gutkin

Daman

Janet G. Farbstein

9:00-11:00am

Preview Party

Private guided tours,

complimentary

rereshments and

signature plants or sale

$35 per person*

Event number 138799

Registration required

12:00-4:00pm

Open Garden

Sel-guided tours,

rereshments available

$5 per person*

Event number 138849

Drop-ins welcome

Saturday, May 21Morning Preview Party guests will be treated to an exclusive,

personal tour o the spectacular private garden o Gail Gee

in Fulton, Maryland. Begun in 2001, this three-acre paradise

was created as her personal pleasure garden and eatures

spectacular color combinations in the English Style. Her

extensive collection o rare peonies should be at peak bloom

in time or our visit, and there will be selected varieties o

hard-to-nd cultivars and other signature plants available or

purchase. Gails garden will also be open or sel-guided tours

in the aternoon.

Benet or Brookside Gardens at Gail Gees Garden

Register at www.ParkPASS.org

*All proceeds benet Brookside Gardens.


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PROGRAM GUIDE Special Events

Rosalind Creasy is an internationally recognized

garden and ood writer, photographer and landscape

designer with a passion or beautiul vegetables and

ecologically sensitive gardening. She began her career

in horticulture in the 1970s as a landscape designer and

restaurant consultant. By 1982, she had published her

rst book, The Complete Book o Edible Landscaping, which

won the Garden Writers Associations Quill and Trowel

award, was chosen as a Book o the Month selection

and hailed by The Wall Street Journal as the best garden

book o 1982. Considered a classic, it coined the term

Edible Landscaping, now a part o the American vocabulary.

Rosalind recently published a completely revised edition o her rst book,

entitled, Edible Landscaping: Now You Can Have Your Gorgeous Garden and Eat it

Too! Join us or an evening with Rosalind, the rst lady o edible landscaping!Check page 9 or more details.

Brookside Gardens Xperience SpringSummer 2011 7

Summer Twilight Concert SeriesJoin us in the Gude Garden every Tuesday evening throughout the month o

June or a series o perormances set in the beauty o the gardens! Brookside

Gardens oers all concerts ree o charge; no registration is required. Dont

orget your chairs and blankets!

Conservatory DisplaysSpring Display: Spring Preview

Saturday, January 22 - Sunday, April 10, 2011

10:00am-5:00pm daily; FREE

Brookside Gardens Conservatory

Summer Display: Summer o Food

Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, September 18

10:00am-5:00pm daily; FREE


The Gremmies

Marylands premier Sur/

Instrumental band

Tuesday, June 7, 6:30-8:00pm

Justin Trawick

Arlington-based Urban Folk

Rock band with a range rom

olk/bluegrass to unk/hip hop


Damon Foreman

Jazz, Funk, Blues and Rock


Bad Infuence Band

Washington, D.C.-based, blues-

inused, high-energy music


Earth Day FestivalSponsored by Friends o Brookside Gardens

Celebrate Earth Day at Brookside

Gardens on April 17, 2011, 12:004:00pm.

Look or more inormation at

www.brooksidegreen.org or

call 301-962-1470 to request inormation

be sent to you via email.

Were celebrating ood at Brookside

Gardens again this year! Enjoy edible

plant displays throughout the gardens

this season and join us or

educational programming

ocused on growing, cooking

or displaying ood in creative ways. Look

or the tomato graphic to nd our ood-

related programs and events.

Brookside Gardens is pleasedto announce RosalindCreasy will join us this spring

or two programs rst, abenet program on Thursday,

April 28 rom 6:30-9:00pm; all

proceeds will support Brookside

Gardens and Montgomery Parks

Community Gardens; second, a

morning lecture

about Gardening with Children

on Friday, April 29 rom 10:00-

11:30am.

Brookside Gardens Welcomes Edible Landscaping Guru Rosalind Creasy



Special Events and Group Tours www.BrooksideGardens.org

Plant Shows & SalesBrookside Gardens hosts local,

regional and national plant society

events throughout the year. Many o

the societies events eature judged

competitions; each o them eatures

passionate collectors, eager to share their

enthusiasm with others.

Orchid Sale

Sponsored by the Friends o Brookside

Gardens & the Brookside Gardens Orchid

Club

Saturday, March 19, 10:00am-4:00pm

Sunday, March 20, 10:00am-3:00pm

Visitors Center

Ikenobo and Ikebana Exhibition

Sponsored by the Ikenobo Ikebana Society

o Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter

and the Ikenobo Ikebana Society Baltimore

Group



Visitors Center

Camellia Society Show & Sale

Sponsored by the Camellia Society o

Potomac Valley

Saturday April 2, 10:00am-4:00pm

Sunday April 3, 10:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Daodil Show

Sponsored by the Washington DaodilSociety

Saturday, April 9, 2:00-5:00pm

Sunday, April 10, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Azalea Show & Sale

Sponsored by the Brookside Gardens

Chapter o the Azalea Society

Saturday, April 30

Show 12:00-5:00pm

Sale 9:00am5:00pm

Sunday, May 1

Show 9:00am-4:00pm

Sale 10:00am2:00pm

Visitors Center

Dahlia Tuber Sale

Sponsored by the National Capital Dahlia

Society

Saturday, April 30, 11:00am-2:00pm

Outside the Visitors Center

Annual Silver Spring Garden Mart

Sponsored by the Silver Spring Garden

ClubSaturday, May 7, 9:00am-3:00pm

Outside the Visitors Center

Daylily Show & Sale

Sponsored by the National Capital Daylily

Club

Saturday, July 9, 10:00am-5:00pm

Sunday, July 10, 9:00am-5:00pm

Visitors Center

Cactus Show

Sponsored by the National Capital Cactus

and Succulent Society

Saturday, August 6, 9:00am-5:00pm

Sunday, August 7, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Brookside Gardens

Free Garden Walks every Saturday aternoon in

May 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2:00pm

Fee: Free; no registration required

Meet at the Visitors Center (outside doors exiting

the rear o building)

McCrillis Gardens

Free Garden Walks every Sunday aternoon in

May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2:00pm


Meet at McCrillis House in Bethesda

(call 301-962-1455 or directions)

Free Garden ToursEnjoy ree, springtime strolls at Brookside Gardens

in Wheaton or McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda. Each

o these frst-rate gardens merits a visit this spring!

