Summer 2010 Adult Classes

 July

 

Tai Chi

with Robert Bruce at the Lawrence House


Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 am

Cost: $48 per month (June & July);

           $60 per month (August);

           $15 per class/drop-in

Tai Chi has been practiced for centuries in China to improve physical health, reduce stress, and promote vitality. While it incorporates martial arts movements, Tai Chi is more commonly practiced today as a moving meditation for health benefits. Tai Chi movements gently massage the body, encourage the proper function of the organs, promote muscle tone, increase blood and lymph flow, and develop joint flexibility. Regular practice clears the mind and can reduce stress, providing a sense of being centered and inner peace.  Drop-in or sign up for a month and save!

 

Rob first began his study of chi practices in 1996 with classes in basic chi gong exercises and the comprehensive Eight Treasures chi gong practice introduced to the west by Master Hua-Ching Ni. He received his certification as a Golden Flower Instructor in March 2004 and has taught classes in the Golden Flower tai chi form at various locations in the Charlotte area since the fall of 2004.

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Exploring Watercolor in the Lawrence Garden

with Janis Schneider at the Lawrence House


Six Wednesdays: July 7th to August 11th

from 1:30 to 4:30 pm

Cost: $180 (non-members $185)

Using the garden in bloom as inspiration, explore color, paint, brushes and paper in an expressive and experimental way to gain confidence and knowledge of the medium.  This course is intended to be “looser” than traditional botanical painting yet based on floral subject matter. Students can work in any way they desire, from tight to loose and from realistic to abstract.

 

Janis has been drawing and painting ever since she could hold a pencil and brush. She has studied at Bennington College, received a B.A. in Fine Art from Queens College (CUNY), Botanical Painting at the Horticultural Society in NYC and privately with the past president of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA). Like many botanical artists, she has been a textile designer for many years and has worked as a designer for various apparel and home furnishings companies. Her designs have sold nationally in major department stores and upscale catalogues. She has exhibited at the National Academy of Design in NYC and currently teaches Illustration and Botanical Illustration at CPCC in Charlotte and at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, NC.

 

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Prior Classes for Adults:

Spring/Summer 2010

 

June

 

Perennials: An in-depth Look at Design, Selection and Maintenance

with Jeffrey Drum


Tuesday June 22nd 9:30 am to 1 pm (lunch included)

Cost: $55 (non-members $60) Enrollment limited to 15

This class is full!

There are few things in the garden that offer more pleasure than a well-designed and maintained perennial border…but quite often that perfect border eludes even the most seasoned gardener! Join Jeffrey Drum for a hands-on workshop in the Lawrence Garden. Topics will include perennial garden design, plant selection, maintenance, and propagation. Jeff will address the use of perennials as companion plants, long-lived perennials as opposed to those that must be encouraged to re-seed, and containing those plants that can become a little too aggressive. Once you know how to select, place, and maintain herbaceous perennials for their shape, color, and texture, you, too, can have a showcase border in your own backyard.


Jeffrey Drum is Wing Haven’s Garden Curator. With over 25 years experience, Jeff has worked in many of the finest gardens in Charlotte.

 

May

 

Lavender Morning Workshop

with Cathy Tolman


Saturday, May 22 10 am to 12 noon 

Cost: $30 (non-members $35)

Spend a pleasant and creative morning using organic lavender grown locally to make lavender wands and simple lavender sachets.  Lavender wands require lots of fresh lavender and a fair amount of patience and dexterity, but will reward you with unusual ribbon-woven treasures for gifts or linen closets that will last for years.  Sachets, made from bits of leftover fabric, ribbon and dried lavender, will scent your drawers, luggage or closets with a classic relaxing fragrance.  As we work we will enjoy herbal treats and explore lavender's current popularity as a culinary herb.  All materials to make at least one lavender wand and several sachets are included.  (Enrollment limited to 8 people)


Cathy Tolman first learned about herbs through a Wing Haven program 25 years ago, and is the founder and past president of the Charlotte Herb Guild. 


 

emily herring wilson and guests

Emily Herring Wilson, author of Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence: Discovered Letters of A Southern Gardener greets visitors at the back entrance of the Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden.

 

Elizabeth Lawrence: Gardener, Writer, Friend, and Neighbor

A Celebration of a Life Well Lived

with Emily Wilson


Tuesday, May 25 at 10 am at the Education Building

Cost: $10 (non-members $15)

Emily will take us on a story walk along Elizabeth’s garden path in Raleigh in the 1930s and 40s that led to the making of her first book, A Southern Garden, and to the making of a life that she continued for the next three decades on Ridgewood Avenue in Charlotte. Based on a book of letters to a friend,  Becoming Elizabeth Lawrence: Discovered Letters of A Southern Gardener, Emily completes the portraiture of Elizabeth that she began with a biography (No One Gardens Alone) and an earlier collection of letters (Two Gardeners/Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence: A Friendship in Letters). A reception and conversation will follow at the Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden.


The New York Times called Emily Herring Wilson’s 'Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White & Elizabeth Lawrence— A Friendship in Letters' one of the finest gardening books published in years." Wilson, who lives in Winston-Salem, is also the author of the Lawrence biography No One Gardens Alone.