Calendar of events
Flower Sessions
April 24, 2021
Saturday, April 24 at 10-11am FOR KIDS and families! Salk Scientist, Charlotte Miller, celebrates Earth Month with a story time tribute to local gardening legend, Kate Sessions. Enjoy a flower pressing demonstration, receive homemade DIY flower pressing kit materials, and a flower-saving keychain! Plus take part in a cool experiment with cyanotype material, flower specimen and sunshine. Instructed by: Charlotte Miller Article on Charlotte
Lisa Griffiths - Fitness Fridays
May 07, 2021
Fridays @ 10am Instructor Lisa Griffiths guides you through a combination of 30-minute bodyweight fitness section (strength bands provided) and a 30-minute gentle/yin yoga stretch section (bring a yoga mat). Supporting you to feel good, get an effective workout, and be outside into nature! Beginners are most welcome. Sponsored by HomeLight. *Now included FREE with your Garden Membership *Plus FREE to ALL adult guests on the 2nd Friday of the month April, May & June 2021 Fitness class at 10am, is now open Free to the public on Free Day Friday thanks to our sponsor HomeLight!
Butterfly Experience - Butterfly Experience
May 08, 2021
SATURDAYS in May & June 10am-12pm Join us in our beautiful outdoor Butterfly Pavilion and native Habitat Garden to release your very own butterfly to nectar on nearby flowers. Please note: Special Butterfly Encounters with Ms. Smarty-Plants™ are May 1st & June 5th at 11am The whole family can release a butterfly with our Family Butterfly Bundle to continue your nature experience with free garden entry for a full year and a native milkweed plant to feed monarch caterpillars from your home!
Butterfly Experience - Butterfly Experience
May 08, 2021
SATURDAYS in May & June 10am-12pm Join us in our beautiful outdoor Butterfly Pavilion and native Habitat Garden to release your very own butterfly to nectar on nearby flowers. Please note: Special Butterfly Encounters with Ms. Smarty-Plants™ are May 1st & June 5th at 11am The whole family can release a butterfly with our Family Butterfly Bundle to continue your nature experience with free garden entry for a full year and a native milkweed plant to feed monarch caterpillars from your home!
Butterfly Experience - Butterfly Experience
May 08, 2021
SATURDAYS in May & June 10am-12pm Join us in our beautiful outdoor Butterfly Pavilion and native Habitat Garden to release your very own butterfly to nectar on nearby flowers. Please note: Special Butterfly Encounters with Ms. Smarty-Plants™ are May 1st & June 5th at 11am The whole family can release a butterfly with our Family Butterfly Bundle to continue your nature experience with free garden entry for a full year and a native milkweed plant to feed monarch caterpillars from your home!
Lisa Griffiths - Garden Yoga
May 11, 2021
Tuesdays @ 10am Garden Yoga is a joyful practice and exploration of movement in an alignment informed class appropriate for all levels. Celebrate nature and wellness weekly at The Water Conservation Garden.
Pam Badger - Garden Yoga
May 12, 2021
Wednesdays @ 10am “Sloth Yoga”- slow and mindful. Connect deeply with your breath, body, and environment. Strengthen your body and awareness through gentle movement from your toes to the crown of your head. Relax and tune in to your true self. Meet the Instructor: Pam Badger is a Certified Yoga Instructor with almost 20 years of teaching experience. Her teaching style is relaxed and playful while attending to proper alignment and safe practice. Dubbed as ""advanced yoga for every body,"" she focuses on the basics of yoga - the breath and body connected and moving together. Beginners as well as experienced practitioners enjoy her classes, leaving with a smile and feeling relaxed. "
Jackie Gadd - Garden Chair Yoga
May 13, 2021
Thursdays @ 1pm Set in the lovely Butterfly Amphitheater at the heart of the garden, these adaptive accessible sessions aim for good stretch, a bit of a workout, and some valuable mind-quiet time. The classes are gentle, and combine both chair and standing postures to provide what the class needs on any given day: flexibility, muscular strength, range of motion, agility, vitality, balance/coordation. Mindful meditation topics help reinforce that ever important connection between body and mind. Bring your own mat (chairs and props provided), something for hydration, and bundle up in layers for outdoor weather.
Lisa Griffiths - Evening Flow Yoga
May 13, 2021
Thursdays @ 5pm Garden Yoga is a joyful practice and exploration of movement in an alignment informed class appropriate for all levels. Celebrate nature and wellness weekly at The Water Conservation Garden.
May - Free Day Friday
May 14, 2021
We all need something to look forward to... Enjoy a free day at The Garden the 2nd Friday of every month! There is no cost for admission on these select days. Thank you to everyone who donated and our incredible sponsors for making this initiative a reality in 2021! See you at The Garden!
Lisa Griffiths - Fitness Fridays
May 14, 2021
Fridays @ 10am Instructor Lisa Griffiths guides you through a combination of 30-minute bodyweight fitness section (strength bands provided) and a 30-minute gentle/yin yoga stretch section (bring a yoga mat). Supporting you to feel good, get an effective workout, and be outside into nature! Beginners are most welcome. Sponsored by HomeLight. *Now included FREE with your Garden Membership *Plus FREE to ALL adult guests on the 2nd Friday of the month April, May & June 2021 Fitness class at 10am, is now open Free to the public on Free Day Friday thanks to our sponsor HomeLight!
Butterfly Experience - Butterfly Experience
May 15, 2021
SATURDAYS in May & June 10am-12pm Join us in our beautiful outdoor Butterfly Pavilion and native Habitat Garden to release your very own butterfly to nectar on nearby flowers. Please note: Special Butterfly Encounters with Ms. Smarty-Plants™ are May 1st & June 5th at 11am The whole family can release a butterfly with our Family Butterfly Bundle to continue your nature experience with free garden entry for a full year and a native milkweed plant to feed monarch caterpillars from your home!