Brookside Gardens is an intensively managed display

garden, eaturing an abundance o annual and perennial

displays throughout the season. McCrillis Gardens is a

naturalistic strolling garden, oering shady woodland

walks and splashes o color in spring. Highly trained,

knowledgeable guides oer engaging horticultural tours,

ocusing on the plants that make each garden unique.

Group ToursConsider bringing your garden club or other adult group to

Brookside Gardens or a guided tour o our beautiul spring

display. Sure to please gardening novices and seasoned

veterans alike, our knowledgeable volunteer guides oer

horticultural-ocused strolls through the gardens. Guided

tours must be arranged in advance and are oered or a ee

o $5/person (5-person minimum). Contact Diane Lewis at

301-962-1407 or [email protected] to arrange

your group experience.



Register online at www.ParkPASS.org Lectures

Art XhibitsThe Brookside Gardens Visitors Center

exhibitions showcase aordable

original works or gicle prints o

original works on horticultural themes

by area artists. All art exhibitions are

ree-o-charge and most o the works

are available or purchase.

FEBRUARY 7 APRIL 10, 2011

Tangled Tulips & Poppies Three

Carol Vorosmarti

The Art o Spring

Olney Art Association

APRIL 11 MAY 21, 2011

Spring Color, Summer Dazzle

Washington Metropolitan Art Society

MAY 21 JULY 9, 2011

Botanica 2011: The Art o Science

o Plants

Brookside Gardens School oBotanical Art

JULY 9 AUGUST 28, 2011

Flowers, Gardens and Bouquets

Judith Prevo

Floral Exuberance

Mimi Whitcomb

Snapshots o Summer

Deborah Starobin-Armstrong

Spring Lecture Series

Thanks to the generous support o theFriends o Brookside Gardens, we oer

an excellent lecture series in spring and

all. Lectures have traditionally been

oered on Friday mornings at 10:00,

but were oering more varied dates

and times this spring to accommodate

our patrons varied schedules.

Cultivating the Garden Artist

Within

Pam Baggett, Freelance Garden Writer &

PhotographerHow do you create the garden

you want without having to hire

expensive proessional help? By

learning to cultivate the garden

artist within, you will be able to see

like a proessional designer, then

translate that knowledge into the

scenes you envision or your garden.

Well consider possibilities rom

playul to ormal, talk about how to

be a passionate plant collector and

still have a strong visual design,discuss solutions to some common

design problems experienced by

home gardeners and look at ways

to use the grand scenes in public

gardens to provide tips or our own

small private spaces.

Course number 132951

Thursday, March 24, 6:30-8:00pm

Fee: Free; registration required

Visitors Center Auditorium

Spring Fling: Getting Ready or

Your Next Garden Party

Adrienne Cook, Danielle Navidi & Karen

Nelson Kent, AIFD

Whether youre planning a Mothers

Day brunch or a May Day luncheon,

its un to dress up the menu with

the abundance o spring fowers at

your ngertips. Join the Cook Sisters

and Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD or a

un-lled presentation o the perect

spring recipes and decor that can

make them sing!

Course number 133199Thursday, April 7, 10:00-11:30am



Designing an Urban Potager

Cindy Brown, Smithsonian Gardens

A traditional French kitchen garden

- potager - mingles vegetables,

ruits, fowers and herbs to make

the unction o providing ood or

the table aesthetically pleasing. An

urban potager uses every inch o

available space, growing edibles and

ornamentals on balconies, patios,

porches and rootops. Cindy Brown

will eliminate excuses or excluding

edibles with suggestions on what

edibles to grow, unusual ways to

grow them and how to do it all with

style!


Friday, April 15, 10:00-11:30am



Edible Landscaping - The New

American Garden

Rosalind Creasy, Garden &

Food Writer, Photographer

and Landscape Designer

During this mouth-

watering presentation,

Rosalind Creasy, pioneer

in the eld o edible

landscaping, willcover an A to Z list o

her recommended

beautiul edible plants

or home gardens, an

overview o the wide variety

o edible landscapes, as well as

the principles o landscape design

particular to edibles. All proceeds

will benet Brookside Gardens and

Montgomery Parks Community

Special Benet Event



Lectures/Horticultural Talks & Workshops www.BrooksideGardens.org

Garden program. Fee includes

admission to lecture, reception, plant

sale and book signing.


Thursday, April 28, 6:30-9:00pm

Fee: $35, FOBG: $30; registration

required


Gardening with Children

Rosalind Creasy, Garden & Food Writer,

Photographer and Landscape Designer

Rosalind Creasy believes gardening and

being green is best caught, not taught.

In this slide-illustrated lecture, join her

neighborhood children and grandson as

they harvest wheat, plant peanuts and

blue potatoes, track insects with a hand

lens, nd their way in her Alice and

Wonderland maze, and even help raise

baby chicks. Children are welcome and

can pot up a strawberry plant to take

home aterward.


Friday, April 29, 10:00-11:30am



Tasty Tropicals with Diane Lewis

Diane Lewis, Brookside Gardens Sta

Bananas once were shipped on slow

boats rom distant ports; beore

rerigeration, oranges were exotic

delicacies. Now, we grow naranjillas

as ornamentals and drink acai juice!

What once was exotic becomes

commonplace to the next generation.

Today, the variety o supermarket ruit

is astounding. Some you expect to nd

year-round; others are unusual enough

that youre almost araid to try them.

Learn about both the common and the

exotic tropical ruits you nd in the

grocery store through this illustrated

lecture.


Friday, May 13, 10:00-11:30am OR


Thursday, June 2, 6:30-8:00pm



Delicious Color or Your Garden

Karl Gercens, Indoor Section Gardener,

Longwood Gardens

A bland landscape can always use

some spice. Explore what you can do

with rich Merlot, buttery yellows and

silver, the icing on the cake. Well look

at how oliage color can lend a zesty

punch and which edibles can garnish

the top or a savory nish.


