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1.  A Celebration of 40 Years

Food, glorious food!
2.   New in the Gardens for 2010

3.  Note to Deer: No Admittance!

For the next three years, the
3.  Harvesting Rainwater for focus of our programming will be
the Gardens food: how we gardeners can grow,
4.   Volunteer Update cook and eat food that is fresh,
nutritious and delicious. As staff
   PROGRAM GUIDE
worked to develop this theme, we
5.   Special Events realized there were so many possibilities: bringing in local gardeners to
6.   Walks share their knowledge; planting demonstration gardens that highlight the
functional aspects of vegetable gardening; incorporating ornamental edible
7.   Thursdays at Brookside
plants into our displays; and more cooking (and tasting) demonstrations.
7.   Spring Lecture Series
This is a departure from our typical programming, but I think it is a change
8.   Horticultural Workshops you will savor.

9.   Floral Design & Visual Arts

Another change you might notice is that we have combined two
11.  Cooking Demonstrations
publications, our magazine and our program guide. Now you’ll receive
12.  Xcursions notice of our programs and events, as well as the latest news about what’s

13. Brookside Gardens School of happening in the Gardens, all in one place. And it saves paper and postage,
Botanical Art & Illustration which means more resources for plants and gardening during these lean
fiscal times.
15.  Art Xhibits

15.  Children’s Programs

Happy Gardening!
18.  Registration

19. Mark Special Memories in the Stephanie Oberle

Rose Garden Director, Brookside Gardens

20.  Thank You, Donors!

Editor: Ellen S. Bennett, 301-962-1402

Cover Photo: Sunflower, Helianthus annus,
by Josh Taylor, Jr. Brookside Gardens Horticultural Reference Library
1800 Glenallan Avenue 10:00am–3:00pm Monday
Adult Education, 301-962-1470
Wheaton, Maryland 20902 through Friday, except holidays
Children’s Education, 301-962-1408
www.brooksidegardens.org 301-962-1476 The Shop at
Library, 301-962-1476
Brookside Gardens
School of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hours:
Hours: Brookside Gardens is open Master Gardeners—Plant
301-962-1470 or 1474 Monday-Saturday
every day except December 25. Clinic at Brookside Gardens
Volunteer Office, 301-962-1429
Gardens: Sunrise–Sunset Saturday 10:00am–2:00pm
10:00am–4:00pm
Gift Shop, 301-962-1448 or 1479 Sunday Noon–4:00pm
Conservatories: 10:00am–5:00pm Sunday 1:00–4:00pm
Facility Rental, 301-962-1404
301-962-1448
Visitors Center: 9:00am–5:00pm Open Year Round
McCrillis Gardens, 301-962-1455
Media Relations, 301-962-1427
McCrillis Gardens
Sponsorships/donations, 301-962-1402
6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda, MD 20817
A Celebration of 40 Years

T hrowing a party is always exciting, from planning

the day’s events, the guest list, and the menu to the
final goodbyes and the clean-up. Our 40th Anniversary
dedication of the 40th Anniversary Grove of 40 bald cypress
trees located near the Conservatory included a private
reception for donors, political leaders and Commission
party was the culmination of more than a year’s staff. The Grove symbolizes a tribute to Brookside
planning and the involvement of all of our staff Gardens’ past and a legacy for our future. Like the
and many volunteers. bald cypress trees, Brookside Gardens’ roots run
deep within the community and will continue
The day was planned around three free to grow.
events, offering something for children
and adults, and finally the dedication The day exceeded all expectations and was
of the 40th Anniversary Grove. First, we a huge success! More than 5,000 visitors (our
designed the day to be similar to that of a largest one-day gathering ever) enjoyed the
child’s birthday party with cake and punch, and activities and the gardens. Brookside Gardens
games reminiscent of those played in 1969 (the year wouldn’t be the success it is today without its
Brookside Gardens opened), such as hula hoops, bean bag dedicated and professional staff and the generous support
toss, and pin-the-tail on the donkey (or, in our case, pin- of its volunteers, donors and visitors. We
the-bee on the flower!). There was also a moon bounce thank you for forty years and look
and face painting. A birthday party isn’t complete forward to being here forty
without a goody-bag for the guests. So with that more, at least.
thought in mind, we offered free admission to
the Wings of Fancy Live Butterfly Exhibit as —Leslie McDermott

our thank you gift to our visitors. Next, we Marketing & Media

had a community sing by the Washington Relations Manager

Revels, and then an evening concert by the

Beach Bumz, a Beach Boys tribute band. The

From left, Marc Elrich, Montgomery

County Council Member; Stephanie Oberle,
Brookside Gardens Director; Mary R.
Bradford, Director of Montgomery Parks;
Montgomery County Executive Isiah
Leggett; Royce Hanson, M-NCPPC,
Planning Board Chair.
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 New in the Gardens for 2010:
What’s to Eat?

F or 2010 Brookside’s theme throughout the gardens

will be FOOD…where does it come from, how is it
grown, who eats it, what even does it look like in plant
and pineapple sage. As you enter the Fragrance Garden,
you’ll experience bold foliage and textural effects from
edibles, such as Abyssinsian and ladyfinger bananas,
form? (Have you ever seen a sugar beet?) There will be a hot peppers, cardamom, sweet potato, watermelon,
variety of displays of real, live plants with accompanying pineapple, and a strange orange-fruited eggplant. Even the
interpretation to convey the specific message of Rain Garden will get in on the edible action! The display
each design. bed surrounding the Rain Garden will feature flowers,
grains, grasses and vegetables with interpretation of the
In the Trial Garden, the round bed’s theme is “sweet”: interconnectedness of plants, animals, and the food
featuring sugar cane, sugar beets, corn, and sweet web they comprise: “Who Eats Who?”
potatoes, and the new kid on the block, stevia.
A Culinary Garden in the long bed features The challenge for Brookside as a display
more than 80 varieties of vegetables, garden will be to keep all these plants
edible flowers and herbs from looking good for as long a time as
around the world, laid out in possible—for food plants aren’t
parterres using the principle always the showiest or longest-
of companion planting, or lived. (Recall what your own
mixing plants known to vegetable garden looks
be beneficial to each like in August!) Some,
other. The Great like grains, will be
Grains bed will feature allowed to mature and
spring wheat, corn, dry naturally for their
sorghum, soybeans, rice and educational value, rather
even canola (what’s a canola?!). than their appearance. Others
New and improved vegetable will be paired with appropriate
cultivars will be located in the trial companion plantings, or have been
bed, paired with choice, even edible flower specifically selected for their color (think
varieties. And the bank bed will display more how many pretty peppers there are). We
edibles, including peppers, marigolds, rainbow haven’t attempted something like this on such a
swiss chard, summer squash, and even 2 roses (for scale before, so bear with us as we learn too!
their hips) and variegated corn!
—Phil Normandy
Visit the Yew Garden for a colorful display of surprisingly Plant Collections Manager
edible flowers, including dahlias, calendula, sunflowers,

J anet Senft recently started as Principal Administrative Assistant in the Administrative

section of Brookside Gardens. Janet will work closely with the Director, the Marketing
& Media Relations Manager, and the Advancement Programs Manager. Janet worked
for many years as an Executive Assistant at Weichert Realtors. Previously Janet lived in
Germany and worked as a Registrar for the University of Maryland, European Division.
She is a charter member of the Burtonsville Garden Club and a past President. Janet has
also worked as a volunteer and docent in the Brookside Conservatory.

