brookside gardens xperience: spring & summer 2010

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Spring &Summer

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Food, glorious ood!

For the next three years, the

ocus o our programming will be

ood: how we gardeners can grow,

cook and eat ood that is resh,

nutritious and delicious. As sta

worked to develop this theme, we

realized there were so many possibilities: bringing in local gardeners to

share their knowledge; planting demonstration gardens that highlight the

unctional aspects o vegetable gardening; incorporating ornamental edible

plants into our displays; and more cooking (and tasting) demonstrations.This is a departure rom our typical programming, but I think it is a change

you will savor.

Another change you might notice is that we have combined two

publications, our magazine and our program guide. Now youll receive

notice o our programs and events, as well as the latest news about whats

happening in the Gardens, all in one place. And it saves paper and postage,

which means more resources or plants and gardening during these lean

scal times.

Happy Gardening!

Stephanie Oberle

Director, Brookside Gardens

1. A Celebration o 40 Years

2. New in the Gardens or 2010

3. Note to Deer: No Admittance!

3. Harvesting Rainwater orthe Gardens

4. Volunteer Update

PROGRAM GUIDE

5. Special Events

6. Walks

7. Thursdays at Brookside

7. Spring Lecture Series

8. Horticultural Workshops

9. Floral Design & Visual Arts

11. Cooking Demonstrations

12. Xcursions

13. Brookside Gardens School oBotanical Art & Illustration

15. Art Xhibits15. Childrens Programs

18. Registration

19. Mark Special Memories in theRose Garden

20.Thank You, Donors!

Table o Contents

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

McCrillis Gardens6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda, MD 20817

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

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

Cover Photo: Sunfower, Helianthus annus,

y Josh Taylor, Jr.

The Shop

Brookside Ga

Hours:Monday-Satu10:00am4:0

Sunday Noon301-962-14
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T

hrowing a party is always exciting, rom planning

the days events, the guest list, and the menu to the

nal goodbyes and the clean-up. Our 40th Anniversary

party was the culmination o more than a years

planning and the involvement o all o our sta

and many volunteers.

The day was planned around three ree

events, oering something or children

and adults, and nally the dedication

o the 40th Anniversary Grove. First, we

designed the day to be similar to that o a

childs birthday party with cake and punch, and

games reminiscent o those played in 1969 (the year

Brookside Gardens opened), such as hula hoops, bean bag

toss, and pin-the-tail on the donkey (or, in our case, pin-

the-bee on the fower!). There was also a moon bounce

and ace painting. A birthday party isnt complete

without a goody-bag or the guests. So with that

thought in mind, we oered ree admission to

the Wings o Fancy Live Butterfy Exhibit as

our thank you git to our visitors. Next, we

had a community sing by the Washington

Revels, and then an evening concert by the

Beach Bumz, a Beach Boys tribute band. The

dedication o the 40th Anniversary Grove o 40 bald cypress

trees located near the Conservatory included a private

reception or donors, political leaders and Commission

sta. The Grove symbolizes a tribute to Brookside

Gardens past and a legacy or our uture. Like the

bald cypress trees, Brookside Gardens roots run

deep within the community and will continue

to grow.

The day exceeded all expectations and was

a huge success! More than 5,000 visitors (our

largest one-day gathering ever) enjoyed the

activities and the gardens. Brookside Gardens

wouldnt be the success it is today without its

dedicated and proessional sta and the generous support

o its volunteers, donors and visitors. We

thank you or orty years and look

orward to being here orty

more, at least.

Leslie McDermott

Marketing & Media

Relations Manager

Brookside Gardens Xperience SpringSummer 2010 1

A Celebration o 40 Years

From let, Marc Elrich, Montgomery

County Council Member; Stephanie Oberle,

Brookside Gardens Director; Mary R.

Bradord, Director o Montgomery Parks;

Montgomery County Executive Isiah

Leggett; Royce Hanson, M-NCPPC,

Planning Board Chair.


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or 2010 Brooksides theme throughout the gardens

will be FOODwhere does it come rom, how is it

grown, who eats it, what even does it look like in plant

orm? (Have you ever seen a sugar beet?) There will be a

variety o displays o real, live plants with accompanying

interpretation to convey the specic message o

each design.

In the Trial Garden, the round beds theme is sweet:

eaturing sugar cane, sugar beets, corn, and sweet

potatoes, and the new kid on the block, stevia.

A Culinary Garden in the long bed eatures

more than 80 varieties o vegetables,

edible fowers and herbs rom

around the world, laid out in

parterres using the principle

o companion planting, or

mixing plants known to

be benecial to each

other. The Great

Grains bed will eature

spring wheat, corn,

sorghum, soybeans, rice and

even canola (whats a canola?!).

New and improved vegetable

cultivars will be located in the trial

bed, paired with choice, even edible fower

varieties. And the bank bed will display more

edibles, including peppers, marigolds, rainbow

swiss chard, summer squash, and even 2 roses (or

their hips) and variegated corn!

Visit the Yew Garden or a colorul display o surprisingly

edible fowers, including dahlias, calendula, sunfowers,

and pineapple sage. As you enter the Fragrance Garden,

youll experience bold oliage and textural eects rom

edibles, such as Abyssinsian and ladynger bananas,

hot peppers, cardamom, sweet potato, watermelon,

pineapple, and a strange orange-ruited eggplant. Even the

Rain Garden will get in on the edible action! The display

bed surrounding the Rain Garden will eature fowers,

grains, grasses and vegetables with interpretation o the

interconnectedness o plants, animals, and the ood

web they comprise: Who Eats Who?

The challenge or Brookside as a display

garden will be to keep all these plants

looking good or as long a time as

possibleor ood plants arent

always the showiest or longest-

lived. (Recall what your own

vegetable garden looks

like in August!) Some,

like grains, will be

allowed to mature and

dry naturally or their

educational value, rather

than their appearance. Others

will be paired with appropriate

companion plantings, or have been

specically selected or their color (think

how many pretty peppers there are). We

havent attempted something like this on such a

scale beore, so bear with us as we learn too!

Phil Normandy

Plant Collections Manager

New in the Gardens or 2010:Whats to Eat?

Janet Sent recently started as Principal Administrative Assistant in the Administrativesection o Brookside Gardens. Janet will work closely with the Director, the Marketing& Media Relations Manager, and the Advancement Programs Manager. Janet worked

or many years as an Executive Assistant at Weichert Realtors. Previously Janet lived in

Germany and worked as a Registrar or the University o Maryland, European Division.

She is a charter member o the Burtonsville Garden Club and a past President. Janet has

also worked as a volunteer and docent in the Brookside Conservatory.


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he Conservatory parking lot located at 1500 Glenallan

Avenue at Brookside Gardens has a new entrance; one

that is more convenient and welcoming or human visitors,

and just the opposite or the local deer population.

Prior to the installation o the deer exclusion grate (which

is similar to a cattle-guard), visitors encountered a closed

gate upon arrival. Installing the grate will allow the

automatic gates to remain open, thus saving energy and

the money used to repair the requent mechanical ailures.

Grates like these have been used very successully at other

gardens and on arms or years to keep livestock, or in this

case, deer rom going where they shouldnt.