Thursday, June 9, 6:30-8:00pm



Horticultural Talks &Workshops

Rain Garden Workshop

Montgomery County Department o

Environmental Protection Sta

Transorm your yard into a natural

ecosystem to help capture and lter

rainwater. Learn the techniques to

evaluate your yard and create a rain

garden that uses native plants and

enhanced soils to create a watershed-

riendly garden ull o beauty and lie.


Friday, March 11, 10:00am-1:00pm



Fee: $10; registration required

Visitors Center Adult Classroom

Vegetable Gardening BasicsSession 1: Site Preparation and

Crop Selection

Carol Allen, Horticulturist

When starting a home vegetable

garden, the rst thing to do is choose

a site. Learn about what to consider

in choosing the best location and

start thinking about soil preparation

and choosing crops to maximize your

harvest each year.


Wednesday, March 16, 1:30-3:30pmFee: $18, FOBG: $15; registration

required

Papercrete Troughs

Ellen Hartrant, Brookside Gardens sta

Create a beautiul, lightweight trough

or your garden. Take it home with you

the same day you create it and then

register or course #133149 to plant

it with a variety o plants under the

guidance o garden trough expert Betty

Mackey. Fee includes all materials.


Wednesday, March 23, 1:00-4:00pm


required

Visitors Center Adult Workshop

Springs Floral Nest

Jane Pettit, Mother Nature Throws a Party

Welcome spring into your home like

the birds do-with a nest! This twig nest



Register online at www.ParkPASS.org Horticultural Talks & Workshops

perches in a vase and holds a color-

coordinated mix o springs brightest

fowers. Choose rom one o two

dierent design styles and top o your

design with a resident bird. Recreate

the display each spring and use it as a

low table centerpiece or a lovely indoor

ocal point.


Thursday, March 24, 10:00am-12:00pm


required


Simply Chic

Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD, owner o Floral

Diversity

Learn to create contemporary foral

designs you can make at home. This

3-week course covers basic know-

how about fower arranging, choosing

the right fowers or your home andcreating great visual eects with simple

skills. Fee includes materials to create

one arrangement each week.


Thursdays, March 31, April 7 and 14,

1:00-3:00pm


required


Vegetable Gardening Basics

Session 2: Plugs, Packs or Seeds?How to Buy Plants


Take the mystery out o buying

vegetable plants. Some are best direct-

sown in your garden, while others are

best bought rom your local garden

center as starter plugs. Learn how to

choose healthy plants and plant them

at the right time to ensure success.


Wednesday, April 6, 1:30-3:30pm


required

Visitor Center Adult Workshop

Make & Take Rain Barrels



Gather water rom your rootops, help

control storm water impacts rom your

yard and store water to use in your

landscape. Limited to one rain barrel

per household.


Friday, April 15, 10:00am-1:00pm


Saturday, April 16, 10:00am-1:00pm



Mother Natures Moss Shoe


Found on a woodland trail, let as

Mother Nature hurried to avoid

detection by approaching hikers: One

Glorious High Heel Slipper, not o glass,

but o moss! Create your own one-o-

a-kind treasure to display prominently

in your home. Or, make it or one o the

shoe anatics in your circle o riends.

This project brings antasy alive with

bright little dried fowers, glittery things,

butterfies and cute critters tuckeddown in the little world o Mothers

slipper.




required


Garden Trough Planting

Workshop

Betty Mackey, B.B. Mackey Books

Whether you made a garden troughthis spring, or have an older one at

home that youd like to replant, bring

your trough, your garden gloves and

your love o nature to this trough-

planting workshop with Betty Mackey.

Combine a dwar shrub with creeping

or fat perennials with tiny leaves in a

weatherproo trough. Fee covers plant

material and soil you must bring your

own trough.




required


Hanging Basket Workshop

Joan ORourke, Friends o Brookside Gardens

Create your very own display o fowers

and oliage in a hanging basket.

Beautiul new plant color introductions

will add surprises to this perennial

avorite. Instructions will cover how

to line a 14-inch wire basket with

sphagnum moss and planting tips or

best results.


Friday, May 6, 10:00-11:30am


Friday, May 6, 1:30-3:30pm


required


Butterfy Container

Kathy Stevens, Brookside Gardens Sta

Create a beautiul, unctional container

garden that will support the entire

butterfy lie cycle in this enjoyable

workshop. Plant a container that

encourages butterfies to call your

garden home. Fee includes a 14-

inch container, butterfy plants and

instruction about butterfy gardening.

Course number 132908Wednesday, May 11, 1:00-3:00pm


required


Flowers or Your Home


Diversity

A home isnt a home without fowers.

Let your fowers be an extension o



Horticultural Talks & Workshops www.BrooksideGardens.org

your personality in this 3-week course

by creating abulous arrangements

and bouquets or your home. From

traditional European design to minimal

and baroque, this is a course or all

fower lovers. Fee includes materials or

one arrangement each week.


Thursdays, May 12, 19 and 26,

6:00-8:00pm


required


Hosta Container Workshop


Dont give up on hosta because deer

have taken over your garden! Deprive

them o this tasty delicacy by keeping

the perect shade plant out o reach.

Join Joan ORourke, Friends o Brookside

Gardens, to add drama to your deck

or patio with a unique container o

beautiul hostas in the best colors. Fee

includes all materials.


Tuesday, May 17, 10:00-11:30am


Wednesday, May 18, 10:00-11:30am


required


Conservation Landscaping

Techniques



Learn how conservation-based

landscaping techniques can beautiy

your yard and neighborhood, restore

native habitats and help improve the

environment. Develop a site design

tailored to your yard and learn about

the Countys rebate program to assist

with unding.Course number 130101

Friday, May 20, 10:00am-1:00pm


Saturday, May 21, 10:00am-1:00pm



Vegetable Gardening Basics

Session 3: Lie Underground - Soil

Microbes and You


Harness the biology in your soil to help

your garden succeed. Learn how best

to improve your soil and make it easier

to grow robust, healthy and productive

vegetable plants.


