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Workshops and Classes

March- June 2012

Vollmer Art Exhibit: "Reflections of Nature, Captured in Stitches"
A Gallery of Selected Nature-Themed Quilts
Presented by members of the Baltimore Heritage Quilters Guild
March 3-March 29

Tuesday- Sunday: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

FREE

Growing Up at Cylburn: Spring Series
Wednesday, March 14-April 25
10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Growing up at Cylburn is a nature-themed series for preschool children ages 3-5. The program will run from 10-11:00 a.m. on Wednesdays. The Growing Up program introduces preschool children to the natural world and the principles of ecology and conservation. Classes are offered as a session of six sessions led by Lili Donnelly Levy. An activity and snack will accompany each session. Enrollment is limited to 15 children, so early registration is recommended. The fee for a session of six classes is $60 for members and $70 for the general public. (Individual sessions $15) Ms. Levy served as the Director of the Cylburn Nature Science Camp this past summer. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and has had a lifelong interest in nature.

March 14 Warming Up: Winter turns to Spring; March 21 How a Seed Grows; March 28 Hidden Bugs and Animals; April 4 Baby Animals; April 11 Color At Cylburn; April 25 Spring Blossoms

The Practical Vegetable Gardener Series” A-Z Practices”
March 17: Health Garden, Healthy Soil
10 a.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

So, this is the year that you want to plant a vegetable garden! The practical vegetable gardener series will help you make your dream garden come true. Learn what practices will ensure your success with experienced and knowledgeable gardeners. Sign up for the series or for each class individually. The series is $40 for members and $45 for non-members. Each session is $10. Please call 410-367-2217 to reserve your spot. All classes will be held in the Greenhouse Classroom at 10 a.m.

Series of 5 Practices
March 17: Soil preparation: Instructor Coleen McCarty, City Farms Coordinator
April 14: Garden Design: Instructor TBA
June 2: IPM- Weed and Pest Control: Mike Raupp, Professor of Entomology, UMD
August 18: Canning and Preserving : Laurie Boswell, City Farms
September 15: Composting and putting your garden to bed : Instructor TBA

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, March 20
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Join Cylburn Education Program Manager Lili Levy for an hour of books and activities related to nature. Ms. Levy has an extensive background in education and a love of nature. Ms. Levy is the camp director and a master naturalist. Appropriate for children ages 2-5 with an adult. Reservations are required. $1 per person and/or donations appreciated. Please call 410-367-2217 to register.

UME Master Gardener Lecture: Conifer ID- A Field Walk
Tuesday, March 20
6 p.m.

Have you ever wondered how to tell a spruce from a fir, how to differentiate between the various scaled conifers (junipers, arborvitaes, etc.), or how to tell pines apart? Join UME Baltimore City Master Gardener Jennifer Forrence for a field walk and learn some basic conifer identification skills using the collections at Cylburn Arboretum. For more information, please contact baltimoremg.katiedix@gmail.com.

Photography Walk ‘N Talk
Sunday, March 25
8 a.m.
Meet in the parking lot by the Vollmer Center

Join photographer and artist Antonio E. (Tony) Amador for another season of great Cylburn and nature photography. Through simple yet eye-opening concepts, Tony will help you take your photography to the next level. Works will be shared and critiques by Tony and the participants on the exclusive Cylburn Photo Walkers Flickr site. Requisites: An interest in photography and a camera. Please call 410-367-2217 for reservations. $5 donation requested.

Soup’N Walk – Spring Awakening
Thursday, March 29
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Spring Ephemerals, Wildflowers and Flowering Trees! Grab your walking shoes and discover springtime at Cylburn Arboretum by exploring the woodland trails and gardens at Cylburn Arboretum. Join a Cylburn naturalist for a guided walk, followed by soup and salad served in the historic Cylburn Mansion prepared by Atwater’s. A special soup and salad will be created to reflect the Cylburn walk. A representative from Atwater’s will discuss the soup making process, the nutritional benefits, and the source of the ingredients. Where else can you find trout lilies, skunk cabbage, and Virginia bluebells in Baltimore City? Each walk cost $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Spaces fill up quickly, so call 410-367-2217. Payment is due at the time of registration.

SPRINGTIME FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOP- THE HISTORY OF TULIPS
Saturday, March 31,2012
10 a.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

What could be more beautiful to usher in spring than a floral arrangement for your home featuring those ever so beautiful tulips that are at their very best each spring. Discover the beauty of designing with one of the Federated Garden Club’s most interesting designer, Annette Richter. Annette is a long time Accredited National Flower Show Judge, has served the Federation in numerous executive positions and now offers her expertise to you. Marilyn Potter is a National Horticulture Flower Show School Instructor and an Accredited National Flower Show Judge. She finds tulips to be extremely interesting. She has visited the Netherlands on more than one occasion and finds Keukenhof Gardens with their thousands of tulips to be a highlight. Marilyn will have some fact and fun tid-bits to share with you about the tulip and what makes them so wonderful. Limited to 20 participants. Call 410-367-2217 to register. Cost $25 (includes all materials)

April

For Children: Using Plant Dyes to Color Eggs
Sunday, April 1
1-3 p.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

Did you know that a great source for natural dyes can be found right in your own back yard! Roots, nuts and flowers are just a few common natural ways to get many colors. Yellow, orange, blue, red, green, brown and grey are available. Children will learn where colors come from in nature. Christa Partain, Chair of the Maryland Native Plant Society's Greater Baltimore Chapter will lead the program. $5 per person.