Deer will not cross over the grate because they dont have a

steady ooting and ear that they will all. It is or this same

reason that pedestrians and bicyclists should not attempt

to cross the deer exclusion grates, but rather use the

pedestrian gate to the right o the entrance. Inormational

and directional signs have been posted

to alert visitors.

A similar grate was installed a ew

years ago at the sta service entrance

to the Gardens and has proven to be

very successul at dissuading deer

rom entering. Future plans include

installation o a deer exclusion grate at

the Gardens main gate to the Visitors

Center at 1800 Glenallan Avenue.

Leslie McDermott

Marketing & Media Relations Manager

Note to Deer: No Admittance!

In July Brookside Gardens became the proud ownero a 620-gallon, above ground cistern. This rainwaterharvesting system uses gutters and pipe to catch the

rain that alls on one side o the Conservatory roo

and send it into the cisterns storage tank. All those

raindrops are kept rom reaching the ground, reducing

the opportunities or soil erosion and pollution o

adjacent waterways.

A small electric pump pushes water out o the tank

when a valve to the attached hose is opened. This

system is being used to water plants outside the

Conservatory, providing the same degree o water

pressure as a conventional water delivery system.

Rainwater is exceptionally good or plants, as it does

not contain the chemicals and minerals that are oten

present in drinking water and which can adversely

aect plants.

With the addition o our new cistern, BrooksideGardens is working to reduce soil erosion and

pollution into our surrounding waterways, plus

reducing the need to use expensive, puried water or

plants outside the Conservatory. We think our plants

are very happy with the change!

Harvesting Rainwater or the Gardens



As the new Volunteer Coordinator Id like tointroduce mysel to those o you I havent met yet,and thank those who have already given me such a

warm welcome.

Over the last ew months, the Volunteer Program has

teamed up with Arbor Education and Training, which

provides work readiness training and support or

those re-entering the workorce. Brookside Gardens

provides individuals rom this program with volunteer

opportunities that allow or the development o

workplace skills, whether that be hands-on work in the

gardens, database work or the events oce, or behind

the register or the git shop. These new volunteers have

been a wonderul addition to the volunteer program,

and their hard work and dedication is an inspiration.

Another area where the volunteer program draws

inspiration is through Abilities Network volunteers.

Abilities Network sta makes community integration

opportunities available or people with a wide range

o disabilities. Volunteers rom Abilities Network

come to Brookside Gardens to assist with oce work,

work in the gardens, and help in our git shop. These

volunteers bring an enthusiasm or their jobs and love

or Brookside Gardens that brightens every workday.

In the uture, keep an eye open or a new High School

Horticulture Internship program, directed towards

students planning on pursuing an academic education

and proessional career in horticulture. Interns will

work up to 20 hours a week on various horticultural

tasks throughout the season. We will continue to

provide active, outdoor opportunities or local students

to gain Student Service Learning Hours.

Spring blossoms will soon emerge, and so will many

seasonal volunteer opportunities. Well be looking or

Butterfy Docents, Tour Guides, and Ticket Takers or the

Wings o Fancy Butterfy Exhibit, as well as Gardener

Assistants and Git Shop Volunteers. Stay tuned to the

new volunteer program webpage or new opportunities,

upcoming events and trainings, and other related

Brookside Gardens inormation.

Jared Ashling

Library Horticulturist

Volunteer Coordinator

Do you have specialized skillsyou eel Brookside Gardens

would benet rom? Contact

the volunteer department to

discuss pro-bono consulting and

to volunteer your organizations

services to benet Brookside

Gardens. Think creatively, wed

love to hear rom you!

Volunteer Update

Welcome Jared!

Jared Ashling is the new Volunteer Coordinator/Library Horticulturist. As a student at the

University o Minnesota, Jared developed and managed Cornercopia, a student organic arm.

He also worked as an AmeriCorps Vista volunteer coordinator at Just Food in New York City,

where he developed and coordinated the volunteer and internship programs. Most recently,

Jared worked as a Zone Gardener at the Washington National Cathedral, where he was

responsible or the planning, implementation, and maintenance o the educational gardens.



PROGRAM GUIDE Special Events

Brookside Gardens is pleased to announce a newdiscount program or the Friends o BrooksideGardens (FOBG). Beginning in 2010, look or the special

FOBG discounted rate on many o Brooksides adult and

childrens programs. Friends members can take advantage

o this discount program by registering online through

www.ParkPASS.org, by mail using the registration orm in

this program guide, or by dialing 301-670-6858.

The Friends o Brookside Gardens was established to support

the mission o the Gardens. This includes support o programs

to reveal the year-round wonders and beauty o nature as well

as educating the public on how the proper care o plants can

preserve the environment. For inormation about joining the

Friends o Brookside Gardens, visit www.brooksidegardens.org

or call 301-962-1435 to request a brochure.

Brookside Gardens is excited to celebrate Food in 2010.

Enjoy edible plant displays throughout the gardens all

season and join us or programming ocused on growing,

cooking, or displaying ood in creative ways look or the

orange slice graphic to nd our ood-related programs

and events.Brookside Gardens

Free Garden Walks every Saturday aternoon in May 1, 8,

15, 22, and 29, 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 2, 9, 16,

23, and 30, 2:00pmFee: Free; no registration required

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 rst-rate

gardens oers a unique horticultural experience; visit them

both 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.

EarthDayCelebratethe40thanniversaryofEarthDaywBrooksideGardensonApril

2010.Lookformoreinformatiowww.brooksidegreen.orgorca301-962-1470torequestinformationbesenttoyouviaemail.

Mark Richardson is our new Adult

Education Programs Manager. Prior

to coming to Brookside Gardens,

Mark worked at Longwood Gardens

in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania,

where he was the Student ProgramsCoordinator, responsible or oversight

o our undergraduate educational

programs, including the Proessional Gardener Program,

College Internship Program, International Gardener Training

Program, and High School Summer Internship Program. He

also served as interim Education Department Head in 2007.

National PublicGardens DayFriday, May 7

Join us as we celebrate the

value o public gardens.

More details to ollow.

Looking or a detailedcalendar listing?Check www.BrooksideLearning.org

or contact Mark Richardson,

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Special Events/Walks www.BrooksideGardens.org

Plant Shows & Sales

Brookside Gardens hosts local,

regional, and national plant society

events throughout the year. Many o

the societies shows eature judged

competitions; all o the shows eature

passionate people, eager to share their

enthusiasm with others.