Wednesday, May 25, 1:30-3:30pm


required

Strawberry Jar Sedums


Sedums come in an abundance o

colors, shapes and sizes. In this hands-

on workshop, Joan will help you plant a

strawberry jar with a beautiul variety

o these versatile perennial plants that

add year-round interest to your garden

with very little care or attention.


Tuesday, May 31, 10:00-11:30am


Wednesday, June 1, 10:00-11:30am


required


A Bit o Brookside

Joan ORourke, Friends o Brookside GardensBack by popular demand, this hands-

on workshop will eature some o our

best PERENNIAL plants this year. Fee

includes all materials, including a

14-inch container.


Tuesday, June 14, 10:00-11:30am


Wednesday, June 15, 10:00-11:30am


required


Vintage Garden Style


Diversity

Capture the essence o the inormal

country garden through this 3-week

course covering basic knowledge

about garden style fower arranging,

choosing the right kind o fowers and

pairing them with dierent containers

to get that vintage look! Fee includes

materials or one arrangement each

week.


Tuesdays, June 14, 21, 28, 1:00-3:00pm


required


Think it Build it Willow Furniture

Workshop

Bim Willow, Furniture Maker, Artist,

GardenerClown

A perect Fathers Day activity! Bend

resh willow into heirlooms. Come with

a hammer and leave with your choice

o a Historical Bent Willow Loveseat

or Chair, a Garden Bench, Ladder Back

Chair, Garden Arbor, or Potting Bench/

Bakers Rack! Class starts at 9:00am

or chairs and loveseats; 1:00pm or all

other projects. Price varies depending

on project chosen. Project must be

chosen in advance.


Saturday, June 18, 9:00am-4:00pm

Fee: $60-$390 depending upon project

choice; check www.ParkPASS.org or

specic prices or call 301.962.1451 or

more inormation; download a color

brochure at www.brooksidelearning.org

Registration required; Brookside

Gardens Service Area (Directionsprovided upon registration.)

Mosaic Bird Baths


Release the artist within and make

some wonderul garden art while

helping the environment! Make a 12

x 12 square birdbath rom recycled

glass ceiling light covers. Choose rom

a large selection o decorative items to

incorporate into your mosaic. Go or the

natural style with stones and earth toneceramics, whimsy and glitz or choose

sweet pastels and fowers or an English

cottage look. All mosaics, adhesives,

grout and hardware are provided.


Sunday, June 19 and 26,

10:00am-12:00pm


required




Register online at www.ParkPASS.org Garden Photography & Writing Workshops

Concrete Lea Painting

Workshop

Ann Baker and Nicky Beadle, Brookside

Gardens Sta

Registered or the Concrete Lea

Sculpting Workshop or have an

unpainted or tired-looking concrete lea

at home? Finish that unique piece o

sculpture with some acrylic paint and

a sealant to help preserve your lea and

add interest to your garden or years tocome.


Wednesday, July 20, 10:00am-12:00pm


Wednesday, July 20, 1:30- 3:30pm


required


Garden Photography &Writing Workshops

Garden and Nature Writing

Workshop

Pam Baggett, Freelance Garden Writer &

Photographer

In this one-day workshop, well

discuss tools or making your words as

powerul and inspiring as those that

have resonated most deeply in your lie,

with a special emphasis on capturing

the intricate detail inherent in plants

and gardens, birds and other aspects o

nature. Well talk about ways to reviseyour work without stamping the lie

out o it and chat a bit about getting

published. Whether youre interested

in publication or simply recording your

private thoughts, this class will help you

produce work youll be thrilled to have

written.


Friday, March 25, 9:00am-4:00pm


Concrete Lea Sculpting Workshop

Ann Baker and Nicky Beadle, Brookside

Gardens Sta

A unique piece o sculpture adds

a whimsical accent to any garden.

Learn to create your own masterpiece

by turning a live lea into stone. Fee

includes all materials to make one large

or two small sculptures. Dont orget to

Landscape or Lie Series

The U.S. Botanic Garden is a partner in the Sustainable Sites Initiative

(SITES) together with the American Society o Landscape Architects and the

Lady Bird Johnson Wildfower Center. In conjunction with a diverse group

o stakeholder organizations, SITES has established and is encouraging

sustainable practices in landscape design, construction, operations and

maintenance. A homeowner web version o SITES has been created or use

by home gardeners. Join sta rom USBG to learn about how you can apply

the principles o this exciting new program in your home landscape.

What is SITES or Homeowners?

Ray Mims, USBG Conservation &

Sustainability Horticulturist

Landscapes Give Back! A sustainably

built and maintained garden need

not compromise aesthetics or great

plant material. Learn how your home

garden can ollow the guidelines

o the Sustainable Sites Initiative.

Understand the basics as well as

inormation on soil, water and

minerals.


Thursday, July 7, 11:30am-1:00pm


required


What plants should I choose?

Bill McLaughlin, USBG Curator

Truly successul gardens provide

beauty, require little chemical

input and give back to nature. By

emphasizing native plants and

understanding their requirements

(and eliminating invasive species),

the homeowner can have it all!




required


Health & Well-being/Water, Soil &

Materials

Holly Shimizu, USBG Director

Learn why human health is integral

to a sustainable landscape and

how the appropriate use o water,

soil and materials is crucial to your

success.




required


How should I design my

sustainable landscape?Nick Nelson, USBG Landscape Architect

Put into practice the techniques

o sustainable design, without

compromising aesthetics using

techniques like grouping plants with

similar cultural requirements.




required


register or the next course on July 20 to

paint your lea.


Wednesday, July 13, 10:00am-12:00pm


Wednesday, July 13, 1:30- 3:30pm

Fee: $20, FOBG: $18; registration required




Cooking Demonstrations/Xcursions www.BrooksideGardens.org

8:00-10:00am

Fee: $44, FOBG $40; registration required

Brookside Gardens Conservatory (2nd

session meets in the Visitors Center

Adult Classroom)

Cooking DemonstrationsJoin Brookside Gardens or this delectable

series o cooking classes, ocusing on

healthul recipes prepared beore you

with seasonal and local ruits, vegetables

and herbs. Enjoy samples o the dishes

made rom easy-to-ollow recipes that you

can try at home.