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, April 3
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

The Practical Vegetable Gardener Series” A-Z Practices”
April 14: Vegetable Garden Design- Instructor TBA
10 a.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

Nature Story Hour Celebrates Earth Day
Tuesday, April 17
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

POTTING TOWER Demonstration
Wednesday, APRIL 18
1 p.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

Learn a simple, fun way of displaying beautiful flowers for you and your guests at your front door. . . .or how about being able to step out your kitchen door to cut the fresh herbs for dinner!!! Come and see the demonstration, by Marilyn Potter, on constructing a ‘Potting Tower’ suitable for any small area. Marilyn is a member of two Garden Clubs, a National Accredited Flower Show Judge, and a National Flower Show School Instructor, and serves as the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland Educational Coordinator at Cylburn. Marilyn enjoys giving programs and sharing her knowledge with others. She admits that she ‘specializes’ in no one type horticulture instead enjoys trying her hands at and enjoying many different types. For more information, please call 410-367-2217. Free and open to the public.

Books and Botany: History of Botanical Illustration
Wednesday, April 18
7 p.m.
Vollmer Center

Paul Espinosa, Library Assistant at the George Peabody Library, will lecture on the history of botanical illustrations from the woodcuts in 15th and 16th century herbals to hand-colored copperplates, by such lights as Robert Thornton and others, to floral 'dictionaries' mass produced in the 19th century. Mr. Espinosa’s lectures are very popular. $10 member; $15 non member

Soup’N Walk – Wildflowers at Cylburn
Thursday, April 19
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Soup’N Walk – Wildflowers at Cylburn
Saturday, April 21
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Earth Day
April 22, 2012

The 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day will focus on building the environmental movement and engaging new environmental activists around the globe. Visit Cylburn to celebrate!

Photography Walk ‘N Talk
Sunday, April 22
8 a.m.
Meet in the Vollmer Center Parking lot

Baltimore Premiere of Documentary Green Fire: Life of Aldo Leopold
Wednesday, April 25
7 p.m.
Vollmer Center

The Cylburn Arboretum Association and the Maryland Native Plant Society are pleased to host the Baltimore premiere of the film Green Fire, highlighting the life of Aldo Leopold, the founder of the modern green movement. The documentary will be shown in the Cylburn Arboretum Vollmer Center, a Baltimore City green building managed by the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks. Following the film premiere, a panel discussion will explore how Leopold’s vision has found its way to Baltimore. For more information, please contact Cylburn Arboretum at 410-367-2217 or e-mail info@cylburnassociation.org. This event is proud to be part of the 9th Annual Baltimore Green Week.
Donation of $5 appreciated.

Backyard Birding for Families
April 29, Sunday 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Cylburn Mansion

Spend the morning with bird experts from the Baltimore Bird Club learning
about birds found in your backyard and feeders. Do you know that a bird's beak can tell you what it eats? And the shape of the foot can tell you where the bird lives? Expert guides will lead you on an interactive tour of the Nature Museum which houses 250 specimens of Maryland birds. Phoenix Wildlife Rescue will be on hand with live birds for you to see. Perfect for families and children; breakfast snacks provided. $5 per person. Call 410-367-2217 to register. Meet at the Cylburn Mansion.

May

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, May 1
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

Cylburn 44th Annual Market Day

Market Day Preview Party and Plant Sale

Friday, May 11 4-7 p.m.

Market Day

Saturday, May 12 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Come celebrate spring at Cylburn Arboretum at the 44th annual Market Day plant sale and stay to see what Baltimore farmers, artists and culinary wizards have to offer. A Friday afternoon preview sale has been added so come get first pick from the best that area growers offer and beat the Saturday crowds! We’ll have lots of plants and vegetables to fill your garden, plus demonstrations, great food, and lots of fun family activities. Pick up a great Mother’s Day hanging basket from the Cylburn greenhouses. Our eco-friendly focus on sustainability will feature the best of what is green and local in Charm City. Please direct Market Day inquiries to the Cylburn Office at 410-367-2217.

