Brookside Gardens Events 2014
Silver Spring, Maryland
Brookside Gardens is Montgomery County's incomparable, award-winning 50-acre public display garden situated within Wheaton Regional Park. Included in the gardens are several distinct areas: Aquatic Garden, Azalea Garden, Butterfly Garden, Children's Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Style Garden, Trial Garden, Rain Garden and the Woodland Walk. The Formal Gardens areas include a Perennial Garden, Yew Garden, the Maple Terrace, and Fragrance Garden. Brookside Gardens also feature two conservatories for year-round enjoyment. A horticultural reference library is located in the airy Visitors Center.
Admission is free.
NOTE: Pets are not allowed in Brookside Gardens. Service animals are welcome.
Adult Programs:
- 5-Feb All About Air Plants $18 $15 248856
- 7-Feb Movie Night: Planet Earth: Great Plains $6 $5 248600
- 11-Feb Let the Sunshine In $54 $49 248801
- 18-Feb Seed Starting for the Veggie Garden $18 $15 248857
- 19-Feb Season-Spanning Soups $32 $28 248005
- 21-Feb Spring Forward Conservatory Tour $6 $5 248556
- 28-Feb Green Matters $89 $89 248349
- 4-Mar Philadelphia Flower Show* $89 $89 245851
- 7-Mar Movie Night: Disneynature’s Wings of Life $6 $5 248601
All About Air Plants
Laura Vogel, Brookside Staff Tillandsias are quite the popular houseplant these days, especially
since they require no soil! Learn more about their tropical origin, and other houseplants, while putting together a tillandsia creation to take home.
Course number 248856
Wednesday, February 5, 1:00-2:30pm
Fee: $18, FOBG: $15;
registration required
Visitors Center Adult Classroom
Movie Night: Planet Earth: Great Plains and Living Together
Gain a greater appreciation for the modest plant that feeds billions: grass. Reflect on how we can preserve the vast diversity of our world.
Course number 248600
Friday, February 7, 6:30-9:00pm
Fee: $6, FOBG: $5
Registration Required
Visitors Center Auditorium
Let the Sunshine In
It’s been said that February is the shortest month that lasts the longest! What better time to gather with friends and bring some color into your world by designing an arrangement with bright and beautiful blossoms! Share some Flower Power with a friend.
Course number 248801
Tuesday, February 11, 6:30-8:00pm
Fee: $54 FOBG: $49
Registration deadline Jan 28
Visitor Center Adult Classroom
Seed Starting for the Veggie Garden
Gordon Clark, Project Director, Montgomery
Victory Gardens
Get a jump on the season, save money, grow what you want and maximize production! Class will cover everything from lights to soils to seed starting strategies, to get you started for 2014.
Course number 248857
Tuesday, February 18, 6:30-8:30pm
Fee: $18, FOBG: $15;
registration required
Visitors Center Adult Classroom
Cooking Demonstration
Season-Spanning Soups
Adrienne Cook, Garden and Cooking Writer
Danielle Navidi, Caterer
Go gently from the comfort of rich winter soups to the zing of spring potages with great new soup recipes from the Cook Sisters’ repertoire.
Course number 248005
Wednesday, February 19, 12:00-1:30pm
Fee: $32, FOBG: $28; registration
required
Visitors Center Adult Classroom
Walk: Spring Forward
Conservatory Tour
Kathy Stevens, Brookside Gardens Staff
Course number 248556
Friday, February 21, 2014
1:00-2:30pm
Fee: $6; FOBG: $5
Registration required
Meet at the Conservatory entrance
Green Matters: Gardening in a Shifting Climate
Visit BrooksideGreen.org for more information.
Register early at www.ParkPASS.org
Course number 248349
Friday, February 28, 8:30am-4:00pm
Fee: $89; registration required
Philadelphia Flower Show
A perennial favorite, the Philadelphia International Flower Show is always a crowd-pleaser. Bring along your paintbrushes this year for, “ARTiculture”, an ode to the gardens that inspired master artists throughout the ages. Be inspired as you explore acres of great gardens and learn from the world’s most celebrated growers and florists. Fee includes coach transportation and entrance fee. Your lunch/dinner may be purchased at the show.
Course number 245851
Tuesday, March 4, 7:00am-7:00pm
Course number 245852
Thursday, March 6, 10:30am-10:30pm
Fee: $89; registration required
Meet at the Visitors Center Entrance
Disneynature’s Wings of Life
Learn from a flower’s perspective the importance of pollination and the many fascinating pollinators in our world.
Course number 248601
Friday, March 7, 6:30-9:00pm
Fee: $6, FOBG: $5
Registration Required
Visitors Center Auditorium
A Night at the Movies
During the dark and cold evenings of winter, join Brookside Gardens for a series of documentaries that will remind you of the beauty of our planet and the green days to come. Enjoy a light discussion about what we see, and even try your hand at some trivia.
We’ll provide the popcorn!
Friday evenings in January, February, and March.
Fee: $6; FOBG: $5
Brookside Gardens
1800 Glenallan Avenue
Wheaton, Maryland 20902
www.brooksidegardens.org
Brookside Gardens is open every day except December 25.
Hours
Gardens: Sunrise–Sunset
Conservatories: 10:00am–5:00pm
Visitors Center: 9:00am–5:00pm
(closed some holidays)
For more information on all Brookside Gardens programs:
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