Youth Art Market, Auction for the Birds and more – April 25 & 26

This will be a big weekend at Woodlands Garden.

SATURDAY …

Get up early and join the Atlanta Audubon Society for a bird walk at 7:30.

After your coffee, come back for Stories in the Woods with Miss Mia from the Decatur Library, 10 – 11:30.

Bring your wallet to our Youth Art Market from 11 am – 3 pm. Artists in grades 2 – 12 will offer their clever and beautiful creations in booths around our meadow.

Fire up your computer to bid on great birdhouses and birdfeeders: http://www.woodlandsgarden.myevent.com/. You can see them up close throughout the day. The auction will close at 4 pm on the 26th.

SUNDAY …

Come to the Pavilion to hear The Rosin Sisters (Jan Smith, Barbara Panter-Connah, and Ann Whitley-Singleton) from 2 – 4 pm.

Watch the Auction for the Birds online bidding carefully and bid just before 4 pm.

Honor the earth with your body, mind and heart – join a poetry reading and T’ai Chi session from 4 – 5 pm, to close our Flock to Woodlands series of spring events.

Take home the birdfeeder or birdhouse you win at our auction!

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

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:

A Donation Box will be set up in a corner; all proceeds go to Woodlands Garden.

Cello music, birdsong and breezes welcome the spring

It’s a wonderful week to walk around in the Garden. March winds are definitely bringing new delights to Woodlands, and our resident birds will welcome a soloist this weekend. On Saturday, March 21 at 4pm, we are proud to present the first of four seasonal concerts with cellist Jean Gay. Jean has created a delightful program of solo cello works interspersed with poetry, all chosen to welcome the glory of spring. Join Jean and poetry reader Val Blligh in the pavilion for this special event.

Woodlands wants YOUR birdhouse, or birdbath, or birdfeeder.

Woodlands is now seeking submissions for our second annual Auction for the Birds – birdbaths, feeders, and houses designed to welcome feathered visitors. Please create something wonderful for our auction, or pass this message along to a creative friend.

Items in our Auction for the Birds will appear on our website, Facebook page, and e-newsletters and will be sold via an online auction. Contributions may be completely hand crafted and original or embellished pre-fabricated items. Your name and business information will appear prominently in all displays and publicity.

Donate something wonderful for our auction! Human and avian lovers of Woodlands will thank you.

To participate, sign up by March 27^th. See attached info sheet for details 2015 Auction info sheet final or call Claire at 404.373.22