October at the Morris can engage and nourish your heart, mind, and your body!
This month there’s treetop yoga for your body and soul, botanical art for your creative side, classes on tree ID and landscape biodiversity for your mind, and so much more.
See upcoming program highlights below, and view the full fall lineup by clicking the ‘Learn More’ button.
Fall has so much to teach us about letting go. This treetop yoga experience combines the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the beauty and serenity of the natural world.
FIVE TUESDAYS: October 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18
6:30 – 8:30 pm Members: $160 • Non-members: $185
Join botanical artist Margaret Saylor online for a five-week Botanical Art Exploration, where you’ll create detailed study sheets centered around a plant, plant family, or theme of your choice.
Discover how Chanticleer models ecologically sound practices by blending native and non-native plants across naturalistic and formal spaces. Learn about the garden’s biodiversity findings and how you can translate these principles into your own garden, no matter its size. CEUs available.
Learn how to identify different parts of oak trees and ways that they can be transformed into tools and materials for artmaking with natural materials artist Nicole Duprée. Using a centuries-old recipe, we will brew richly pigmented ink from oak galls and experiment using the ink along with other natural materials.
From introduced exotics to nursery remnants and rare native species, there is a good diversity of plants within Wissahickon Valley Park. Andrew Conboy, urban forester and ISA-certified arborist, will lead a walk along Forbidden Drive to point out and discuss interesting trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.
Led by the Morris’s own Executive Director Bill Cullina in his personal garden, you’ll learn tips for how and when to dig your tuber clumps for maximum storage life and minimum damage, how to identify and divide viable tubers, how to wash tubers, and get advice on different storage techniques here in our climate.
