What's Upcoming at Hills & Dales Estate

September 25, 2010

FLOWERS TO DRY FOR - from 10.00am until 12.00pm
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Hills & Dales Estate Visitor Center Have you ever wondered how to dry your own flowers or foliage from the garden and still keep the vibrant colors? Hills & Dales Estate horticulturist Tina Eturralde will teach participants which flowers and foliage are best for drying. Techniques will include air drying, silica gel drying and preserving with glycerin. A flower list and instructional handout will be provided. $25 per person.

October 5, 2010

HISTORIC GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH - from 6.30pm until 8.00pm
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Noted author, garden historian and landscape architect James (Jim) R. Cothran will share stories about some of his favorite southern gardens. Jim will highlight historical trends, signature plants and design elements from some of the most historically important gardens from Louisiana to Virginia. This will include a number of important gardens from Charleston, South Carolina. Afterwards Jim will be available to sign copies of Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South, Gardens of Historic Charleston, and his newest book Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs. A 6:30 p.m. reception will be followed by a lecture and book signing at 7:00 p.m.

October 16, 2010

A PRESSING ENGAGEMENT - from 10.00am until 12.00pm
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Hills & Dales Estate Visitor Center Join Hills & Dales Estate Greenhouse Manager Joanna Lee as she shares the art of pressing flowers. Each participant in this workshop will construct a flower press and learn how to properly press flowers. A handout featuring a list of flowers suitable for pressing will be included and several examples of projects using dried flowers will be shown. All materials for the flower press will be provided. $30 per person.

November 6, 2010

WREATHS OF FLOWERS - from 10.00am until 12.00pm
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