Spring Events 2015

Spring in our Steps: Join us in the garden this spring for fun activities and beautiful blooms!
Spring in our Steps: Join us in the garden this spring
for fun activities and beautiful blooms!

 

Saturday, March 21

4-6 pm  Spring Equinox Concert: Jean Gay, Cello


Every Thursday, April 2 onwards

5.30 – 6.30 pm Yoga Session

Sunday, April 12

1-2 pm  Dedication of the Bird Meadow

1-4 pm  Auction for the Birds

2-4 pm  Music in the Pavilion: Ben Wakeman & Allison Adams

Sunday, April 19

1-2 pm Build a house for a Brown-headed Nuthatch

1-4 pm  Auction for the Birds

2-4 pm  Music in the Pavilion: Just Be’Cause

(Bruce Gilbert, Cyndi Craven, and Jerry Brunner)

Look for us during the Earth Day Celebrations at Oakhurst Garden

Saturday, April 25

7.30 am  Audubon Bird Walk

10-11.30 am  Stories in the Woods

11 am – 3 pm  Youth Art Market / Auction for the Birds

Sunday, April 26

2-4 pm  Auction for the Birds

2-4 pm  Music in the Pavilion: The Rosin Sisters

(Jan Smith, Barbara Panter-Connah, and Ann Whitley-Singleton)

4-5 pm  Auction for the Birds closes / Tai Chi session / Poetry


Saturday, May 16

11 am – 2 pm  Garden Go Seek Your Park

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Yoga in the Garden

Relax, refresh and repeat!
Relax, refresh and repeat!

 

April 1, 2015

Feel like a mid-week ‘stretch and de-stress’ session?

Join us on Thursdays, from April 2 onwards, for a relaxing session of Yoga.
Our trainer, Aditi Chandrasekhar started her yoga practice in 2005 at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. She received her Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Training from the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in 2012. Aditi went on to teach ‘Yoga for Fitness’ at the Vinieyoga Healing Centre (former Viniyoga Healing Foundation), where she has been a student since 2010. Her practice here has been in the vinyasa style, based on hatha yoga, involving asana and pranayama.
What to bring:
Yoga mat
Hand towel (to roll up under your neck)
Bottle of water
What to expect:
Lots of stretches and deep breathing
When:
Thursdays, 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Where:
Woodlands Garden Pavilion
Fee:
$0
A Donation Box will be set up in a corner; all proceeds go to Woodlands Garden.

Birds a-twitter at Woodlands

Camellias abloom in hues of brilliant reds, gentle pinks and frosty white in a canvas of rich green and brown …  and now a new flutter of color in our palette.

The Woodlands Garden bird committee has created a space for feeding and viewing our fine feathered friends. Our friend Marko Bajic captured their antics in our new bird meadow.

In the video below, we see the Tufted Titmouse, a White-Breasted Nuthatch, an American Goldfinch, a Pine Siskin, and a Pine Warbler in action:

http://youtu.be/_CMiao9lfw8

The spicy suet in the Bird Meadow at the garden keeps the squirrels away, but is quite a hit with the birds. In this video, we see female and male Pine Warblers, a White Breasted Nuthatch (immature), and a female Red Bellied Woodpecker:

Here’s a video of a Carolina Chickadee, a Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and an Eastern Bluebird at the suet and sunflower seed feeders:

And a last one, of what we like to describe as a “very bright (and photogenic) Bluebird” to complete our little collection of videos from our bird meadow,

http://youtu.be/ypGwc8hFptQ

Come and take an end-of-winter stroll at our chirping new bird meadow. It’s a great place to learn about native plants and birds. You just might spot a bird we haven’t!