Herbal Bouquet

Adrienne Cook, Garden & Cooking Writer

Danielle Navidi, Caterer

Fresh herbs are the essence o the

ood garden and can translate into the

essence o a sparkling spring or summer

dish. Learn some great ways to use

these indispensable ingredients o

garden and kitchen and discuss what

to grow and how to succeed with

herbs.


Wednesday, March 30, 12:00-1:30pm


required


Sweet & HealthyAdrienne Cook, Garden & Cooking Writer


Spring and summer ruits make or

great desserts, as do tropical ruits. In

response to audience suggestions, were

doing a whole class on healthy desserts

that are adaptable to any occasion and

good at any time o the year.




requiredVisitors Center Adult Classroom

Pick a Peck



An entire class on peppers - sweet, bell,

hot, piquant and the whole rainbow o

colors! I you ever wondered what to do

with all those home-grown peppers, join

the Cook sisters to learn a ew o their

best ideas.




required


Summers Bounty



Going back to the basics o summer

gardens, this class will present the

panoply o summers best harvest used

in imaginative and delicious ways.

Plenty to please vegetarians in this

class.


Wednesday, June 29, 12:00-1:30pm


required


Third Annual Tomato

Extravaganza



Once again, summers avorite veggie

(or ruit) takes center stage.


Wednesday, July 27, 12:00-1:30pm


required


Xcursions

Garden Photography Xcursion to

Takoma Park

Hop on the bus with camera in hand!

Learn garden photography with Josh

Taylor in several Takoma Park private

gardens, including the garden o

Washington Gardener Magazine Editor &

Publisher, Kathy Jentz. Josh will guide

you in techniques like capturing close-ups, shooting garden and intimate

landscapes and using compositional

elements to create striking images. This

photographic garden tour is open to

all levels o photography. Limited to 12

participants, so please register early.


Saturday, May 28, 8:00am-12:00pm


Meet at the Visitors Center Entrance

required


Inspired by Spring: Poetry in the

Garden

Yvette Neisser Moreno, Local Poet and

Writing Instructor

Write poems inspired by the blooming

o nature in springtime. Well alternate

class sessions between the outdoor

gardens and an indoor classroom.

Drat poems while observing fowers

and plants, with expert guidance on

honing images and language, creating

metaphor and deepening meaning

in your drat poems. The workshop

will culminate in an optional poetry

reading on Sunday, June 5.


Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24

and 31; 1:00-3:00pm

Sunday, June 5; 1:00-3:00pm


required

Visitors Center Adult Classroom/

Auditorium

Focus on Butterfies!

Photographers will be welcomed with

their tripods into the conservatory to

photograph our live butterfies beore

the Wings o Fancy Live Butterfy

Exhibit opens to the public (limit 10per session). Sessions run rom 8:00

10:00am, starting on Saturday, May 14

and running on variousdates through

September 10. For specic dates and

registration, search ParkPASS.org

or Course Number 132914 or call

301.962.1451.

Fee: $30, FOBG $27; registration required


Butterfy & Garden Photography

Josh Taylor, Archiphoto WorkshopsLearn how to capture striking images o

butterfies and fowers with a ormal

critique o participants photographs.

Note: Participants should have a

working knowledge o their camera

and bring ALL photo equipment to both

sessions. A tripod is optional, but highly

recommended.


Saturdays, June 18 & 25,


17/24

Spring Garden Jaunt

Travel with us to historic London Town

to enjoy 8-acres o rambling woodland

gardens set on a blu overlooking the

South River near Annapolis. Ater lunch

in an enclosed glass pavilion, well

head to a little-known 5-acre private

garden in Mitchellville, lovingly tended

by owners Chuck Mewshaw, Geo

Lindstrom and their dedicated muster

o peaowl. This ormer tobacco

arm has been careully transormed

into an arboretum-like woodland,

complemented by herbaceous borders

and an ornamental pond. Finally,

well stop at nearby Patuxent Nursery

Club or some great deals on quality

plant material. Fee includes coach

transportation, lunch and garden

admission/tour ees.

Tuesday, May 24, 9:00am-6:00pm



Visitors Center Entrance

Private Gardens o the Delaware

Shore

Its summer! Lets head to the Eastern

Shore or a whirlwind visit to several

special gardens. Back by popular

demand...a tour o Mike Zajics garden

on Red Mill Pond. Then on to a garden

ull o tropicals and unexpectedly hardyplants. Next is a smaller garden, but see

what youd grow i your amily owned

a nursery? The last garden is ormal

and includes a tour o the historic

1800s home. Finally, a swing to Peppers

Nursery and time to go wild discovering

interesting plants or sale. Fee includes

transportation, boxed lunch and

admission.



Fee: $95; registration requiredMeet at the Visitors Center Entrance

Brookside Gardens Xperience SpringSummer 2011 15

Adult Programs by Start Date

Date Title Fee FOBG Num

March 8 Trip: Philadelphia Flower Show $89 1206

March 10 Trip: Philadelphia Flower Show $89 1206

March 11 Rain Garden Workshop $10 1301

March 12 Rain Garden Workshop $10 1301

March 16 Veg Series: Site Prep & Crop Selection $18 $15 1329

March 23 Workshop: Papercrete Troughs $55 $49 1328

March 24 Lecture: Cultivating the Garden Artist Within FREE 1329

March 24 Workshop: Springs Floral Nest $44 $40 1349

March 25 Garden & Nature Writing Workshop $97 $89 1329March 30 Cooking: Herbal Bouquet $28 $25 1346