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Note to Deer: No Admittance!

T he Conservatory parking lot located at 1500 Glenallan

Avenue at Brookside Gardens has a new entrance; one
that is more convenient and welcoming for human visitors,
and just the opposite for the local deer population.

Prior to the installation of the deer exclusion grate (which and directional signs have been posted
is similar to a cattle-guard), visitors encountered a closed to alert visitors.
gate upon arrival. Installing the grate will allow the
automatic gates to remain open, thus saving energy and A similar grate was installed a few
the money used to repair the frequent mechanical failures. years ago at the staff service entrance
Grates like these have been used very successfully at other to the Gardens and has proven to be
gardens and on farms for years to keep livestock, or in this very successful at dissuading deer
case, deer from going where they shouldn’t. from entering. Future plans include
installation of a deer exclusion grate at
Deer will not cross over the grate because they don’t have a the Gardens’ main gate to the Visitors
steady footing and fear that they will fall. It is for this same Center at 1800 Glenallan Avenue.
reason that pedestrians and bicyclists should not attempt
to cross the deer exclusion grates, but rather use the —Leslie McDermott
pedestrian gate to the right of the entrance. Informational Marketing & Media Relations Manager

Harvesting Rainwater for the Gardens

I n July Brookside Gardens became the proud owner

of a 620-gallon, above ground cistern. This rainwater
harvesting system uses gutters and pipe to catch the
A small electric pump pushes water out of the tank
when a valve to the attached hose is opened. This
system is being used to water plants outside the
rain that falls on one side of the Conservatory roof Conservatory, providing the same degree of water
and send it into the cistern’s storage tank. All those pressure as a conventional water delivery system.
raindrops are kept from reaching the ground, reducing Rainwater is exceptionally good for plants, as it does
the opportunities for soil erosion and pollution of not contain the chemicals and minerals that are often
adjacent waterways. present in drinking water – and which can adversely
affect plants.

With the addition of our new cistern, Brookside

Gardens is working to reduce soil erosion and
pollution into our surrounding waterways, plus
reducing the need to use expensive, purified water for
plants outside the Conservatory. We think our plants
are very happy with the change!

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 Volunteer Update

A s the new Volunteer Coordinator I’d like to

introduce myself to those of you I haven’t met yet,
and thank those who have already given me such a
Another area where the volunteer program draws
inspiration is through Abilities Network volunteers.
Abilities Network staff makes community integration
warm welcome. opportunities available for people with a wide range
of disabilities. Volunteers from Abilities Network
Over the last few months, the Volunteer Program has come to Brookside Gardens to assist with office work,
teamed up with Arbor Education and Training, which work in the gardens, and help in our gift shop. These
provides work readiness training and support for volunteers bring an enthusiasm for their jobs and love
those re-entering the workforce. Brookside Gardens for Brookside Gardens that brightens every workday.
provides individuals from this program with volunteer
opportunities that allow for the development of In the future, keep an eye open for a new High School
workplace skills, whether that be hands-on work in the Horticulture Internship program, directed towards
gardens, database work for the events office, or behind students planning on pursuing an academic education
the register for the gift shop. These new volunteers have and professional career in horticulture. Interns will
been a wonderful addition to the volunteer program, work up to 20 hours a week on various horticultural
and their hard work and dedication is an inspiration. tasks throughout the season. We will continue to
provide active, outdoor opportunities for local students
to gain Student Service Learning Hours.

Spring blossoms will soon emerge, and so will many

Do you have specialized skills
seasonal volunteer opportunities. We’ll be looking for
you feel Brookside Gardens
Butterfly Docents, Tour Guides, and Ticket Takers for the
would benefit from? Contact
Wings of Fancy Butterfly Exhibit, as well as Gardener
the volunteer department to
Assistants and Gift Shop Volunteers. Stay tuned to the
discuss pro-bono consulting and
new volunteer program webpage for new opportunities,
to volunteer your organization’s
upcoming events and trainings, and other related
services to benefit Brookside
Brookside Gardens information.
Gardens. Think creatively, we’d
love to hear from you! —Jared Ashling
Library Horticulturist
Volunteer Coordinator

Welcome Jared!
Jared Ashling is the new Volunteer Coordinator/Library Horticulturist. As a student at the
University of Minnesota, Jared developed and managed Cornercopia, a student organic farm.
He also worked as an AmeriCorps Vista volunteer coordinator at Just Food in New York City,
where he developed and coordinated the volunteer and internship programs. Most recently,
Jared worked as a Zone Gardener at the Washington National Cathedral, where he was
responsible for the planning, implementation, and maintenance of the educational gardens.

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PROGRAM GUIDE      Special Events

B rookside Gardens is pleased to announce a new

discount program for the Friends of Brookside
Gardens (FOBG). Beginning in 2010, look for the special
“FOBG” discounted rate on many of Brookside’s adult and
children’s programs. Friends members can take advantage
of this discount program by registering online through
www.ParkPASS.org, by mail using the registration form in
this program guide, or by dialing 301-670-6858.

The Friends of Brookside Gardens was established to support

the mission of the Gardens. This includes support of programs Free Garden Tours
to reveal the year-round wonders and beauty of nature as well Enjoy free, springtime strolls at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton
as educating the public on how the proper care of plants can or McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda. Each of these first-rate
preserve the environment. For information about joining the gardens offers a unique horticultural experience; visit them
Friends of Brookside Gardens, visit www.brooksidegardens.org both this spring! Brookside Gardens is an intensively managed
or call 301-962-1435 to request a brochure. display garden, featuring an abundance of annual and
perennial displays throughout the season. McCrillis Gardens is
Brookside Gardens is excited to celebrate Food in 2010. a naturalistic strolling garden, offering shady woodland walks
Enjoy edible plant displays throughout the gardens all and splashes of color in spring. Highly trained, knowledgeable
season and join us for programming focused on growing, guides offer engaging horticultural tours, focusing on the plants
cooking, or displaying food in creative ways – look for the that make each garden unique.
orange slice graphic to find our food-related programs Brookside Gardens
and events. Free Garden Walks every Saturday afternoon in May – 1, 8,
15, 22, and 29, 2:00pm
Mark Richardson is our new Adult Fee: Free; no registration required
Meet at the Visitors Center (outside doors exiting the rear
Education Programs Manager. Prior
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to coming to Brookside Gardens,
Mark worked at Longwood Gardens
McCrillis Gardens
in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania,
Free Garden Walks every Sunday afternoon in May – 2, 9, 16,
where he was the Student Programs
23, and 30, 2:00pm
Coordinator, responsible for oversight Fee: Free; no registration required
of four undergraduate educational Meet at McCrillis House
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Friday, May 7 calendar listing?
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value of public gardens. or contact Mark Richardson,
More details to follow. 301-962-1470.