Ikenobo and Ikebana Exhibition

Sponsored by the Ikenobo Ikebana Society

o Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter

and the Ikenobo Ikebana Society

Baltimore Group

Saturday, March 13, 9:00am-5:00pm

Sunday, March 14, 9:00am-3:30pm

Visitors Center

Orchid SaleSponsored by the Friends o Brookside

Gardens & the Brookside Gardens

Orchid Club


Sunday, March 21, 10:00am-3:00pm

Visitors Center

Camellia Society Show & Sale

Sponsored by the Camellia Society o

Potomac Valley

Saturday March 27, 10:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Daodil Show

Sponsored by the Washington

Daodil Society

Saturday, April 10, 2:00-5:00pm

Sunday, April 11, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Seedling Flower Show

Sponsored by the Seedling Garden Club

Saturday, April 24, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Azalea Show

Sponsored by the Brookside Gardens

Chapter o the Azalea Society

Saturday, May 1, 1:00-5:00pm

Sunday, May 2, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Dahlia Tuber Sale

Sponsored by the National Capital

Dahlia Society

Saturday, May 1, 10:00am-2:00pm

Outside the Visitors Center

Annual Silver Spring Garden Mart

Sponsored by the Silver Spring

Garden Club



Azalea Sale

Sponsored by the Brookside Gardens

Chapter Azalea Society



Lily Show

Sponsored by the Potomac Lily Society

Saturday, June 26, 12:30-5:00pm

Sunday, June 27, 9:00am-5:00pm

Visitors Center

Cactus Show

Sponsored by the National Capital Cactus

and Succulent Society

Saturday, August 7, 9:00am-5:00pm

Sunday, August 8, 9:00am-4:00pm

Visitors Center

Daylily Show

Sponsored by the National Capital

Daylily Club

Saturday, August 14, 1:30-5:00pm


ConservatoryDisplays

Spring Display: Spring Zing

Saturday, January 23 - Sunday,

April 11, 2010

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

Brookside Gardens

Conservatory

Summer Display: Summer

o Food

Saturday, April 24 - Sunday,

September 19, 2010

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

Brookside Gardens

Conservatory

Edible Plant ID

with Diane Lewis

Course number 102201

Wednesday, April 7, 1:00pm


Wednesday, May 19, 1:00pm


Wednesday, June 9, 1:00pm

Visitors Center Entrance

Woody Plant ID

with Phil Normandy


Wednesday, April 21, 1:00pm


Wednesday, May 5, 1:00pm


Wednesday, June 23, 1:00pm


Plant Identication Walks

Brookside Gardens oers one o the regions

nest collections o plants that are well adapted

or gardens in the Washington, D.C.-Metro

region. Join us or educational plant walks with

our expert horticultural sta throughout the

growing season to learn more about some o

the best and brightest plants in our collections.

Phil Normandys walks will ocus on the woody

plants in our display gardens; Diane Lewis

walks will ocus on edible plants in the seasonal

and permanent displays. Both Phil and Diane

will teach plant identication characteristics

and cultural requirements or 10-15 plants per

session. A handout, with botanical and common

names o each plant will be provided or each

session.

Fee: $5, FOBG: $4; registration required



www.BrooksideGardens.org Thursdays at Brookside/Lectures

Spring Lecture SeriesWhen Perennials Bloom

Tomasz Anisko, Ph.D., Curator o Plants,

Longwood Gardens

When youre planning a perennial

garden one question is bound to

arise again and again: when will this

plant bloom? Whether youre a home

gardener who wants to plan an eective

perennial border or a nursery, design

or landscape proessional who needs

to predict a plants peak display, thispresentation will help you to gain

insight into the most anticipated event

in every garden.


Friday, April 16, 10:00-11:30am

Fee: Free; registration required

Visitors Center Auditorium

Entertaining with Flair

Nancy Gingrich Shenk, Floral Designer

Extraordinaire

At a luncheon or dinner party, the

dining table is the center o the action,

the place where guests and hosts

convene or the main event and it needs

to look good! The goal is to express

your taste and make the tabletop work

with the mood o the occasion. Nancy

will design several table centers or an

assortment o theme parties- some

Thursdays at BrooksideJoin us or this exciting new series

o walks, talks, and demonstrations,

highlighting the plants, people, and

displays that are uniquely Brookside. Most

Thursdays, rom the middle o March

until July, our sta and/or volunteers

will oer a guided tour, demonstration,

or educational walk around the gardens.

Whether its a tour o the Rain Garden

in March, a Whats in Bloom? walk in

May, or a planting demonstration in June,

youre sure to enjoy learning more about

all that Brookside Gardens has to oer.

Fee: Free; registration preerred

Demo: Pruning Roses

Roger Haynes


March 18, 1:00pm

Rose Garden

Walk: Brooksides Rain Garden

Lisa Tayerle


March 25, 1:00pm

Conservatory Entrance

Demo: Yew Hedge Pruning

Phil Normandy


April 1, 1:00pm

Rose Garden

Demo: Planting Roses

Roger Haynes


April 8, 1:00pm

Rose Garden

Walk: Woodland Wildfowers

Lisa Tayerle


April 15, 1:00pm


Walk: Woodland Wildfowers

Lisa Tayerle


April 29, 1:00pm


Demo: Mulching Roses

Roger Haynes


May 6, 1:00pm

Rose Garden

Walk: Whats in Bloom?

Mark Richardson

Course number 101302May 13, 1:00pm


Walk: Butterfy Plants

Kathy Stevens


May 20, 1:00pm


Walk: Brooksides Rain Garden

Lisa Tayerle

Course number 101304May 27, 1:00pm


Demo: Trial Garden Planting

Lisa Tayerle


June 3, 1:00pm

Trial Garden


Mark Richardson


June 10, 1:00pm


Walk: Woodland Weeds

Lisa Tayerle


June 17, 1:00pm



Brookside Volunteer Guide


June 24, 1:00pm



Mark Richardson

Course number 102199July 8, 1:00pm


Demo: Butterfy Container Garden

Planting

Kathy Stevens


July 15, 1:00pm



Brookside Volunteer GuideCourse number 101451

July 22, 1:00pm


Detailed calendar listing onwww.BrooksideLearning.or
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Lectures/Horticultural Workshops www.BrooksideGardens.org

ormal, some inormal, but always

just plain un! Flowers, ruits and

vegetables all play a role in a lively and

entertaining show that will inspire you

to go home and plan a party.


Friday, April 23, 10:00-11:30am



Luscious Landscaping with

Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Vines!

Lee Reich, Ph.D., Avid Farmdener,

Horticultural Consultant and Writer

What could be more pleasant than

picking luscious ruits rom a plant

that you also admire or its beauty?

Meet some o the best trees, shrubs,

and vines or this purpose, plants that

require little maintenance yet provide

stunning fowers in spring, color inautumn and neat orm in winter. Learn

how to grow shadbush, gumi, actinidia,

medlar, and other ornamental, ruiting

plants, and how to use them to beautiy

your yard.


Friday, May 14, 10:00-11:30am



Edible Ornamentals and

Ornamental EdiblesDiane Lewis, Brookside Gardens Sta

Learn about ambidextrous plants

that have both exceptional landscape

qualities and sometimes-surprising

edible uses in this engaging, slide-

illustrated lecture by Brooksides own,

Diane Lewis.


Friday, May 21, 10:00-11:30am



Horticultural Workshops

Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces

Carol Allen, Horticulturist

Learn all the ins and outs o starting

your own organic vegetable garden in

this 4-part series o workshops. From

building raised beds and prepping your

soil, to timing planting dates to ensurea season ull o bountiul backyard

harvests, these hands-on workshops

will cover everything you need to know

to get started growing tasty, healthy

vegetables at home.

Session 1: Root Crops and Other

Cool-Season Vegetables

Learn how to prep your soil and get

ready to grow cool-season crops this

season, like broccoli, lettuce, and

beets. Each registrant will leave theclass with a basic plan or a backyard

vegetable garden and a 16 pot with an

assortment o cool-season crops.