March 31 Workshop: Simply Chic $139 $125 1331

April 5 Workshop: Poetry in the Garden $135 $122 1329

April 6 Veg Series: Plugs, Packs or Seeds? $18 $15 1329

April 7 Lecture: Spring Fling FREE 1331

April 13 Cooking: Sweet & Healthy $28 $25 1346

April 15 Lecture: Designing an Urban Potager FREE 1340

April 15 Workshop: Rain Barrels $10 1300

April 16 Workshop: Rain Barrels $10 1301

April 20 Cooking: Pick a Peck $28 $25 1346

April 20 Workshop: Mother Natures Moss Shoe $44 $40 1349

April 27 Garden Trough Planting Workshop $55 $49 1331

April 28 Lecture: Edible Landscaping $35 $30 1329

April 29 Lecture: Gardening with Children FREE 1329

May 6 Hanging Basket Workshop $45 $40 1301

May 6 Hanging Basket Workshop $45 $40 1302

May 11 Workshop: Butterfy Container $44 $40 1329

May 12 Workshop: Flowers or Your Home $139 $125 1331

May 13 Lecture: Tasty Tropicals FREE 1332

May 17 Hosta Container Workshop $44 $40 1302

May 18 Hosta Container Workshop $44 $40 1302

May 20 Workshop: Conservation Landscaping $10 1301

May 21 Workshop: Conservation Landscaping $10 1301

May 22 Gail Gee Garden Party Benet $35 1387

May 22 Gail Gee Open Garden $5 1388May 24 Trip: Spring Garden Jaunt $95 1359

May 25 Veg Series: Soil Microbes and You $18 $15 1329

May 28 Trip: Garden Photography/Takoma Park $60 13494

May 31 Workshop: Strawberry Jar Sedums $49 $44 1302

June 1 Workshop: Strawberry Jar Sedums $49 $44 1

June 2 Lecture: Tasty Tropicals FREE

June 9 Lecture: Delicious Color or Your Garden FREE 13

June 14 Workshop: A Bit o Brookside $49 $44 1

June 14 Workshop: A Bit o Brookside $49 $44 1

June 14 Workshop: Vintage Garden Style $139 $125 1

June 18 Butterfy & Garden Photography $44 $40 1

June 18 Willow Furniture Workshop Varied pricing 1 June 19 Workshop: Mosaic Bird Baths $72 $65 1

June 29 Cooking: Summers Bounty $28 $25

July 7 Lecture: SITES or Homeowners $10 $5 1

July 9 Trip: Private Gardens o the DE Shore $95 13

July 13 Concrete Lea Sculpting Workshop $20 $18 13

July 13 Concrete Lea Sculpting Workshop $20 $18 13

July 14 Lecture: What Plants Should I Choose? $10 $5 13

July 20 Concrete Lea Painting Workshop $15 $10 1

July 20 Concrete Lea Painting Workshop $15 $10 1

July 21 Lecture: Health & Well-being/Water, Soil $10 $5 13

July 27 Cooking: Tomato Extravaganza $28 $25 1

July 28 Lecture: How Should I Design $10 $5 1



School of Botanical Art & Illustration www.BrooksideGardens.org

Brookside GardensSchool o Botanical Art &IllustrationDeveloped in collaboration with world-

renowned botanical artist, Margaret

Saul, the Brookside Gardens School

o Botanical Art & Illustration oers

botanical art classes that serve all levels,

rom beginner to advanced. Follow the

rigorous Certifcate Program or take

individual workshops that do not require

prerequisites. For more inormation about

the School, visit BrooksideArtSchool.org or

call Mark Richardson, School Manager, at

301.962.1470. Most course oerings are

held at McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda, MD.

Botanica 2011: The Art & Science o

Plants

The Brookside Gardens School o

Botanical Art & Illustrations annualexhibition o student and teacher

artwork. May 21 July 9, 2011. Exhibition

entry deadline: Monday, April 18.

Students and teachers, past and

present, should contact Diane Berndt

[email protected] or entry orms.

No entry ee.

Technique ShowcasesPick up a paintbrush and ater just

three hours, take home a new painting

technique learned rom step-by-step

painting demonstrations presented by one

o our talented teachers.

Gilding the Lily

Kandy Phillips

No prerequisites


Thursday, April 7, 10:00am-1:00pm


Brookside Gardens Visitors Center Adult

Classroom

Painting White Flowers on Tinted

Paper

Doreen Bolnick

Prerequisite: Painting 205 or equivalent


Thursday, June 30, 10:00am-1:00pm



Classroom

The Splendor o Iridescence -

Hummingbird

Kandy Phillips

No prerequisites


Thursday, May 12, 10:00am-1:00pm

Fee: $38; registration requiredBrookside Gardens Visitors Center Adult

Classroom

Master ClassesMaster Classes are best suited or those

students who have completed intermediate

and advanced level courses.

No ColorNo Kidding!

Martha Kemp

Prerequisites: Drawing 309 or an

advanced level in drawingCourse number 134549

Monday-Thursday, May 2-5,

10:00am-4:30pm



Classroom

Core CurriculumThe Core Curriculum must be taken in

sequence rom Drawing 101 Painting

310. A new Stream o students starts

each all. The classes listed below are open

to anyone who has taken the prerequisites

listed or each course.

Painting 205

Kathy Lutter

Prerequisites: Dimensional Study 204


Wednesdays, February 16, 23, March 2 &

9, 10:00am-1:30pm


Saturdays, March 12 and April 9,

9:00am-4:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Botanical Art Intensive 206 - Draw &Paint a Flowering Hyacinth

Diane Berndt, Doreen Bolnick & Kathy Lutter

Prerequisites: Painting 205


Wednesday & Thursday, April 13 & 14,

10:00am-4:30pm


Saturday & Sunday, April 16 & 17,

10:00am-4:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Botany 207 or Botanical Artists

Doreen Bolnick

No prerequisites


Wednesdays, April 27, May 4, 11 & 18,

10:00am-1:30pm


McCrillis Gardens



Register online at www.ParkPASS.org School of Botanical Art & Illustration

Workshops & ElectivesPrerequisites may be required.