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Special Events/Walks www.BrooksideGardens.org

Plant Shows & Sales Daffodil Show Azalea Sale

Sponsored by the Washington Sponsored by the Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens hosts local, Daffodil Society Chapter Azalea Society
regional, and national plant society Saturday, April 10, 2:00-5:00pm Saturday, May 15, 9:30am-2:30pm
events throughout the year. Many of Sunday, April 11, 9:00am-4:00pm Outside the Visitors Center
the societies’ shows feature judged Visitors Center
competitions; all of the shows feature
passionate people, eager to share their Seedling Flower Show
enthusiasm with others. Sponsored by the Seedling Garden Club
Saturday, April 24, 9:00am-4:00pm
Ikenobo and Ikebana Exhibition Visitors Center
Sponsored by the Ikenobo Ikebana Society
of Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter Azalea Show
and the Ikenobo Ikebana Society Sponsored by the Brookside Gardens
Baltimore Group Chapter of the Azalea Society Lily Show
Saturday, March 13, 9:00am-5:00pm Saturday, May 1, 1:00-5:00pm Sponsored by the Potomac Lily Society
Sunday, March 14, 9:00am-3:30pm Sunday, May 2, 9:00am-4:00pm Saturday, June 26, 12:30-5:00pm
Visitors Center Visitors Center Sunday, June 27, 9:00am-5:00pm
Visitors Center
Orchid Sale Dahlia Tuber Sale
Sponsored by the Friends of Brookside Sponsored by the National Capital Cactus Show
Gardens & the Brookside Gardens Dahlia Society Sponsored by the National Capital Cactus
Orchid Club Saturday, May 1, 10:00am-2:00pm and Succulent Society
Saturday, March 20, 10:00am-4:00pm Outside the Visitors Center Saturday, August 7, 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, March 21, 10:00am-3:00pm Sunday, August 8, 9:00am-4:00pm
Visitors Center Annual Silver Spring Garden Mart Visitors Center
Sponsored by the Silver Spring
Camellia Society Show & Sale Garden Club Daylily Show
Sponsored by the Camellia Society of Saturday, May 8, 9:00am-3:00pm Sponsored by the National Capital
Potomac Valley Outside the Visitors Center Daylily Club
Saturday March 27, 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday, August 14, 1:30-5:00pm
Visitors Center Outside the Visitors Center

Plant Identification Walks Edible Plant ID

with Diane Lewis Conservatory
Brookside Gardens offers one of the region’s Course number 102201 Displays
finest collections of plants that are well adapted Wednesday, April 7, 1:00pm
for gardens in the Washington, D.C.-Metro Course number 102451 Spring Display: Spring Zing
region. Join us for educational plant walks with Wednesday, May 19, 1:00pm Saturday, January 23 - Sunday,
our expert horticultural staff throughout the Course number 102452 April 11, 2010
growing season to learn more about some of Wednesday, June 9, 1:00pm 10:00am-5:00pm daily; FREE
the best and brightest plants in our collections. Visitors Center Entrance Brookside Gardens
Phil Normandy’s walks will focus on the woody Conservatory
plants in our display gardens; Diane Lewis’ Woody Plant ID
walks will focus on edible plants in the seasonal with Phil Normandy Summer Display: Summer
and permanent displays. Both Phil and Diane Course number 102202 of Food
will teach plant identification characteristics Wednesday, April 21, 1:00pm Saturday, April 24 - Sunday,
and cultural requirements for 10-15 plants per Course number 102450 September 19, 2010
session. A handout, with botanical and common Wednesday, May 5, 1:00pm 10:00am-5:00pm daily; FREE
names of each plant will be provided for each Course number 102453 Brookside Gardens
session. Wednesday, June 23, 1:00pm Conservatory
Fee: $5, FOBG: $4; registration required Visitors Center Entrance

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www.BrooksideGardens.org Thursdays at Brookside/Lectures
Thursdays at Brookside Walk: Woodland Wildflowers Walk: What’s in Bloom?
Join us for this exciting new series Lisa Tayerle Mark Richardson
of walks, talks, and demonstrations, Course number 101207 Course number 101306
highlighting the plants, people, and April 15, 1:00pm June 10, 1:00pm
displays that are uniquely Brookside. Most Conservatory Entrance Visitors Center Entrance
Thursdays, from the middle of March
until July, our staff and/or volunteers Walk: Woodland Wildflowers Walk: Woodland Weeds
will offer a guided tour, demonstration, Lisa Tayerle Lisa Tayerle
or educational walk around the gardens. Course number 101300 Course number 101307
Whether it’s a tour of the Rain Garden April 29, 1:00pm June 17, 1:00pm
in March, a “What’s in Bloom?” walk in Conservatory Entrance Conservatory Entrance
May, or a planting demonstration in June,
you’re sure to enjoy learning more about Demo: Mulching Roses Walk: Butterfly Plants
all that Brookside Gardens has to offer. Roger Haynes Brookside Volunteer Guide
Fee: Free; registration preferred Course number 101301 Course number 101308
May 6, 1:00pm June 24, 1:00pm
Demo: Pruning Roses Rose Garden Conservatory Entrance
Roger Haynes
Course number 101202 Walk: What’s in Bloom? Walk: What’s in Bloom?
March 18, 1:00pm Mark Richardson Mark Richardson
Rose Garden Course number 101302 Course number 102199
May 13, 1:00pm July 8, 1:00pm
Walk: Brookside’s Rain Garden Visitors Center Entrance Visitors Center Entrance
Lisa Tayerle
Course number 101205 Walk: Butterfly Plants Demo: Butterfly Container Garden
March 25, 1:00pm Kathy Stevens Planting
Conservatory Entrance Course number 101303 Kathy Stevens
May 20, 1:00pm Course number 101450
Demo: Yew Hedge Pruning Conservatory Entrance July 15, 1:00pm
Phil Normandy Conservatory Entrance
Course number 101206 Walk: Brookside’s Rain Garden
April 1, 1:00pm Lisa Tayerle Walk: Butterfly Plants
Rose Garden Course number 101304 Brookside Volunteer Guide
May 27, 1:00pm Course number 101451
Demo: Planting Roses Conservatory Entrance July 22, 1:00pm
Roger Haynes Conservatory Entrance
Course number 102200 Demo: Trial Garden Planting
April 8, 1:00pm Lisa Tayerle
Rose Garden Course number 101305
June 3, 1:00pm
Detailed calendar listing on
Trial Garden
www.BrooksideLearning.org

Spring Lecture Series or landscape professional who needs Entertaining with Flair
to predict a plant’s peak display, this Nancy Gingrich Shenk, Floral Designer
When Perennials Bloom presentation will help you to gain Extraordinaire
Tomasz Anisko, Ph.D., Curator of Plants, insight into the most anticipated event At a luncheon or dinner party, the
Longwood Gardens in every garden. dining table is the center of the action,
When you’re planning a perennial Course number 102349 the place where guests and hosts
garden one question is bound to Friday, April 16, 10:00-11:30am convene for the main event and it needs
arise again and again: when will this Fee: Free; registration required to look good! The goal is to express
plant bloom? Whether you’re a home Visitors Center Auditorium your taste and make the tabletop work
gardener who wants to plan an effective with the mood of the occasion. Nancy
perennial border or a nursery, design will design several table centers for an
assortment of theme parties- some