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, May 15
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

UME Master Gardener Lecture: Lead and Other Contaminants in Baltimore Urban Garden Soils: What You Can Do To Protect Your Family
Tuesday, May 15
7:00pm
Greenhouse Classroom

Rufus Chaney, Senior Research Agronomist from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, will has been doing research on Baltimore soils and contaminants since 1980. Analysis of garden soils allows one to understand the potential need for special care to protect your family from soil contaminants. Rufus will address concerns about lead uptake by crops, food safety, absorption of lead from soil ingested by young children during play, and exposure to garden soil returned to homes on shoes, clothes and tools. He will also discuss the relatively low bioavailability of lead in Baltimore’s soils due to the use of phosphate and organic fertilizers which promote formation of a very insoluble chemical form of lead. For more information, please contact baltimoremg.katiedix@gmail.com.

Spring Chamber Music Series
Sunday, May 20, 2012
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Cylburn Mansion

The May 20, 2012 concert features BSO violinist Kenneth Goldstein and pianist Eva Mengelkoch with works by Brahms, Poulenc, and Mozart. Free.

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, May 22
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

The Practical Vegetable Gardener Series” A-Z Practices”
June 2: IPM- Weed and Pest Control: Mike Raupp, Professor of Entomology, UMD
10 a.m.
Greenhouse Classroom

June

Cylburn Sounds: Peabody Ragtime Ensemble Concert
Sunday, June 3
2-5 p.m.
Vollmer Center Amphitheatre

Cylburn Arboretum is pleased to host the Peabody Ragtime Ensemble made possible through a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council Touring Grant program. The 7-piece Ensemble presents a quirky concert program of musical selections interspersed with “edu-taining” commentary that places the music in its historical context, reflecting the virtuosity, scholarship (and humor!) of its various members. For more than 30 years, Peabody Ragtime Ensemble has been filling concert halls and bringing audiences to their feet with their infectious brand of “delightfully diverse repertoire” that has “spirits…singing, clapping, shagging down the aisle.” Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to experience one of Baltimore’s treasures right in your backyard, Cylburn Arboretum ! FREE

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, June 5
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

An Introduction to Geocaching
Wednesday, June 6
6-7:30 p.m.

This program will introduce families to Geocaching a high-tech hide and seek game that will get the family outdoors and on the trails searching for Geocaches. Join Cylburn Naturalist Kathy Kadow in the Greenhouse Classroom for an overview of the sport and the Geocaching.com website. Next we’ll head out to find a Geocache on the Cylburn grounds. We have to warn you, this budget-minded, get-the-kids-outdoors, get-some-exercise, educational activity can become addictive. $5 per person. Please call 410-367-2217 for reservations.

'Lepidoptera' SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY!
Sunday, JUNE 10

1 p.m.

Vollmer Center

Enter the exciting world of Lepidoptera, as Nicki Schwab takes you on an amazing journey into the insect world! This program is back, agian this year, ‘by popular’ demand. So, do not miss it this time. Nicki is a Nationasl Garden Club Flower Show Judge and an American Daffodil Society Judge. She is the Second Vice-President of the FGCofMD. Free and open to the public.

Nature Story Hour
Tuesday, June 19
11 a.m.
Cylburn Mansion

UME Master Gardener Lecture: Wild Edibles- A Field Walk
Tuesday, June 19
7:00pm
Greenhouse Classroom

Edible wild plants are wild plants with one or more parts that can be used for food if gathered at the appropriate stage of growth and properly prepared. Wild edibles could be weeds growing in urban areas are native plants growing in deep forest. Join UME Baltimore City Master Gardener Lisa Gonzalez for a field walk and learn some basic skills for foraging, gathering food or provisions from wild sources. Lisa will share information about common wild edibles that can be found at Cylburn Arboretum and throughout the City. For more information, please contact baltimoremg.katiedix@gmail.com

‘THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE DETAILS’: A Floral Design Demonstration
Wednesday, JUNE 20
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Vollmer Center

Flower Show Judges’ Council will be presenting a ‘do not miss’ program with designer, Mary Huntoon. Mary is an outstanding floral designer from Boston, MA. She has entered and judged at the Philadelphia Flower Show. She will be showing some techniques for putting together Flower Show Designs earning you that Blue Ribbon! This will be one design program you will not want to miss. There will be a discussion, question and answer period following the demo. Free and open to the public.

Summer Solstice in the City
Thursday, June 21
6- 9 p.m.
Cylburn Grounds

Stroll the candlelit gardens, dance under the stars and enjoy wine from Boordy Vineyards, beer from Clipper City and light fare. View Cylburn’s beautiful and historic sculptures on this magical evening in the gradens. Co-sponsored by the Old Line Society. The perfect place for date night! Begins at dusk and ends at 9 p.m. Admission: $20.

Please call to register for ALL programs. Fees due at time of registration.

Cylburn Office 410-367-2217.

Cylburn Arboretum Association, Inc.,
4915 Greenspring Avenue,
Baltimore, MD.21209