Pen & Ink II: Illustration or

Publication

Alice Tangerini

Prerequisites: Pen & Ink I


Saturday, February 19-Monday, February

21, 10:00am-2:00pm



Classroom

Paint Orchid Flowers

Doreen Bolnick

Prerequisites: Painting 205 or

equivalent



Fee: $93; registration requiredBrookside Gardens Visitors Center Adult

Classroom

Creative Composition

Botanicals

Merri Nelson

No prerequisites


Sunday, March 13 & Saturday, March 19,

10:00am-4:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Painting Studios Intermediate

Level

Kathy Lutter


equivalent




McCrillis Gardens





Classroom

Fibonacci Spiral - Draw Complex

Patterns with Ease

Lee DZmura

No prerequisites


Tuesday, March 22, 10:00am-4:30pm



Classroom

Lea Painting: Intermediate

Diane Berndt

Prerequisites: Painting 205 or equivalent





Classroom


Wednesday, March 30, 10:00am-4:00pm


McCrillis Gardens

Colored Pencil I

Merri Nelson

Prerequisites: Painting 205 or equivalent


Sundays, April 3 & 10, 10:00am- 4:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Painting Studios Advanced

Level

Lee DZmura


equivalent


Friday, May 13, 10:00am-1:00pm

Course number 135077Saturday, May 14, 10:00am-1:00pm





Classroom

Botanical Illumination I

Kandy Phillips



Thursdays, May 26 (9:30am-12:30pm),June 2, 9 & 16, 10:00am-1:00pm


Saturdays, June 18 & 25,

10:00am-4:30pm



Classroom

Start Drawing & Painting

Diane Berndt

No prerequisitesCourse number 134758

Tuesdays, June 7, 14 & 21, 6:00-9:00pm


McCrillis Gardens

Goldnches in Medieval

Manuscripts

Kandy Phillips

Prerequisites: Botanical Illumination I

or ability to draw in reasonable detail


Thursday, July 7, 10:00am-4:00pmFee: $93; registration required


Classroom

Moths: Learning to Love Them!

Kandy Phillips

No prerequisites


Saturday & Sunday, July 16 & 17,

10:00am-4:00pm



Classroom

Owls in Medieval Manuscripts

Kandy Phillips






Classroom



Childrens Programs

Childrens Programs

Childrens Garden

Natures Fun in Your Backyard is

down-to-earth un. This childrens

garden exhibits many ideas that engage

childrens imaginations and will put

them in touch with nature and the

earth. This garden highlights natural

beauty and natural un. See whats

inside a gnome hut, ollow stepping

stones to a tea party, build and stack

natural wooden blocks, pretend you

are a armer, climb into a tree house,

observe lie around a water garden and

discover important pollinating insects.

Childrens Discovery Benches

Hands-on activities, games,

books and puzzles ll the Childrens

Discovery Benches located in theChildrens Classroom. Benches are

available depending on sta and room

availability.

Open Tuesday through Friday

July & August, 9:00am-5:00pm when

summer camp programs are not

running

September-June 2:00-5:00pm

Saturday Morning Storytime

Brookside Gardens Volunteers

Participate and listen to nature andseasonal stories that will encourage

a childs imagination and creativity.

Each week a dierent story will be

read ollowed by a hands-on crat. New

session start time!

Saturdays, March 5-June 11, 10:00am

Ages: 3-6


Visitors Center Childrens Classroom

Flower Buds

This once-a-month series will meet

the second Monday o every month. We

will eature gardening activities, stories,

crats and garden walks or children

ages 3-5 with a parent.


Monday, March 14, 10:30-11:30am


Monday, April 11, 10:30-11:30am


Monday, May 9, 10:30-11:30am


Monday, June 13, 10:30-11:30am


Monday, July 11, 10:30-11:30am


Monday, August 8, 10:30-11:30am

Fee: $5/child (adult ree); registration

required


NEW! Garden Nature Club or

Families

Join us the rst Friday o every month

or un gardening activities and walks

through the gardens. Let us help you

get outdoors, strengthening social

and amily bonds while enjoying the

health benets o experiencing the

many varied learning opportunities that

abound in nature. Come get inspired

and connected with us!


Fridays, March 4-August 5, 4:00-5:30pm

Ages: 3 & up

Fee: $24/amily, FOBG: $22/amily;

registration required

Register one child and the rest o the

amily is included


St. Patricks Day

Green and Growing Scavenger Hunt

Thursday, March 17, 2010Have some St. Patricks Day un

ollowing the giant green leprechaun

ootsteps through the garden. Hes let

some clues to help you through - to nd

where hes going is all up to you! Along

the way i its a nice day, leprechaun

helpers will trick you into some healthy

activities, all good un in the sun, o

course! Guided garden walks leave on

the hal hour beginning at 10:00am. Last

walk leaves at 12:30pm.

An adult must walk witheach child and assist

in the activities. Please

register or a time.


10:00am


10:30am


11:00am


11:30am


12:00pm


12:30pm

Thursday, March 17

Ages: 2-6

Fee: $3/child


Workshops & Classes

Oranges and Lemons, Oh My!

Cooking Class

Danielle Navidi-Kasmai

Kids will enjoy the tangy favor o these

wonderul citrus ruits in a variety o

ways. The versatility o oranges and

lemons shines in savory as well as sweet

recipes including Lemony Chicken

Piccata, Dreamy Lemon Mousse, Spring

Greens with Oranges and Orange-

Ginger Dressing and Oranges with

Caramel and Mint. Samples Provided.



Ages: 7-12


required


Digin, Dig-out! Its Spring Break!

Get outdoors this week! Its Spring!Get inspired by our Dig-in, Dig-out

activity table. Discover interesting ruit

and veggie plant acts and plant a seed

or your summer vegetable garden!

Cancelled in the event o rain.

April 18-22, 10:00am-2:00pm

Ages: 4-11


Outside adjacent to Visitors Center



Register online at www.ParkPASS.org Childrens Programs

Start Your Gardens Ready, Set,

Grow!

Lynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Sta

Make it a amily activity! Bring Mom,

Dad or both to plan your veggie garden.

Begin by selecting your veggies and

planting seeds in starter pots just in

time to plant in your garden ater the

rost-ree date o May 10. A selection o

dierent vegetable seeds will be oered

with a review o how to care or and

maintain your garden throughout the

year.