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Lectures/Horticultural Workshops www.BrooksideGardens.org
formal, some informal, but always Horticultural Workshops Fee: $39, FOBG: $35; registration
just plain fun! Flowers, fruits and required
vegetables all play a role in a lively and Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces Visitors Center Adult Workshop
entertaining show that will inspire you Carol Allen, Horticulturist
to go home and plan a party. Learn all the ins and outs of starting Session 4: Support Structures and
Course number 102350 your own organic vegetable garden in Succession Planting
Friday, April 23, 10:00-11:30am this 4-part series of workshops. From Get ready to plant beans, squash,
Fee: Free; registration required building raised beds and prepping your eggplant, melons, and other tender
Visitors Center Auditorium soil, to timing planting dates to ensure vegetable crops once your garden’s
a season full of bountiful backyard soil heats up. Learn some approaches
Luscious Landscaping – with harvests, these hands-on workshops to trellising and planning your garden
Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Vines! will cover everything you need to know for an extended harvest season. Each
Lee Reich, Ph.D., Avid “Farmdener,” to get started growing tasty, healthy participant will go home with a plan
Horticultural Consultant and Writer vegetables at home. for succession planting to extend the
What could be more pleasant than growing season and a container planted
picking luscious fruits from a plant Session 1: Root Crops and Other with bush beans.
that you also admire for its beauty? Cool-Season Vegetables Course number 101601
Meet some of the best trees, shrubs, Learn how to prep your soil and get Friday, May 21, 1:30-3:30pm
and vines for this purpose, plants that ready to grow cool-season crops this Fee: $39, FOBG: $35; registration
require little maintenance yet provide season, like broccoli, lettuce, and required
stunning flowers in spring, color in beets. Each registrant will leave the Visitors Center Adult Workshop
autumn and neat form in winter. Learn class with a basic plan for a backyard
how to grow shadbush, gumi, actinidia, vegetable garden and a 16” pot with an
medlar, and other ornamental, fruiting assortment of cool-season crops.
plants, and how to use them to beautify Course number 101201
your yard. Wednesday, March 17, 1:30-3:30pm
Course number 102351 Fee: $39, FOBG: $35; registration
Friday, May 14, 10:00-11:30am required
Fee: Free; registration required Visitors Center Adult Workshop
Visitors Center Auditorium Papercrete Troughs
Session 2: Cool-Season Leaf Crops Betty Mackey, B.B. Mackey Books
Edible Ornamentals and and Raised Beds There are many recipes and techniques
Ornamental Edibles Build a raised bed and get ready to plant for making garden planter troughs, but
Diane Lewis, Brookside Gardens Staff lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, and herbs. only one can claim to be the original.
Learn about ‘ambidextrous’ plants Each registrant will leave the class with Join Betty Mackey of B.B. Mackey Books,
that have both exceptional landscape the know-how to build raised planter to learn her original ‘papercrete’ recipe
qualities and sometimes-surprising beds in their backyard and a pot full of in this hands-on workshop. Betty will
edible uses in this engaging, slide- salad mix. guide all participants through the step-
illustrated lecture by Brookside’s own, Course number 101599 by-step process for creating lightweight
Diane Lewis. Wednesday, April 7, 1:30-3:30pm garden troughs that will last for years.
Course number 102352 Fee: $39, FOBG: $35; registration Course number 100599
Friday, May 21, 10:00-11:30am required Wednesday, March 24, 1:00-4:00pm
Fee: Free; registration required Visitors Center Adult Workshop Fee: $59, FOBG: $54; registration
Visitors Center Auditorium required
Session 3: Warm-Season Vegetable Visitors Center Adult Workshop
Crops and Compost
Learn the basics of starting a home Pruning before Planting
compost pile, including a review of the Phil Normandy, Brookside Gardens Staff
different types of compost bins on the Enjoy this pruning demonstration
market. Each registrant will go home focused on how to prune newly
with a collection of ideas for starting purchased trees and shrubs for your
a compost pile and a container sure to garden. Phil will demonstrate how to
provide fresh tomatoes all summer. assess a plant’s structure and make the
Course number 101600 right pruning cuts in the right places.
Wednesday, May 5, 1:30-3:30pm He also will discuss his preferred

8   Brookside Gardens Xperience  •  Spring–Summer 2010

www.BrooksideGardens.org Floral Design and Visual Arts
pruning tools and how pruning affects dish. Plant a tasty selection of herbs Fee: $59, FOBG: $54; registration
future growth of both evergreen and that is decorative, aromatic, and very required
deciduous species. practical. Afterwards, join us on May Visitors Center Adult Workshop
Course number 102149 19 for ‘Heavenly Herbs,’ a cooking
Wednesday, April 7, 10:00am-12:00pm demonstration with the Cook Sisters, A Bit of Brookside
Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration to learn some heavenly herb recipes Joan O’Rourke, Friends of Brookside
required (separate registration required). Gardens
Visitors Center Adult Workshop Course number 101110 Joan has selected some of the best and
Tuesday, May 18, 9:30-11:30am most beautiful plants that Brookside
Hanging Basket Course number 102549 Gardens will display in its colorful
Joan O’Rourke, Friends of Brookside Gardens Tuesday, May 18, 1:30-3:30pm gardens this season. Join her for this
Create your very own display of flowers Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration hands-on workshop to bring a ‘Bit of
and foliage in a hanging basket. required Brookside’ home to your garden.
Beautiful new plant color introductions Visitors Center Adult Workshop Course number 101104
will add surprises to this perennial Wednesday, June 16, 9:30am-11:30am
favorite. Instructions will cover how Green Residences for Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration
to line a 14-inch wire basket with Feathered Friends required
sphagnum moss and planting tips for Jane Pettit, Mother Visitors Center Adult Workshop
best results. Nature Throws a
Course number 101107 Party Moonlight & Fragrance Container
Thursday, May 6, 9:30-11:30am These fairytale Joan O’Rourke, Friends of Brookside Gardens
Course number 101108 birdhouses will Back by popular demand! Learn how to
Friday, May 7, 1:30-3:30pm keep the residents extend your garden viewing pleasure
Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration cool all summer with a light touch of fragrance by
required and make them the planting your own nocturnal garden.
Visitors Center Adult Workshop envy of their eco- Using scented flowers and light-
conscious friends. reflecting foliage, create a container
Butterfly Container Using chicken wire and moss, you’ll that’s lovely by day and bewitching
Kathy Stevens, Brookside Gardens Staff create a green roof of multiple types of by night.
Create a beautiful, functional succulents that will drip over the eaves Course number 101106
container garden that will support as they grow. In the right location, these Tuesday, June 29, 9:30-11:30am
the entire butterfly life cycle charmers will be a year-round Course number 102650
in this enjoyable workshop. focal point in your garden. Tuesday, June 29, 1:30-3:30pm
Butterflies need more than Course number 102652 Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration
just nectar from flowers Wednesday, May 26, required
to establish healthy 1:00-3:00pm Visitors Center Adult Workshop
populations in our Fee: $59, FOBG: $54;
gardens. Plant a container registration required
that supports their entire Visitors Center Adult Floral Design and
life cycle to encourage Workshop Visual Arts
butterflies to call your garden
home. Fee includes a 14-inch container, Blueberries and Strawberries St. Patrick’s Day Floral Design
butterfly plants, and instruction about Container Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD, owner of Floral
butterfly gardening. Joan O’Rourke, Friends of Brookside Gardens Diversity
Course number 101603 Adding edible plants to your Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with
Wednesday, May 12, 1:00-3:00pm ornamental garden offers a return of Brookside Gardens by creating a
Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration beauty and great food to eat. In this beautiful “green” basket arrangement.
required new program, learn how to plant and Spice up your corned beef and cabbage
Visitors Center Adult Workshop grow blueberries and strawberries in a dinner with a festive display of spring
large container for 4-seasons of garden flowers!
Bouquet of Herbs in a Strawberry interest. Course number 102204
Container Course number 101851 Wednesday, March 17, 10:00am-12:00pm
Joan O’Rourke, Friends of Brookside Gardens Wednesday, June 2, 9:30-11:30am Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration
Make it easy to step outside for a sprig Course number 101852 required
of herbs to flavor that special gourmet Wednesday, June 2, 1:30-3:30pm Visitors Center Adult Workshop