Wednesday, March 17, 1:30-3:30pm

Fee: $39, FOBG: $35; registration

required

Visitors Center Adult Workshop

Session 2: Cool-Season Lea Crops

and Raised Beds

Build a raised bed and get ready to plantlettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, and herbs.

Each registrant will leave the class with

the know-how to build raised planter

beds in their backyard and a pot ull o

salad mix.


Wednesday, April 7, 1:30-3:30pm


required


Session 3: Warm-Season Vegetable

Crops and Compost

Learn the basics o starting a home

compost pile, including a review o the

dierent types o compost bins on the

market. Each registrant will go home

with a collection o ideas or starting

a compost pile and a container sure to

provide resh tomatoes all summer.


Wednesday, May 5, 1:30-3:30pm


required


Session 4: Support Structures and

Succession Planting

Get ready to plant beans, squash,

eggplant, melons, and other tender

vegetable crops once your gardens

soil heats up. Learn some approaches

to trellising and planning your garden

or an extended harvest season. Each

participant will go home with a plan

or succession planting to extend the

growing season and a container planted

with bush beans.


Friday, May 21, 1:30-3:30pm


required


Papercrete Troughs

Betty Mackey, B.B. Mackey Books

There are many recipes and techniques

or making garden planter troughs, butonly one can claim to be the original.

Join Betty Mackey o B.B. Mackey Books,

to learn her original papercrete recipe

in this hands-on workshop. Betty will

guide all participants through the step-

by-step process or creating lightweight

garden troughs that will last or years.




required


Pruning beore Planting

Phil Normandy, Brookside Gardens Sta

Enjoy this pruning demonstration

ocused on how to prune newly

purchased trees and shrubs or your

garden. Phil will demonstrate how to

assess a plants structure and make the

right pruning cuts in the right places.

He also will discuss his preerred



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pruning tools and how pruning aects

uture growth o both evergreen and

deciduous species.


Wednesday, April 7, 10:00am-12:00pm


required


Hanging Basket

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.


Thursday, May 6, 9:30-11:30am


Friday, May 7, 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.Butterfies need more than

just nectar rom fowers

to establish healthy

populations in our

gardens. Plant a container

that supports their entire

lie cycle to encourage

butterfies to call your garden

home. Fee includes a 14-inch container,

butterfy plants, and instruction about

butterfy gardening.

Course number 101603Wednesday, May 12, 1:00-3:00pm


required


Bouquet o Herbs in a Strawberry

Container


Make it easy to step outside or a sprig

o herbs to favor that special gourmet

dish. Plant a tasty selection o herbs

that is decorative, aromatic, and very

practical. Aterwards, join us on May

19 or Heavenly Herbs, a cooking

demonstration with the Cook Sisters,

to learn some heavenly herb recipes

(separate registration required).


Tuesday, May 18, 9:30-11:30am


Tuesday, May 18, 1:30-3:30pm


required


Green Residences or

Feathered Friends

Jane Pettit, Mother

Nature Throws a

Party

These airytale

birdhouses will

keep the residents

cool all summer

and make them the

envy o their eco-

conscious riends.

Using chicken wire and moss, youll

create a green roo o multiple types o

succulents that will drip over the eaves

as they grow. In the right location, these

charmers will be a year-round

ocal point in your garden.Course number 102652

Wednesday, May 26,

1:00-3:00pm

Fee: $59, FOBG: $54;

registration required

Visitors Center Adult

Workshop

Blueberries and Strawberries

Container


Adding edible plants to yourornamental garden oers a return o

beauty and great ood to eat. In this

new program, learn how to plant and

grow blueberries and strawberries in a

large container or 4-seasons o garden

interest.


Wednesday, June 2, 9:30-11:30am


Wednesday, June 2, 1:30-3:30pm


required


A Bit o Brookside

Joan ORourke, Friends o Brookside

Gardens

Joan has selected some o the best and

most beautiul plants that Brookside

Gardens will display in its colorul

gardens this season. Join her or this

hands-on workshop to bring a Bit o

Brookside home to your garden.


Wednesday, June 16, 9:30am-11:30am


required


Moonlight & Fragrance Container


Back by popular demand! Learn how to

extend your garden viewing pleasure

with a light touch o ragrance by

planting your own nocturnal garden.

Using scented fowers and light-

refecting oliage, create a container

thats lovely by day and bewitching

by night.


Tuesday, June 29, 9:30-11:30am


Tuesday, June 29, 1:30-3:30pmFee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration

required


Floral Design andVisual Arts

St. Patricks Day Floral Design

Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD, owner o Floral

Diversity

Celebrate St. Patricks Day withBrookside Gardens by creating a

beautiul green basket arrangement.

Spice up your corned bee and cabbage

dinner with a estive display o spring

fowers!


Wednesday, March 17, 10:00am-12:00pm


required

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Easter Masterpiece

Jane Pettit, Mother Nature Throws a Party

Start a amily heirloom that you can

add to year ater year. Youll make

a twig egg tree in an attractive pot

and then decorate it with hollow egg

ornaments. Learn how to blow the eggs

and decorate them in our unique ways:

ribbon fowers and bows, eathers or

a birdie egg, ears and a cottontail or a

bunny egg and natural dried materials

or a woodland egg.




required


Spring Holiday Centerpiece


Diversity

Think spring with a glorious Spring

Holiday Centerpiece. Just in time or

Easter, or simply to bring the spring

display indoors, join Karen Nelson

Kent, AIFD, to create a lovely spring

centerpiece using all o your avorite

spring fowers.


Friday, April 2, 10:00am-12:00pm


required


Basic Floral Design Series


Diversity

Explore the basics o foral design in

this hands-on workshop series. Learn

the undamentals o foral design, rom

the important tools o the trade to color

theory and design principles. Whether

youve taken courses in foral design or

dont know a chrysanthemum rom a

carnation, you are sure to improve yourdesign skills through Karens expert

instruction. Each participant will create

a unique arrangement to bring home

during each o the 4 sessions.


Wednesdays, April 14, 21, 28, and May 5,

6:00-9:00pm


required


Customized Seed Packets

Judy Brown, Botanical Artist

In earlier times, seed packets were

embellished with botanical renderings

o the plant. Participants will review

historic seed packet designs and

develop their own illustrations or

a variety o garden vegetables. Each

participant will create customized

seed packets lled with seeds suitable

as a git ready or spring planting.

No painting or drawing experience is

necessary.




required


Painting on Silk

Jamie Kirkell, Kirkell Silk Studios

Explore design, color and painting on

silk in this hands-on workshop with

Sarasota, Florida-based artist, Jamie

Kirkell. Perect or both the beginner

and seasoned artist, youll enjoy this

new and easy way o painting on silk

in which youll create 3-4 o your ownsilk masterpieces. The silk scarves,

wax resist and colors are included.

Additional materials list will be

provided ater registration.


Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15,

10:00am-4:00pm


required


Focus on Butterfies!

On this special morning, ten

photographers will be welcomed (with

their tripods) into the conservatory to

photograph our live butterfies beore

the Wings o Fancy Butterfy Exhibit

opens.