Ages: 6-11



Brookside Gardens Welcomes

Edible Landscaping GuruRosalind CreasyRosalind Creasy, award-winning

garden and ood writer, photographer

and landscape designer will present

Gardening with Children. Aterwards your

child can pot a strawberry plant to take

home.

See Xperience page 7 or more details!

Herbal May Day Basketsa parent-

child activityLynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Sta

Celebrate the beginnings o spring

by surprising your neighbor or loved

one with a basket lled with herbs,

fowers and tasty treats! Using recycled

materials and decorative letovers,

make 2 lovely git baskets incorporating

rosemary, pansies, mint and other

treats; one to keep and one or you to

give away! Happy May Day! This is a

parent-child activity.

Course number 135399Friday, April 29, 4:00-6:00pm

Ages: 4-12



Dig-in, Dig-out! School is Out!

Celebrate pollinators with us this week!!

Did you know every third bite o ood

we eat is rom the help o a pollinator?

Stop by one o our Dig-in, Dig-out

activity tables and learn how you can

help protect our pollinators, essential

insects or armers and ood production.

Cancelled in the event o rain.

June 20- 24, 10:00am-1:00pm

Ages: 5 & up


Outside adjacent to the Visitors Center

Garden Teas or Children

Youre Invited to a Garden Tea PartyMarina St. Clair, Tea Party Hostess

Fanciul tables, tea and treats will

brighten childrens eyes when they

come to tea. Children will learn proper

tea etiquette, socialize and play

famingo croquet, weather permitting.

Dress-up is encouraged. In case o

inclement weather, tea will be ollowed

by a rousing game o charades.


Saturday, April 23, 1:00 2:30pm

Course number 135401Saturday, May 21, 1:00 2:30pm


Saturday, June 4, 1:00 2:30pm

Ages: 6-10


Anderson Island Pavilion

Mothers Day Tea

Enjoy a special tea today with Mom!

Moms will enjoy this precious,

memorable time with you. Aterwards,

you will have un making a surprise

just or your Mom while she is having a

guided tour in the garden.


Saturday, May 7, 1:00-2:30pm

Ages: 4 & up

Fee: $30, FOBG: $28; registration require


Look or us during the Montgomer

County Farm Tour at the Red

Wiggler Farm

Lets see whats growing on the arm!

Through hands-on activities and game

we will help you learn about agricultur

crops, arming and ood. (This activity

is an extended part o Red Wigglers

activities and the Montgomery County

Farm Tour)



All ages

Red Wiggler Community Farm, 23400

Ridge Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871

Dig In with a Brookside Gardens

Birthday Party!

Pollinators & Garden Critters

Garden Fairies

Wooden Wonders

Garden Tea party

We provide a one-hour interpretiveprogram, including a crat. You

provide decorations, tableware and

rereshments.

2 hour party: $225

Suggested times: Fridays, 4:00-6:30pm;

Saturdays or Sundays, 1:00-3:30pm

Limit: 20 children

Call 301-962-1404 or inormation and

availability.



Childrens Programs www.BrooksideGardens.org

Summer Camp Programs

Garden Impressionists Camp I

Ivette Burgess, Artist

Children will explore beautiul

landscaped gardens, learn how to train

their eyes, seeking out natural patterns,

shapes and color. Through short daily

lessons and inspiration rom the

gardens, children will be encouraged to

utilize dierent artistic techniques and

media to create their own works o art

depicting natures beauty.


June 20- 24, 10:00-11:30am

Ages: 5-7

Fee: $80/week; registration required


June 20- 24, 1:00-3:00pm

Ages: 8-10

Fee: $90/week; registration requiredVisitors Center Childrens Classroom

Garden Impressionists Camp II

Debbie Vanegas, Artist

Children will explore beautiul

landscaped gardens, learn how to train

their eyes, seeking out natural patterns,

shapes and color. Through short daily

lessons and inspiration rom the

gardens, children will be encouraged

to utilize dierent artistic techniques

and media to create their own works oart depicting natures beauty.


Dates: June 27-July 1, 10:00-11:30am

Ages: 5-7



Dates: June 27-July 1, 1:00-3:00pm

Ages: 8-10



Farms, Food, Fun and Sun!

Lynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Sta

Have a week o gardening un with3 un-lled eld trips visiting and

exploring dierent organic arms. Learn

about good nutrition and arming. Each

arm will have a dierent production

ocus. Find out what a CSA is, take a

hayride, plant a container vegetable

garden, participate in a cooking class,

harvest a ew veggies and fowers, see

the countryside, shop a little and have a

great time.


Dates: July 11-15, 9:00am-3:30pmAges: 8-11



Botanical Art Camp I

Doreen Bolnick, Botanical Artist

Using plant oods rom Brooksides

vegetable plots and exotic ruits and

vegetables rom local markets, campers

will learn to use colored pencils to

draw, shade, color and create their own

botanical art. Well enjoy a slide show

o classic ruit and vegetable portraits,

and weather permitting, wander outside

to sketch wild ruits (pods, berries,

cones, seeds, etc.). Each student will

receive a sketchbook and mat a avorite

work at camps end.

Course Number 136249

Dates: July 18-22, 9:00am-12pm

Ages: 8-12



Botanical Art Camp II

Rita Pazelli, Botanical Artist

Botanical art is a superb way o teaching

careul observation and respect or

natures diversity, and learn about

Marylands natural history through its

trees and wildfowers. Through careul

observation and eldwork in both our

garden areas and the natural orest,

campers will learn how to journal,

collect specimens and make a pressed

sample, then sketch/draw/paint what

theyve ound. Students may workin graphite pencil, colored pencil or

watercolor (sketchbooks and media

provided), then choose a avorite work

o art to mat and rame.

Course Number 131003

Dates: August 1-5, 9:00am-12pm

Ages: 8-12




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Registration www.BrooksideGardens.org

Important Registration Inormation

1. You must open a ParkPASS account inorder to register or any program.

2. We regret that it is not

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