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Floral Design and Visual Arts www.BrooksideGardens.org
Easter Masterpiece Customized Seed Packets Focus on Butterflies!
Jane Pettit, Mother Nature Throws a Party Judy Brown, Botanical Artist On this special morning, ten
Start a family heirloom that you can In earlier times, seed packets were photographers will be welcomed (with
add to year after year. You’ll make embellished with botanical renderings their tripods) into the conservatory to
a twig egg tree in an attractive pot of the plant. Participants will review photograph our live butterflies before
and then decorate it with hollow egg historic seed packet designs and the ‘Wings of Fancy’ Butterfly Exhibit
ornaments. Learn how to blow the eggs develop their own illustrations for opens.
and decorate them in four unique ways: a variety of garden vegetables. Each Course number 100512
ribbon flowers and bows, feathers for participant will create customized Saturday, May 15, 8:00-10:00am
a birdie egg, ears and a cottontail for a seed packets filled with seeds suitable Course number 100650
bunny egg and natural dried materials as a gift ready for spring planting. Sunday, May 23, 8:00-10:00am
for a woodland egg. No painting or drawing experience is Course number 100513
Course number 102651 necessary. Saturday, May 29, 8:00-10:00am
Wednesday, March 31, 1:00-3:00pm Course number 101200 Course number 100651
Fee: $32, FOBG: $28; registration Wednesday, April 14, 1:00-4:00pm Sunday, June 6, 8:00-10:00am
required Fee: $49, FOBG: $44; registration Course number 100516
Visitors Center Adult Workshop required Saturday, June 12, 8:00-10:00am
Visitors Center Adult Workshop Course number 100520
Spring Holiday Centerpiece Saturday, July 10, 8:00-10:00am
Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD, owner of Floral Course number 100652
Diversity Sunday, July 18, 8:00-10:00am
Think spring with a glorious Spring Course number 100522
Holiday Centerpiece. Just in time for Saturday, July 24, 8:00-10:00am
Easter, or simply to bring the spring Course number 100524
display indoors, join Karen Nelson Saturday, August 7, 8:00-10:00am
Kent, AIFD, to create a lovely spring Course number 100653
centerpiece using all of your favorite Sunday, August 15, 8:00-10:00am
spring flowers. Course number 100525
Course number 102249 Saturday, August 21, 8:00-10:00am
Friday, April 2, 10:00am-12:00pm Course number 100654
Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration Sunday, August 29, 8:00-10:00am
required Course number 100549
Visitors Center Adult Workshop Saturday, September 4, 8:00-10:00am
Course number 100649
Basic Floral Design Series Saturday, September 11, 8:00-10:00am
Karen Nelson Kent, AIFD, owner of Floral Fee: $30, FOBG $27; registration required
Diversity Painting on Silk Brookside Gardens Conservatory
Explore the basics of floral design in Jamie Kirkell, Kirkell Silk Studios
this hands-on workshop series. Learn Explore design, color and painting on Necklace Potpourri
the fundamentals of floral design, from silk in this hands-on workshop with Stephanie Oberle, Brookside Gardens Staff
the important tools of the trade to color Sarasota, Florida-based artist, Jamie Dip into our cache of beads to create
theory and design principles. Whether Kirkell. Perfect for both the beginner a unique necklace. Choose a focal
you’ve taken courses in floral design or and seasoned artist, you’ll enjoy this bead from a variety of glass, clay, shell,
don’t know a chrysanthemum from a new and easy way of painting on silk and preserved flowers and leaves.
carnation, you are sure to improve your in which you’ll create 3-4 of your own Sift through an assorted selection of
design skills through Karen’s expert silk masterpieces. The silk scarves, accent beads, and then finish with a
instruction. Each participant will create wax resist and colors are included. sterling silver or vermeil clasp. Tool kits
a unique arrangement to bring home Additional materials list will be are available for use in class, but we
during each of the 4 sessions. provided after registration. encourage you to bring your own tools.
Course number 101649 Course number 101799 Course number 101849
Wednesdays, April 14, 21, 28, and May 5, Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, Wednesday, June 9, 10:00am-12:00pm
6:00-9:00pm 10:00am-4:00pm Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration
Fee: $180, FOBG: $165; registration Fee: $225, FOBG: $205; registration required
required required Visitors Center Adult Workshop
Visitors Center Adult Workshop Visitors Center Adult Workshop