Saturday, May 15, 8:00-10:00am


Sunday, May 23, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, May 29, 8:00-10:00am


Sunday, June 6, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, June 12, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, July 10, 8:00-10:00am


Sunday, July 18, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, July 24, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, August 7, 8:00-10:00am


Sunday, August 15, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, August 21, 8:00-10:00am


Sunday, August 29, 8:00-10:00am


Saturday, September 4, 8:00-10:00amCourse number 100649

Saturday, September 11, 8:00-10:00am

Fee: $30, FOBG $27; registration required

Brookside Gardens Conservatory

Necklace Potpourri

Stephanie Oberle, Brookside Gardens Sta

Dip into our cache o beads to create

a unique necklace. Choose a ocal

bead rom a variety o glass, clay, shell,

and preserved fowers and leaves.

Sit through an assorted selection oaccent beads, and then nish with a

sterling silver or vermeil clasp. Tool kits

are available or use in class, but we

encourage you to bring your own tools.


Wednesday, June 9, 10:00am-12:00pm


required




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Butterfy & Garden Photography

Josh Taylor, Archiphoto Workshops

Photograph colorul butterfies

and blooming fowers in Brookside

Gardens beautiul garden spaces. In

a two-session workshop, learn how to

capture striking images o butterfies

and fowers. The second session will

be a ormal critique o participants

photographs. Note: Participants should

have a working knowledge o their

camera, and bring ALL photo equipment

to both sessions, including a digital

memory card or lm, extra batteries,

and camera manual. A tripod is

optional, but highly recommended.


Saturdays, June 19 & 26, 8:00-10:00am


Sundays, June 20 & 27, 8:00-10:00am


Brookside Gardens Conservatory (2nd

session o each course meets in the

Visitors Center Adult Classroom)

Ikebana Workshop: Sangetsu School

L. Ancilla Armstrong

Experience the joy o Ikebana fower

arranging in this introductory two-

hour workshop. Sangetsu, meaning

mountain moon, is a school o fower

arranging inspired by visionary and

master artist, Mokichi Okada, whopromoted a spiritual approach to lie

through beauty. Learn how to create

original arrangements through this art

orm using a small amount o plant and

foral materials.




required


Vegetables with AttitudeJudy Brown, Botanical Artist

Explore a variety o resh garden

vegetables as topics or a watercolor

painting. Participants will learn to

arrange vegetables to best portray

their attitude and complete graphite

sketches as a preliminary to completing

a small watercolor painting. No

experience with watercolor is necessary

and all materials will be provided.

Vegetable attitudes can be pretty unny

so be prepared to enjoy the experience.

Each participant will leave with a

matted painting, ready or raming.





Making Something rom Nothing

Katie Hillesland, Brookside Gardens Sta

In this interactive and un workshop,

youll contemplate creative and artistic

uses or waste. Meant to cultivate

a new attitude toward the things we

throw away each day, Katie will inspire

you to look dierently at the common

household waste items we all discard.

Bring your own materials or work with

some o her avorite trash (please make

sure to clean your items beore bringing

them with you).


Saturday, July 10, 1:00-3:00pm


required


Concrete Leaves

Ann Baker, Brookside Gardens Sta

A unique piece o sculpture adds a

whimsical accent to any garden. Learn

to create your own masterpiece byjoining Ann Baker to cast a lea in stone

and add year-round interest to that

perect nook in your garden. In this

two-part class, youll turn a live lea

into stone and then add a bit o color

with masonry paint. The ee includes

all materials to make one large or two

small sculptures.


Friday, July 16, and Monday, July 19,

10:00am-12:00pm

Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registrationrequired


Passionate Fruit


Learn about the secret lie o ruit.

Participants will examine ruit closely

as they create a small watercolor

painting. No experience with watercolor

is necessary and all materials will be

provided. Bring your

sense o humor

and be prepared to

relax and enjoy the

experience. Each

participant will mat

their art and leave

with it ready to be ramed.




required


Cooking Demonstrations

Join 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

prepared using easy-to-ollow recipes that

you can try at home.

Glorious Greens

Adrienne Cook, Garden and Cooking Writer

Danielle Navidi, Caterer

Inventive new ways to serve up the best

o spring greens, including Crispy Kale,

Galettes and quick-cooking combos that

get hot, tasty greens onto the table in

minutes.Course number 100699



required


Ladies Lunch

Adrienne Cook, Garden and Cooking Writer


Just in time or Mothers Day and

garden parties, the Cook Sisters will put

together an entire menu that highlightsthe best o the garden a trio o spring

vegetables, melt-in-your-mouth savory

cheesecakes and a surprise chocolate

dessert.




required

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Heavenly Herbs

Adrienne Cook, Garden and

Cooking Writer


Unusual ways o using old avorites and

an introduction to new ones sure to

become avorites in their own right.


Wednesday, May 19, 12:00-1:30pm


required


Peaches and Apricots


Cooking Writer


What perumes a summer day better

than these stone ruits? The Cook

Sisters will serve up resh peaches and

apricots in a menu that goes rom start

to nish sweet, spice, savory, try

them all.




required


Ayurvedic Indian Cooking

Liz Chabra, Ayurvedic Cook

Ayurveda (literally meaning: the science

o lie or longevity) prescribes a uniqueregimen o diet, exercise, herbs and

gentle cleansing techniques to maintain

optimal health by restoring balance.

In this unique cooking class, Liz will

introduce you to the knowledge o

our body constitution and the basic

Ayurvedic diet that compliments it.

From cardamom to cayenne, ennel to

enugreek, asaetida to garam masala,

we will taste, touch, see, and smell all

the goodness that goes into cooking

rom the heart.Course number 103599



required


Totally Tomatoes


Cooking Writer


The Third Annual Tomato Class, back

by popular demand, will highlight the

gems o the summer garden. We are

taking requests and suggestions this

year! Contact us through Brookside

Gardens by emailing mark.richardson@

montgomeryparks.org or through our

own website, www.cook-sisters.com;

were also on Facebook.


Wednesday, July 28, 12:00-1:30pm


required


XcursionsGarden Excursion to the Delaware

Shore

Visit Buy and Michael Zajics delightul

garden at its spring peak near the

charming town o Lewes. Retiring

ater many years on sta at Brookside

Gardens, Mike continues his artistic

skills in the garden and at the easel.

Enjoy lunch in the Zajics garden,

beore we head to Shipcarpenter

Square, a unique green commonswith period houses and many quaint

private gardens. Finally, well swing by

Peppers Nursery, ull o uncommon

plants or purchase. Fee includes coach

transportation and boxed lunch.


Tuesday, April 20, 7:00am- 7:00pm

Fee: $95; registration required

Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors

Center

The Morris Arboretum andEdgewood Gardens

Known or its impressive collection

o woody plant species, the Morris

Arboretum is 92-acres o lush gardens

nestled in a historic landscape.

Edgewood, a 1.7-acre private garden in

Exton, PA, is known or truly pushing

the hardiness envelope on dozens o

non-hardy plant species. You will be

amazed by its collection o bulbs rom

around the world and spring fowering

native wildfowers. Fee includes lunch,

garden admission, tours and coach

transportation.


Wednesday, April 28, 7:00am- 7:00pm



Center

Lost Gardens o the

Brandywine Valley

The Brandywine Valley is home to

some o the worlds most renowned

public and private gardens, but this

rich horticultural region also is home

to some outstanding best-kept secrets.

