Events and Programs for Adults

• Saturday, July 12, 10 AM – 12 PM
• Member $40; Nonmember $45
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 10
• REGISTER HERE

Join us as we discuss techniques and tips for selecting, prepping, and pressing florals before we settle in to create our own pressed floral art within a floating glass frame. Guests will leave with a small flower press of their own as well as a piece of art brought to life from their own hands and imagination.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Saturday, July 12, 1 – 4 PM
• Terrace Room
• Member $75; Nonmember $85
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 3
• REGISTER HERE

Join us as we take a deep dive in to the art of floral arranging! Over the course of several sessions, you’ll learn essential techniques, from selecting the right flowers to mastering composition and color coordination, all while enhancing your creativity and floral arrangement skills. Guests will leave with a beautiful arrangement each class that will highlight the lessons taught during that session. This is the perfect opportunity to develop and fine tune a new skill with fresh flowers for your home throughout the season!

May 3, Session 1: Form, Line, and Space
May 31, Session 2: Color and Texture
June 14, Session 3: Containers + Arranging and Stabilizing Techniques
June 28, Session 4: Cutting Techniques, Wiring and Skewering, and Stem Care
July 12, Session 5: Categories of Florals and Building a Recipe
July 26, Session 6: Finding Your Floral Style
TBD, Session 7: Shopping and Sourcing Florals

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Thursday, July 24, 6 – 7 PM
• Terrace Room
• Member $30; Nonmember $35
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 22
• REGISTER HERE

Summer is the perfect season for salsa! Guests will have the opportunity to taste test different salsas and discover recipes to take home for garden-fresh deliciousness. Guests will leave with three different salsa recipes and a jar of each to enjoy at home.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Saturday, July 26, 10 AM – 12 PM
• Terrace Room
• Member $50; Nonmember $55
• Brooke Hutchens, Redbud Pigment Co.
• Register by July 2
• REGISTER HERE

Come be inspired by the tropical beauty of our conservatory with Brooke Hutchens of Redbud Pigment Co. as she guides us through a botanically-inspired watercolor piece featuring gorgeous monstera leaves using handmade pigments that are locally foraged and sustainably sourced. All supplies are included.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Saturday, July 26, 1 – 4 PM
• Terrace Room
• Member $75; Nonmember $85
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 17
• REGISTER HERE

Join us as we take a deep dive in to the art of floral arranging! Over the course of several sessions, you’ll learn essential techniques, from selecting the right flowers to mastering composition and color coordination, all while enhancing your creativity and floral arrangement skills. Guests will leave with a beautiful arrangement each class that will highlight the lessons taught during that session. This is the perfect opportunity to develop and fine tune a new skill with fresh flowers for your home throughout the season!

May 3, Session 1: Form, Line, and Space
May 31, Session 2: Color and Texture
June 14, Session 3: Containers + Arranging and Stabilizing Techniques
June 28, Session 4: Cutting Techniques, Wiring and Skewering, and Stem Care
July 12, Session 5: Categories of Florals and Building a Recipe
July 26, Session 6: Finding Your Floral Style
TBD, Session 7: Shopping and Sourcing Florals

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Sunday, July 27, 1-5PM
• Terrace Room
• Member $35; Nonmember $40
• Suzie Loveless, Handmade with Loveless
• Register by July 25
• REGISTER HERE

Join Suzie Loveless as we learn how to make beaded bracelets on a bead loom featuring summery fruits. Select colors and designs to suit your desires as you are guided through the process from beginning to completed project. Looms to take home are available for purchase on site.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Saturday, August 2, 10 – 11AM
• Member $12; Nonmember $15
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 31
• REGISTER HERE

While Spring awakens the urge to garden, Fall is really one of the best seasons for it in Oklahoma. As temperatures start to lower and the daylight starts to fade, Fall is an excellent time to start a garden and have ample harvest by frost, as well as a few tips to possibly extend your season even further.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Saturday, August 2, 2 – 4PM
• Member $45; Nonmember $50
• Kaitlin Bacon, Director of Education
• Register by July 31
• REGISTER HERE

Learn about the benefits and practice of infusing honey with herbs to create myriad combinations for enhanced flavor and health benefits. Guests will leave with two small infused honeypots each.

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

• Every Thursday in August, 6 – 7:30PM
• Member $15; Nonmember $18 per session OR
• Member $45; Nonmember $65 whole series
• REGISTER HERE

Connect with the gardens in a whole new way during this four week series where students will receive weekly writing prompts inspired by the gardens and conservatory before journeying out to contemplate and write. Students will gather back at the classroom in the final twenty minutes of the class to reflect as a group and share our writing. All supplies included (but feel free to bring your own special journal if you have one!).

Adult Education Programming supported by Oklahoma City Community Foundation.