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www.BrooksideGardens.org Floral Design and Visual Arts/Cooking Demonstrations
Butterfly & Garden Photography Vegetable attitudes can be pretty funny provided. Bring your
Josh Taylor, Archiphoto Workshops so be prepared to enjoy the experience. sense of humor
Photograph colorful butterflies Each participant will leave with a and be prepared to
and blooming flowers in Brookside matted painting, ready for framing. relax and enjoy the
Gardens’ beautiful garden spaces. In Course number 100950 experience. Each
a two-session workshop, learn how to Saturday, June 26, 1:00-4:00pm participant will mat
capture striking images of butterflies Fee: $49, FOBG $44; registration required their art and leave
and flowers. The second session will Visitors Center Adult Workshop with it ready to be framed.
be a formal critique of participants’ Course number 101199
photographs. Note: Participants should Making Something from Nothing Saturday, July 24, 1:00-4:00pm
have a working knowledge of their Katie Hillesland, Brookside Gardens Staff Fee: $49, FOBG: $44; registration
camera, and bring ALL photo equipment In this interactive and fun workshop, required
to both sessions, including a digital you’ll contemplate creative and artistic Visitors Center Adult Workshop
memory card or film, extra batteries, uses for ‘waste.’ Meant to cultivate
and camera manual. A tripod is a new attitude toward the things we
optional, but highly recommended. throw away each day, Katie will inspire Cooking Demonstrations
Course number 101000 you to look differently at the common
Saturdays, June 19 & 26, 8:00-10:00am household waste items we all discard. Join Brookside Gardens for this delectable
Course number 101001 Bring your own materials or work with series of cooking classes, focusing on
Sundays, June 20 & 27, 8:00-10:00am some of her favorite trash (please make healthful recipes prepared before you
Fee: $46, FOBG $41; registration required sure to clean your items before bringing with seasonal and local fruits, vegetables,
Brookside Gardens Conservatory (2nd them with you). and herbs. Enjoy samples of the dishes
session of each course meets in the Course number 102599 prepared using easy-to-follow recipes that
Visitors Center Adult Classroom) Saturday, July 10, 1:00-3:00pm you can try at home.
Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration
Ikebana Workshop: Sangetsu School required Glorious Greens
L. Ancilla Armstrong Visitors Center Adult Workshop Adrienne Cook, Garden and Cooking Writer
Experience the joy of Ikebana flower Danielle Navidi, Caterer
arranging in this introductory two- Concrete Leaves Inventive new ways to serve up the best
hour workshop. Sangetsu, meaning Ann Baker, Brookside Gardens Staff of spring greens, including Crispy Kale,
mountain moon, is a school of flower A unique piece of sculpture adds a Galettes and quick-cooking combos that
arranging inspired by visionary and whimsical accent to any garden. Learn get hot, tasty greens onto the table in
master artist, Mokichi Okada, who to create your own masterpiece by minutes.
promoted a spiritual approach to life joining Ann Baker to cast a leaf in stone Course number 100699
through beauty. Learn how to create and add year-round interest to that Wednesday, March 10, 12:00-1:30pm
original arrangements through this art perfect nook in your garden. In this Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration
form using a small amount of plant and two-part class, you’ll turn a live leaf required
floral materials. into stone and then add a bit of color Visitors Center Adult Workshop
Course number 102203 with masonry paint. The fee includes
Wednesday, June 23, 1:00-3:00pm all materials to make one large or two Ladies’ Lunch
Fee: $45, FOBG: $40; registration small sculptures. Adrienne Cook, Garden and Cooking Writer
required Course number 101602 Danielle Navidi, Caterer
Visitors Center Adult Workshop Friday, July 16, and Monday, July 19, Just in time for Mother’s Day and
10:00am-12:00pm garden parties, the Cook Sisters will put
Vegetables with Attitude Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration together an entire menu that highlights
Judy Brown, Botanical Artist required the best of the garden – a trio of spring
Explore a variety of fresh garden Visitors Center Adult Workshop vegetables, melt-in-your-mouth savory
vegetables as topics for a watercolor cheesecakes and a surprise chocolate
painting. Participants will learn to Passionate Fruit dessert.
arrange vegetables to best portray Judy Brown, Botanical Artist Course number 100701
their ‘attitude’ and complete graphite Learn about the secret life of fruit. Wednesday, April 21, 12:00-1:30pm
sketches as a preliminary to completing Participants will examine fruit closely Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration
a small watercolor painting. No as they create a small watercolor required
experience with watercolor is necessary painting. No experience with watercolor Visitors Center Adult Workshop
and all materials will be provided. is necessary and all materials will be

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Cooking Demonstrations/Xcursions www.BrooksideGardens.org
Heavenly Herbs Totally Tomatoes
Adrienne Cook, Garden and Adrienne Cook, Garden and
Cooking Writer Cooking Writer
Danielle Navidi, Caterer Danielle Navidi, Caterer
Unusual ways of using old favorites and The Third Annual Tomato Class, back
an introduction to new ones sure to by popular demand, will highlight the
become favorites in their own right. gems of the summer garden. We are
Course number 102499 taking requests and suggestions this
Wednesday, May 19, 12:00-1:30pm year! Contact us through Brookside
Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration Gardens by emailing mark.richardson@
required montgomeryparks.org or through our
Visitors Center Adult Workshop own website, www.cook-sisters.com; around the world and spring flowering
we’re also on Facebook. native wildflowers. Fee includes lunch,
Peaches and Apricots Course number 102501 garden admission, tours and coach
Adrienne Cook, Garden and Wednesday, July 28, 12:00-1:30pm transportation.
Cooking Writer Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration Course number 102449
Danielle Navidi, Caterer required Wednesday, April 28, 7:00am- 7:00pm
What perfumes a summer day better Visitors Center Adult Workshop Fee: $115; registration required
than these stone fruits? The Cook Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors
Sisters will serve up fresh peaches and Center
apricots in a menu that goes from start Xcursions
to finish – sweet, spice, savory, try Lost Gardens of the
them all. Garden Excursion to the Delaware Brandywine Valley
Course number 102500 Shore The Brandywine Valley is home to
Wednesday, June 30, 2:30-4:00pm Visit Buffy and Michael Zajic’s delightful some of the world’s most renowned
Fee: $25, FOBG: $22; registration garden at its spring peak near the public and private gardens, but this
required charming town of Lewes. Retiring rich horticultural region also is home
Visitors Center Adult Workshop after many years on staff at Brookside to some outstanding ‘best-kept secrets.’
Gardens, Mike continues his artistic Winterthur and the Jenkins Arboretum
Ayurvedic Indian Cooking skills in the garden and at the easel. offer beautiful naturalistic gardens and
Liz Chabra, Ayurvedic Cook Enjoy lunch in the Zajic’s garden, outstanding seasonal color, especially
Ayurveda (literally meaning: the science before we head to Shipcarpenter in spring. Enjoy the Lost Gardens of the
of life or longevity) prescribes a unique Square, a unique green commons Brandywine Valley exhibit, highlighting
regimen of diet, exercise, herbs and with period houses and many quaint the region’s little known private
gentle cleansing techniques to maintain private gardens. Finally, we’ll swing by gardens, at Winterthur, where we’ll also
optimal health by restoring balance. Pepper’s Nursery, full of uncommon enjoy lunch. Finally, we’ll visit Natural
In this unique cooking class, Liz will plants for purchase. Fee includes coach Landscapes Nursery, a wholesale
introduce you to the knowledge of transportation and boxed lunch. grower of native plants that specializes
our body constitution and the basic Course number 102654 in native azaleas and rhododendrons.
Ayurvedic diet that compliments it. Tuesday, April 20, 7:00am- 7:00pm Fee includes lunch, admission, garden
From cardamom to cayenne, fennel to Fee: $95; registration required tours, and coach transportation.
fenugreek, asafetida to garam masala, Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors Course number 102399
we will taste, touch, see, and smell all Center Wednesday, May 12, 7:00am-7:00pm
the goodness that goes into cooking Fee: $125; registration required
from the heart. The Morris Arboretum and Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors
Course number 103599 Edgewood Gardens Center
Saturday, July 10, 12:00-3:00pm Known for its impressive collection
Fee: $75, FOBG: $67; registration of woody plant species, the Morris Nursery Tour — Asiatica and
required Arboretum is 92-acres of lush gardens McLean Nurseries
Visitors Center Adult Workshop nestled in a historic landscape. By popular request, Brookside Gardens
Edgewood, a 1.7-acre private garden in offers this trip to Asiatica and McLean
Exton, PA, is known for truly pushing Nurseries, both of which were featured
the hardiness envelope on dozens of during our Fall 2009 lecture series.
‘non-hardy’ plant species. You will be Asiatica, located in Lewisberry, PA, is
amazed by its collection of bulbs from rarely open to groups, but owner Barry

