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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.

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.

yellow birdhouseItems 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 27th. See attached info sheet for details 2015 Auction info sheet final or call Claire at 404.373.22

 

 

2015 Youth Art Market: We can’t wait to see what you create!

Woodlands Garden invites you to our 2nd Annual Youth Artist Market. At this one-day arts event kids in grades 2 – 12 sell their own artwork and crafts. The festival will be held in the meadow at Woodlands Garden on April 25th from 11am – 3pm. Rain date will be Saturday May 2nd.

The deadline to register for the Market is April 3rd, 2015.YAM girl

In 2014 we welcomed potters, photographers, jewelry makers and bowtie and birdfeeder builders. This year we’re expecting more kinds of art from more artists.  All proceeds from your art sales go to YOU, so bring change and a calculator! (Some of our 2014 artists took home over $100.)

Click for 2015 Youth Art Market General Information  and the 2015 Youth Art Market Application form or contact: Claire Hayes, Woodlands Executive Director at Claire@woodlandsgarden.org or 404-373-2222.

 

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!