Upcoming Events at the Arboretum
Storytime in the Understory
Monthly program
June through September
Every second Tuesday
of the month
11.00 to noon
Children will develop an understanding of the importance of nature from children's literature selections. Bring a picnic blanket or lawn chairs, and a brown bag picnic lunch for after Storytime. Please meet at the Stage Garden; preregistration is not needed.
June 12
July 10
August 14
September 11
Children's Nature Art Camp
BEGINNERS' SESSION
June 11, 13 and 14,
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
10-12:00 pm workshop
in the Frances Plecker Education Center
Lenna Frances Keefer, Artist and Facilitator
$35, for children ages seven to twelve
Includes sketch journal and pencil
These dates are the fourth, summer-themed, workshop in an ongoing series of seasonal workshops for children's art instruction that will allow your child to produce their own botanical journals they'll treasure for their lifetime. The three day sessions will focus on the arboretum's trees and their unique leaf, bark, woody branch, and canopy formations, teaching plant identification, interdisciplinary historical plant lore, Native American plant culture, and basic science skills alongside botanical drawing technique. Journal work begins with rubbings and tracings, and then moves into sketching subjects. Workshop members will feel they're becoming young ‘John Clayton botanical explorers,' and will use their pencils to document their findings as did the famous eighteenth-century botanical explorer and illustrator.
INTERMEDIATE SESSION
June 11, 12, 13 and 14,
Monday through Thursday
1:00-3:00 pm 2nd workshop
in the Frances Plecker Education Center
Lenna Frances Keefer, Artist and Facilitator
$45, for children ages seven to twelve
Includes sketch journal and pencil
These dates are the fourth, summer-themed, workshop in an ongoing series of seasonal workshops for children's art instruction that will allow your child to produce their own botanical journals they'll treasure for their lifetime. During this class, the students will revisit many species we saw flowering in spring. We will illustrate their life cycles and the seasonal changes in the arboretum. Watercolors and pen and ink techniques will be demonstrated and practiced as well as design-layout and calligraphy of the botanical species.
Pre-registration is required for each session for each child.
Space is limited to 10 children, ages seven to twelve.
Parents are welcome to stay with their children during workshop sessions.
Classes will be cancelled if we do not have a registration of 10 children.
Solstice Under the Stars
June 23, 2012 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Reserve for Summer Solstice Under the Stars at the EJC Arboretum, and enjoy dining, wine, and music under the stars! Make it a wild and wonderful Solstice celebration with dancing on the Ernst Tree Terrace to live music, while enjoying fine wines and dinner outdoors. Tickets are $28 per person, advanced reservation only. Reservations are needed by June 19, 4:00 pm. Admission includes a drink of choice (white or red wine, or local brewed beer), dinner (the menu can be found on the reservation page; link below), and live music performed by F.U.S.E. from Batesville, Virginia. F.U.S.E. is a crossover of jazz, R&B, and reggae, and will be sure to lift you out of your seat!
A spectacular
evening's private
social event held
outdoors on the
beautiful grounds
of the Edith J.
Carrier Arboretum.
Summer Solstice: click here to reserve or call 540.568.3194. Reservation is needed by 4:00 pm June 19th.
Interested in seeing what's coming up next? Please check our calendar of events.
Promotional photographs are taken by staff of arboretum events. Written requests to the Web manager to remove a photograph will be honored.