Winterthur and the Jenkins Arboretum

oer beautiul naturalistic gardens and

outstanding seasonal color, especially

in spring. Enjoy the Lost Gardens o the

Brandywine Valley exhibit, highlightingthe regions little known private

gardens, at Winterthur, where well also

enjoy lunch. Finally, well visit Natural

Landscapes Nursery, a wholesale

grower o native plants that specializes

in native azaleas and rhododendrons.

Fee includes lunch, admission, garden

tours, and coach transportation.


Wednesday, May 12, 7:00am-7:00pm


Meet at Brookside Gardens VisitorsCenter

Nursery Tour Asiatica and

McLean Nurseries

By popular request, Brookside Gardens

oers this trip to Asiatica and McLean

Nurseries, both o which were eatured

during our Fall 2009 lecture series.

Asiatica, located in Lewisberry, PA, is

rarely open to groups, but owner Barry
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Yinger invites you to view (and shop!)

his impressive collection o new and

impossible to nd plants or collectors

and sophisticated gardeners. McLean

Nurseries in Parkville, MD, oers a wide

selection o hard-to-nd Hollies, many

o which were highlighted in Diane

Lewis Fall 2009 lecture. Fee includes

coach transportation and boxed lunch.


Tuesday, May 25, 7:00am-5:00pm



Center

Meet & Shoot Sunfower Fields

Join Josh Taylor, Archiphoto

Workshops, or a photo shoot at McKee-

Beshers Wildlie Management Area near

Seneca, Maryland. Spend the morning

photographing acres o blooming

sunfowers. Learn how to capture

stunning images and get the best

possible pictures o sunfowers rom

basic photo equipment. Participants

should have working knowledge o

their camera to get the most rom the

photographic opportunity. Sunfowers

are nicky and there is a slight chance

o rescheduling to July 17, depending

on bloom time. Notice will be given to

each participant a week in advance

i the date will change. Fee includes

instruction and 4 hours o photo

shooting; participants are responsible

or transportation.


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



Center

Developed 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 rigorousCerticate Program or take individual workshops that do not

require prerequisites. For more inormation about the School,

go to BrooksideArtSchool.org or call Mark Richardson, School

Manager, at 301-962-1470. Most o the course oerings are

held at McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda, MD.

Brookside Gardens School o Botanical Art & Illustration

Special Events &Exhibitions

Tuscany Workshop & Tour

The Brookside Gardens School o

Botanical Art & Illustration is pleasedto announce its Tuscany Workshop &

Tour, May 29 - June 13, 2010, oered

jointly by Brookside Gardens and

Hidden Treasures Botanical Tours,

LLC. Travel the Tuscan countryside,

enjoy interactive workshops with

Margaret Saul and Kandy Phillips, and

share your love o botanical art and

illustration with others rom across

the globe during this two-week tour.

For more inormation, including a

detailed itinerary and cost, visit www.brooksideartschool.org or to request

a printed brochure, contact Mark

Richardson, Adult Education Programs

Manager, at 301.962.1470. Register

through Hidden Treasures Botanical

Tours, LLC by calling 573-881-6316.

Registration deadline: February 28, 2010

Join us for our annual

Open House & Exhibition

o Class Work

McCrillis Gardens

Sunday, May 9, 2:30-4:30pm

Inormation, exhibition o class work,demonstrations and tours o the

gardens (tours start at 2:00pm, so please

arrive early).

Botanica 2010: The Art & Science

o Plants

Brookside Gardens Visitors Center

Saturday, May 22Saturday July 10


Botanical Art & Illustrations annual

exhibition o student and teacher

artwork. New this year meet theartists! From 10:00am-2:00pm each

Saturday in June, meet one o the

Schools teachers or representatives

rom the Botanical Art Society o the

National Capital Region to learn more

about botanical art and illustration.

Core CurriculumThe Core Curriculum must be taken in

sequence rom Drawing 101 Painting

310. A new Stream o students starts

each all and each spring. The classes listed

below are open to anyone who has takenthe prerequisites listed or each course.

Painting 205 Fall 2009 Stream

Kathy Lutter

Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting

103, Dimensional Study 204.

Course number 89499

Tuesdays, February 16, 23, March 2, 9,

10:00am-1:30pm

Course number 89500

Saturdays, March 20 and April 17,

9:00am-4:30pmFee: $217; registration required

McCrillis Gardens

Painting 103 Spring 2010 Stream

Kathy Lutter

Prerequisites: Drawing 101 & 102.


Thursdays, March 18, 25, April 1 & 8,

10:00am-1:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

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Dimensional Study 204 Spring

2010 Stream

Diane Berndt


103.


Thursdays, April 22, May 6, 13, 20 & 27,

10:00am-1:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Painting 205 Spring 2010 Stream

Kathy Lutter


103, Dimensional Study 204.


Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24,

10:00am-1:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Botany 207 or Botanical Artists

Doreen Bolnick

No prerequisites.

Course number 89549

Tuesdays, May 4, 11, 18, and 25,

10:00am-1:30pm

Course number 89550

Saturdays, June 19 and 26,

9:00am-4:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Workshops(prerequisites required)

Colored Pencil I

Merri Nelson

Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102,

Painting 103, Dimensional Study 204,

Painting 205.

Course number 88350

Saturdays, March 13 & April 10,

10:00am-4:30pmFee: $186; registration required

McCrillis Gardens

Botanical Art Intensive

Diane Berndt


103, Dimensional Study 204, Painting 205.

Course number 89850

FridaySunday, April 2325,

9:00am-4:00pm


McCrillis Gardens

2010 Masters Class: Fancy Tulips

John Pastoriza-Piol

Prerequisite: Painting 205 or experience

in botanical drawing and painting.

Course number 88199

Monday-Thursday, April 26-29,

10:00am-4:00pm


Brookside Gardens - Visitors Center

Adult Classroom

Botanical Illumination I

Kandy Phillips


103, Dimensional Study 204, Painting

205.

Course number 89849

Wednesdays, June 23, 30, July 7 & 14,

10:00am-1:00pm



Adult Classroom

Spring & SummerSamplers(no prerequisites)

Discover Scratchboard

Trudy Nicholson

No prerequisites, but drawing

experience is benecial.

Course number 88549

Saturday-Monday, February 13-15,

10:00am-4:00pm


McCrillis Gardens

Novice Studios, Pod 2: Hand-painted

Cards

Diane Berndt

No prerequisites.

Course number 88850

Tuesdays, March 30, April 6, 13 & 20,

6:30-9:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Lea Painting Intermediate

Diane Berndt

No prerequisites.

Course number 89749



McCrillis Gardens

Flower Diary: A Nature Journal Page

Doreen Bolnick

No prerequisites.

Course number 88349

Saturdays, May 8 & 15, 10:00am-4:00pm


McCrillis Gardens

Start Drawing & Painting

Diane Berndt

No prerequisites.

Course number 89551

Wednesdays, May 12, 19, and 26,

6:30-9:30pm

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Novice Studios, Pod 3: Impatiens in

Colored Pencil

Lee DZmura

No prerequisites.

Course number 88851

Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24,

6:30-9:30pm


McCrillis Gardens

Butterfies in the Garden

Kandy Phillips

No prerequisites.

Course number 89149

Sundays, July 11 & 18, 10:00am-4:00pm



Adult Classroom



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Childrens Discovery Benches

Hands-on activities, games, books,

and puzzles ll the Childrens

Discovery Benches located in the

Childrens Classroom. Benches are

available depending on sta and room

availability.