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www.BrooksideGardens.org Xcursions/School of Botanical Art & Illustration
Yinger invites you to view (and shop!) Meet & Shoot Sunflower Fields of rescheduling to July 17, depending
his impressive collection of new and Join Josh Taylor, Archiphoto on bloom time. Notice will be given to
impossible to find plants for collectors Workshops, for a photo shoot at McKee- each participant a week in advance
and sophisticated gardeners. McLean Beshers Wildlife Management Area near if the date will change. Fee includes
Nurseries in Parkville, MD, offers a wide Seneca, Maryland. Spend the morning instruction and 4 hours of photo
selection of hard-to-find Hollies, many photographing acres of blooming shooting; participants are responsible
of which were highlighted in Diane sunflowers. Learn how to capture for transportation.
Lewis’ Fall 2009 lecture. Fee includes stunning images and get the best Course number 102649
coach transportation and boxed lunch. possible pictures of sunflowers from Saturday, July 10, 5:00am-10:00am
Course number 102655 basic photo equipment. Participants Fee: $89; registration required
Tuesday, May 25, 7:00am-5:00pm should have working knowledge of Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors
Fee: $95; registration required their camera to get the most from the Center
Meet at Brookside Gardens Visitors photographic opportunity. Sunflowers
Center are finicky and there is a slight chance

Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration

Developed in collaboration with world-renowned botanical
artist, Margaret Saul, the Brookside Gardens School of
Botanical Art & Illustration offers botanical art classes that
serve all levels, from beginner to advanced. Follow the rigorous
Certificate Program or take individual workshops that do not
require prerequisites. For more information about the School,
go to BrooksideArtSchool.org or call Mark Richardson, School
Manager, at 301-962-1470. Most of the course offerings are
held at McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda, MD.

Special Events & Join us for our annual Core Curriculum

Exhibitions Open House & Exhibition The Core Curriculum must be taken in
of Class Work sequence from Drawing 101 – Painting
Tuscany Workshop & Tour McCrillis Gardens 310. A new “Stream” of students starts
The Brookside Gardens School of Sunday, May 9, 2:30-4:30pm each fall and each spring. The classes listed
Botanical Art & Illustration is pleased Information, exhibition of class work, below are open to anyone who has taken
to announce its Tuscany Workshop & demonstrations and tours of the the prerequisites listed for each course.
Tour, May 29 - June 13, 2010, offered gardens (tours start at 2:00pm, so please
jointly by Brookside Gardens and arrive early). Painting 205 – Fall 2009 Stream
Hidden Treasures Botanical Tours, Kathy Lutter
LLC. Travel the Tuscan countryside, Botanica 2010: The Art & Science Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting
enjoy interactive workshops with of Plants 103, Dimensional Study 204.
Margaret Saul and Kandy Phillips, and Brookside Gardens Visitors Center Course number 89499
share your love of botanical art and Saturday, May 22–Saturday July 10 Tuesdays, February 16, 23, March 2, 9,
illustration with others from across The Brookside Gardens School of 10:00am-1:30pm
the globe during this two-week tour. Botanical Art & Illustration’s annual Course number 89500
For more information, including a exhibition of student and teacher Saturdays, March 20 and April 17,
detailed itinerary and cost, visit www. artwork. New this year – meet the 9:00am-4:30pm
brooksideartschool.org or to request artists! From 10:00am-2:00pm each Fee: $217; registration required
a printed brochure, contact Mark Saturday in June, meet one of the McCrillis Gardens
Richardson, Adult Education Programs School’s teachers or representatives
Painting 103 – Spring 2010 Stream
Manager, at 301.962.1470. Register from the Botanical Art Society of the
Kathy Lutter
through Hidden Treasures Botanical National Capital Region to learn more
Prerequisites: Drawing 101 & 102.
Tours, LLC by calling 573-881-6316. about botanical art and illustration.
Course number 100903
Registration deadline: February 28, 2010
Thursdays, March 18, 25, April 1 & 8,
10:00am-1:30pm
Detailed calendar listing on Fee: $230; registration required
www.BrooksideLearning.org McCrillis Gardens

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Dimensional Study 204 – Spring Fee: $217; registration required Novice Studios, Pod 2: Hand-painted
2010 Stream McCrillis Gardens Cards
Diane Berndt Diane Berndt
Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting 2010 Masters Class: Fancy Tulips No prerequisites.
103. John Pastoriza-Piñol Course number 88850
Course number 100905 Prerequisite: Painting 205 or experience Tuesdays, March 30, April 6, 13 & 20,
Thursdays, April 22, May 6, 13, 20 & 27, in botanical drawing and painting. 6:30-9:30pm
10:00am-1:30pm Course number 88199 Fee: $150; registration required
Fee: $217; registration required Monday-Thursday, April 26-29, McCrillis Gardens
McCrillis Gardens 10:00am-4:00pm
Fee: $425; registration required Leaf Painting Intermediate
Painting 205 – Spring 2010 Stream Brookside Gardens - Visitors Center Diane Berndt
Kathy Lutter Adult Classroom No prerequisites.
Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting Course number 89749
103, Dimensional Study 204. Botanical Illumination I Saturday, May 1, 9:30am-4:00pm
Course number 100909 Kandy Phillips Fee: $93; registration required
Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24, Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting McCrillis Gardens
10:00am-1:30pm 103, Dimensional Study 204, Painting
Fee: $217; registration required 205. Flower Diary: A Nature Journal Page
McCrillis Gardens Course number 89849 Doreen Bolnick
Wednesdays, June 23, 30, July 7 & 14, No prerequisites.
Botany 207 for Botanical Artists 10:00am-1:00pm Course number 88349
Doreen Bolnick Fee: $186; registration required Saturdays, May 8 & 15, 10:00am-4:00pm
No prerequisites. Brookside Gardens - Visitors Center Fee: $186; registration required
Course number 89549 Adult Classroom McCrillis Gardens
Tuesdays, May 4, 11, 18, and 25,
10:00am-1:30pm Start Drawing & Painting
Course number 89550 Spring & Summer Diane Berndt
Saturdays, June 19 and 26, Samplers No prerequisites.
9:00am-4:30pm (no prerequisites) Course number 89551
Fee: $217; registration required Wednesdays, May 12, 19, and 26,
McCrillis Gardens 6:30-9:30pm
Fee: $150; registration required
McCrillis Gardens
Workshops
(prerequisites required) Novice Studios, Pod 3: Impatiens in
Colored Pencil
Colored Pencil I Lee D’Zmura
Merri Nelson No prerequisites.
Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Course number 88851
Painting 103, Dimensional Study 204, Thursdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24,
Painting 205. 6:30-9:30pm
Course number 88350 Fee: $150; registration required
Saturdays, March 13 & April 10, McCrillis Gardens
10:00am-4:30pm
Fee: $186; registration required Butterflies in the Garden
McCrillis Gardens Discover Scratchboard Kandy Phillips
Trudy Nicholson No prerequisites.
Botanical Art Intensive No prerequisites, but drawing Course number 89149
Diane Berndt experience is beneficial. Sundays, July 11 & 18, 10:00am-4:00pm
Prerequisites: Drawing 101, 102, Painting Course number 88549 Fee: $186; registration required
103, Dimensional Study 204, Painting 205. Saturday-Monday, February 13-15, Brookside Gardens - Visitors Center
Course number 89850 10:00am-4:00pm Adult Classroom
Friday–Sunday, April 23–25, Fee: $279; registration required
9:00am-4:00pm McCrillis Gardens