Open Tuesday through Friday,

September through June 2:00-5:00pm

July and August 9:00am-5:00pm

Saturday Morning Storytime

Brookside Gardens Volunteers

Participate and listen to seasonal

nature stories that encourage childrens

imaginations and creativity. Each week

a dierent story will be read ollowed by

a hands-on crat.


Saturdays, April 3 June 12

Ages 3-6, 10:00am


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 childrenages 3-5 with a parent.


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


Monday, April 12, 10:30-11:30am


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


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


Monday, July 12, 10:30-11:30am


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

Fee: $3.00 per child (adult ree);

registration required


St. Patricks Day Fitness and

Activity Walk

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

10:00am1:00pm

Brookside Gardens and the Montgomery

County Department o Recreation are

pleased to present a tness and activity

trail or children to perorm exercises,

play games and do crat projects

while enjoying the gorgeous gardens

and scenery. Walk along the beautiul

Brookside Gardens trail, stop at the

various marked venues, and ollow

the instructions or tness activities,

crats and games. Dont orget to bring

your camera! The walk includes a visit

at the conservatory. An adult must

walk with each child and assist in all

activities. The sel-directed event runs

rom 10:00am through 1:00pm. Thewalk will take approximately 30-40

minutes to complete. You are welcome

to participate anytime between these

hours.

$3.00 ee per child.

Go to www.montgomerycountymd.

gov to register or call 240-777-6821 or

inormation.

Childrens Programs

Childrens Garden

Natures Fun In Your Backyard is down-to-

earth un. This childrens garden engages

childrens imaginations and 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.

Art Xhibits

The 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.

Spring Images, Spring Magic

WMAS

Through April 3

Images o Spring

Daniel McNeill

April 3 May 22

Orange Glad, Glad HappyKay Sandler

April 3 May 22

From Pollen to Petals

Jennier Kline Vallina

April 3 May 22

Botanica 2010: The Art and

Science o Plants


Botanical Art & Illustration

May 22 July 10

Scenes rom a Summer

Garden

Rob Rudick

July 10 August 28

The Color o Summer

Sue Moses and Carol Kent

July 10 August 28

Orchid Celebration

Betty Tsuneishi

July 10 August 28

Autumn Blaze

Lou Janesko

August 28 October 9
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Workshops & Classes

Essence o Spring Herbs

Cooking Class


Tarragon, dill, cilantro, mint and parsley,

some o springs early herbs can be used

in many dierent ways. Learn to chop,

stir and prepare three dierent sauces,

and complete the class with proper

kitchen clean up! Samples provided.



Ages: 8-11

Fee: $20.00, FOBG: $18.00; registration

required.


Dig-in, Dig-out! Its Spring Break!

Get outdoors this week! Its Spring! Get

inspired by one o our Dig-in, Dig-outactivity tables. Discover interesting

plant acts plus make a hands-on

project you can take home! Cancelled in

the event o rain.


March 29-April 2, 10:00am-1:00pm

Ages: recommended or ages 4-11

Fee: Free; no registration required.

Outside adjacent to Visitors Center

Start Your Gardens

Ready, Set, Grow!Holly Stover, 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 date o May 10. A selection o

dierent vegetable seed will be oered

and a review on how to care or and

maintain your garden throughout the

year.


Wednesday, March 31, 10:30am-12:00pm

Ages: 6-11


required


Grow It Eat It Salad Box

University o Maryland Master Gardeners

Heres a un project or you and your

child to do together! Learn how to

improve your health and your childs

health by growing your own resh

organic salad! Let the Master Gardeners

rom the University o Maryland show

you how to construct, build, and plant

your own wooden Salad Box planter.

Aterwards, enjoy a tasty sampling o

what you can grow! Your new planter

will measure approximately 21 x 15

and easily t on a deck, balcony, or ront

stoop. Fee includes building supplies,

soil, and seeds.


Sunday, April 18, 1:00-2:30pm

Ages: 8-12


required


Herbal May Day Baskets

Lynn 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 a lovely git basket incorporating

rosemary, pansies, mint and other

treats.


Friday, April 30, 4:30-6:00pm

Ages: 6-11

Fee: $12.00, FOBG: $10.00; registrationrequired


Sculpting Creatures or the Garden

Katie Hillesland, Brookside Gardens Sta

Create a un creature rom clay using

your imagination and creativity. Begin

with a garden stroll to spark your

imagination looking or animal homes

and exploring where creatures can hide.

Back in the classroom learn to work

with clay, and sculpt any creature rommammals, to insects, to gnomes, to

monsters.


Sunday, May 16, 1:00-3:00pm

Ages: 7-10

Fee: $8.00; registration required


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 21- 25, 10:00am-1:00pm

Ages: recommended or ages 4-11.

Fee: Free; no registration required.

Outside adjacent to the Visitors Center

Garden Teas or Children

Youre Invited To A Garden Tea Party

Marina St.Clair, Tea Party Hostess

Fanciul tables, tea, and treats will

brighten childrens eyes when they

come to tea outside in the Anderson

Island Pavilion. 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 relocated

to the childrens classroom, ollowed by

a rousing game o charades.


Saturday, April 3, 12:00-1:30pm


Saturday, April 17 12:00-1:30pm

Course number 103404Saturday, May 1, 12:00-1:30pm


Saturday, May 15, 12:00-1:30pm





Ages: 6-10

Fee: $22.00, FOBG: $20.00, registration

required

Anderson Island Pavilion



www.BrooksideGardens.org Childrens Programs

Look or us during the

Montgomery County Farm Tour

at the Red Wiggler Farm

Lets see whats growing on the arm!

Through hands-on activities and

games we will help you learn about

agricultural crops, arming and ood.

(This activity is an extended part o Red

Wigglers activities and the Montgomery

County Farm Tour)

Saturday, July 24, 10:00am-4:00pm


All ages

Red Wiggler Community Farm, 23400

Ridge Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871

SUMMER CAMPPROGRAMS

Budding Artists Camp I

Ivette Burgess, Artist

Children who love art will enjoy

expressing themselves in the garden

while learning several art techniques,

including drawing, collages, and

painting. Check times or age-

appropriate group.

Course number 99951

June 21-25 10:00-11:30am

Ages: 5-7

Fee: $75.00/week; registration required

Course number 99952June 21-25 1:00-3:00pm

Ages: 8-10



Budding Artists Camp II

Debbie Vanegas, Artist

Children who love art will enjoy

expressing themselves in the garden

while learning several art techniques,

including drawing, collages, and

painting. Check times or age-appropriate group.

Course number 99955

June 28-July 2, 10:00-11:30am

Ages: 5-7


Course number 99956

June 28July 2, 1:00-3:00pm

Ages: 8-10



Farms, Food, Fun and Sun!

Lynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Sta

Have a week o gardening un with

3 un-lled eld trips visiting and

exploring dierent organic arms. 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. We will learn about organic

growing methods and ood nutrition.

Maybe we can stop by the amous Herrs

chip actory too.

Course number 99950

July 12-16, 9:00am-3:30pm

Ages: 8-11



Botanical Art Camp


Students will learn watercolor, oil

pastel, and color pencil techniques.

Brookside will have several gardens to

demonstrate plants as a ood source,

or humans and the creatures around

us. Each day we will visit and explore

some o these plants as a subject or

our artwork. Samples o plants we will

be exploring include: radish, corn, kale,

leek, celeriac, Swiss chard, caulifower,

red cabbage, sunfower, sweet potato,

basil, dwar corn, and pot marigolds.

Each student will be supplied with

and take home a spiral-bound tablet

o 140-pound watercolor paper. At the

end o the 5-day session students will

choose their avorite work, and we will

mount it in a mat ready or raming.

Inormation about the materials

students use will be provided upon

registration.

Course Number 99953

August 2-6, 9:00am-12:00pm

Ages: 8-11



Tours o the Wings o Fancy

Butterfy Exhibit or Youth Groups

Bring your youth group (public

and private schools, home

schools, scouts and summer

camps) to this live butterfy

exhibit or a special guided

tour with a knowledgeable

docent. Learn about the

butterfy lie cycle and

observe butterfy behaviorslike nectaring, spiraling, and

puddling.

Due to the popularity o the

butterfy exhibit, groups o

15 or more, ages 6 and up

are requested to make an

appointment. Please call

301-962-1467. Tours are

available weekdays rom 10am

to 1pm, at hal-hour intervals.

A maximum o 30 children can

be scheduled per hour.

While you are waiting or a

tour time, Butterfy Discovery

Backpacks are available toborrow with a drivers license.

View descriptions o backpack

activities by visiting

www.brooksidegardens.org.

Fee: $4.00 or ages 3-12; $6.00

or ages 13 and up.
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Registration www.BrooksideGardens.org

Important Registration Inormation1. You must open a ParkPASS account in

order to register or any program.2. We regret that it is not possible to

include babies or children in classesdesigned or adults.

3. All programs will run rain or shine,unless a rain date is listed; or cancel-lation inormation call 301-962-1470.

4. I paying by credit card, please includecredit card type, account number,expiration date, and signature. FOBGmembers should enter the discountedFOBG rate in the Fee column. Forinormation about joining FOBG,call 301-962-1435 or checkwww.brooksidegardens.org.

5. Conrmation o your registration willbe made by mail. (You must print outyour conrmation when registeringonline.) I an event is lled to capacity,

your check will be returned and yourname placed on a waiting list. You willbe contacted by phone i an openingoccurs.

6. Deadline or registration is 7 daysprior to event date, unless otherwisestated. Participants will be enrolled inthe order received.

7. Unless otherwise indicated by theparticipant or a parent/guardian inwriting at the time o registration,photographs o participants or usein Commission publications may betaken while participating in programactivities.

Reund Policy: I a program is cancelledyou will be notied and receive a ullreund. I you choose to cancel your reg-istration rom an event you must notiythe Registrar at least ve business daysprior to the start o the class. A creditvoucher will be issued less a 20% admin-istrative ee. The voucher will be valid orone year rom the date o issue. Use yourcredit voucher or another event o yourchoice. Credit or trips and workshopswill be granted only i a replacement isavailable rom the waiting list. A thirty-ve dollar ($35.00) ee will be charged or

all returned checks.

To register by mail, or in person:

Complete the registration orm and mail with payment(or drop o registration orm and payment) to:BROOKSIDE GARDENS, Attn. Registrar,1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902

To Register Online: www.ParkPASS.org

To Register by Phone: Dial 301-670-685824-hours a day

Already have a ParkPASS account?To register, just ll in the rst three boxes.

Middle Initial (JR, SR, II, III) Birth Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Gender: M/F

Street Address

City, State, Zip Code

Primary Phone Secondary Phone

Email

Need to open a ParkPASS account? Please ll in all the boxes.

I wish to charge this to: m MasterCard mVISA

Acct# __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __

Exp. Date __ __ / __ __ Signature ____________________________________________

For inormation on M-NCPPCs Fee Reduction Program or Montgomery Countyresidents, call 301-495-2530. Applications are available at Brookside GardensVisitors Center Inormation Desk.

The Department o Park and Planning encourages and supports the involvement andparticipation o individuals with disabilities in all programs/services. Register a minimumo two weeks in advance o the program start date and call 301-962-1451 to request adisability accommodation.

Besureto

openyourPark

PASS

accountbefore

registrationbeginson

February15.

For registration inormation, call 301-962-1451.

REGISTRATION FORMFill out a separate orm or each participant. Friends o Brookside Gardens members enter the FOBG rate or each course.

Course No. Date Name o Program Fee

100950 6/26 Vegetables with Attitude (Sample) 49.00

*Last Name *First Name *Customer No.
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Mark Special Memories in the Rose Garden

Rose Garden Commemorative Brick Program

Donor Name ...................................................................................

Address ...........................................................................................

City ..................................................................................................

State ...............................Zip ..........................................................

Phone ..............................................................................................

Email address ................................................................................

4" x 8" Brick ($500) (up to 3 lines, 21 characters per line,

including punctuation and spaces)

8" x 8" Brick ($1,000) (up to 5 lines, 21 characters per line,

including punctuation and spaces)

Text to print on brick (4" x 8" brickup to 3 lines, or

8" x 8" brickup to 5 lines)

Line 1: .............................................................................................

Line 2: .............................................................................................

Line 3: .............................................................................................

Line 4: .............................................................................................

Line 5: .............................................................................................

Payment Inormation

My personal check has been made payable to Brookside

Gardens.

Please charge my VISA MasterCard

Card no. ..........................................................................................

Expiration date .............................................................................

Signature .......................................................................................

Brookside Gardens Rose Garden has been aavorite destination o visitors since its openingin 1972. Something about the stunning beauty and

seductive ragrance o roses draws visitors to this

delightul garden over and over. For many, the Rose

Garden holds special meaning and memories. With

our new commemorative brick program, the RoseGarden will be the lovely setting in which to honor

a special person or to mark a memorable milestone.

Commemorative bricks will be available in two

sizes: 4 x 8 ($500) and 8 x 8 ($1000). Each brick

will be engraved with a lie arming message and

placed in the walkway directly under the wisteria

arbor in the Rose Garden. The commemorative brick

areas are conveniently located near several benches,

which will allow or relaxed visits surrounded by the

ragrance o roses in bloom (or possibly wisteria in

fower, depending upon the season!). Your generous

donation to this program will be instrumental in

maintaining the Gardens through our Garden Fund.

For more inormation, please contact Ellen Bennett

at 301/962-1402 or Ellen.Bennett@MontgomeryParks.

org. Please send in the attached orm i youd like to

reserve a Rose Garden brick today. Brick installation

will begin in spring 2010.

(8" x 8" bricks only)



Thank You, Donors!Donations received between

June 1, 2009 and December 15, 2009

ANNUAL APPEAL

Fiteen Anonymous Donors

Rhoda and HermanAlderman

Jane BarrettJim and Karen BellisEllen Bennett and Ric Gratz

Josephine BennettFran and Harvey Berger

Jose and Gloria BrownMarney BruceMaureen CannonSalvatore and Marlene

CianciRobert and Ruth Cohen

Felicia CollinsCathy ConlyMarguerite DanowskiDr. and Mrs. James R. DavidDr. and Mrs. Lewis H.

DennisTeresa Dow

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