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www.BrooksideGardens.org Art Xhibits/Children’s Programs
Children’s Programs
Art Xhibits
Children’s Garden
The Brookside Gardens Visitors “Nature’s Fun In Your Backyard” is down-to-
Center exhibitions showcase earth fun. This children’s garden engages
affordable original works or children’s imaginations and highlights natural
giclée prints of original works beauty and natural fun. See what’s inside a
on horticultural themes by area gnome hut, follow stepping stones to a tea
artists. All art exhibitions are party, build and stack natural wooden blocks,
free-of-charge and most of the pretend you are a farmer, climb into a tree
works are available for purchase. house, observe life around a water garden, and
discover important pollinating insects.
Spring Images, Spring Magic
WMAS
Through April 3

Children’s Discovery Benches Monday, June 14, 10:30-11:30am

Images of Spring
Hands-on activities, games, books, Course number 101404
Daniel McNeill
and puzzles fill the Children’s Monday, July 12, 10:30-11:30am
April 3 – May 22
Discovery Benches located in the Course number 101405
Children’s Classroom. Benches are Monday, August 9, 10:30-11:30am
Orange Glad, Glad Happy
available depending on staff and room Fee: $3.00 per child (adult free);
Kay Sandler
availability. registration required
April 3 – May 22
Open Tuesday through Friday, Visitors Center Children’s Classroom
September through June 2:00-5:00pm
From Pollen to Petals
July and August 9:00am-5:00pm St. Patrick’s Day Fitness and
Jennifer Kline Vallina
Activity Walk
April 3 – May 22
Saturday Morning Storytime Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Brookside Gardens Volunteers 10:00am–1:00pm
Botanica 2010: The Art and
Participate and listen to seasonal Brookside Gardens and the Montgomery
Science of Plants
nature stories that encourage children’s County Department of Recreation are
The Brookside Gardens School of
imaginations and creativity. Each week pleased to present a fitness and activity
Botanical Art & Illustration
a different story will be read followed by trail for children to perform exercises,
May 22 – July 10
a hands-on craft. play games and do craft projects
Course number 101399 while enjoying the gorgeous gardens
Scenes from a Summer
Saturdays, April 3 – June 12 and scenery. Walk along the beautiful
Garden
Ages 3-6, 10:00am Brookside Gardens trail, stop at the
Rob Rudick
Fee: Free; no registration required various marked venues, and follow
July 10 – August 28
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom the instructions for fitness activities,
crafts and games. Don’t forget to bring
The Color of Summer
Flower Buds your camera! The walk includes a visit
Sue Moses and Carol Kent
This once-a-month series will meet at the conservatory. An adult must
July 10 – August 28
the second Monday of every month. We walk with each child and assist in all
will feature gardening activities, stories, activities. The self-directed event runs
Orchid Celebration
crafts, and garden walks for children from 10:00am through 1:00pm. The
Betty Tsuneishi
ages 3-5 with a parent. walk will take approximately 30-40
July 10 – August 28
Course number 101400 minutes to complete. You are welcome
Monday, March 8, 10:30-11:30am to participate anytime between these
Autumn Blaze
Course number 101401 hours.
Lou Janesko
Monday, April 12, 10:30-11:30am $3.00 fee per child.
August 28 – October 9
Course number 101402 Go to www.montgomerycountymd.
Monday, May 10, 10:30-11:30am gov to register or call 240-777-6821 for
Course number 101403 information.

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Workshops & Classes improve your health and your child’s Did you know every third bite of food
health by growing your own fresh we eat is from the help of a pollinator?
Essence of Spring Herbs organic salad! Let the Master Gardeners Stop by one of our “Dig-in, Dig-out”
Cooking Class from the University of Maryland show activity tables and learn how you can
Danielle Navidi, Caterer you how to construct, build, and plant help protect our pollinators, essential
Tarragon, dill, cilantro, mint and parsley, your own wooden Salad Box™ planter. insects for farmers and food production.
some of spring’s early herbs can be used Afterwards, enjoy a tasty sampling of Cancelled in the event of rain.
in many different ways. Learn to chop, what you can grow! Your new planter Course number 101499
stir and prepare three different sauces, will measure approximately 21” x 15” June 21- 25, 10:00am-1:00pm
and complete the class with proper and easily fit on a deck, balcony, or front Ages: recommended for ages 4-11.
kitchen clean up! Samples provided. stoop. Fee includes building supplies, Fee: Free; no registration required.
Course number 101406 soil, and seeds. Outside adjacent to the Visitors Center
Saturday, March 20, 10:30am-12:00pm Course number 104152
Ages: 8-11 Sunday, April 18, 1:00-2:30pm
Fee: $20.00, FOBG: $18.00; registration Ages: 8-12 Garden Teas for Children
required. Fee: $25.00, FOBG: $22.50; registration
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom required You’re Invited To A Garden Tea Party
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom Marina St.Clair, Tea Party Hostess
Dig-in, Dig-out! It’s Spring Break! Fanciful tables, tea, and treats will
Get outdoors this week! It’s Spring! Get Herbal May Day Baskets brighten children’s eyes when they
inspired by one of our “Dig-in, Dig-out” Lynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Staff come to tea outside in the Anderson
activity tables. Discover interesting Celebrate the beginnings of spring Island Pavilion. Children will learn
plant facts plus make a hands-on by surprising your neighbor or loved proper tea etiquette, socialize, and play
project you can take home! Cancelled in one with a basket filled with herbs, flamingo croquet weather permitting.
the event of rain. flowers, and tasty treats! Using recycled Dress-up is encouraged. In case of
Course number 101407 materials and decorative leftovers, inclement weather, tea will be relocated
March 29-April 2, 10:00am-1:00pm make a lovely gift basket incorporating to the children’s classroom, followed by
Ages: recommended for ages 4-11 rosemary, pansies, mint and other a rousing game of charades.
Fee: Free; no registration required. treats. Course number 103402
Outside adjacent to Visitors Center Course number 103900 Saturday, April 3, 12:00-1:30pm
Friday, April 30, 4:30-6:00pm Course number 103403
Start Your Gardens… Ages: 6-11 Saturday, April 17 12:00-1:30pm
Ready, Set, Grow! Fee: $12.00, FOBG: $10.00; registration Course number 103404
Holly Stover, Brookside Gardens Staff required Saturday, May 1, 12:00-1:30pm
Make it a family activity! Bring Mom, Visitors Center Children’s Classroom Course number 103405
Dad, or both to plan your veggie garden. Saturday, May 15, 12:00-1:30pm
Begin by selecting your veggies and Sculpting Creatures for the Garden Course number 103407
planting seeds in starter pots just in Katie Hillesland, Brookside Gardens Staff Saturday, June 5, 12:00-1:30pm
time to plant in your garden after the Create a fun creature from clay using Course number 103408
frost date of May 10. A selection of your imagination and creativity. Begin Saturday, June 19, 12:00-1:30pm
different vegetable seed will be offered with a garden stroll to spark your Ages: 6-10
and a review on how to care for and imagination looking for animal homes Fee: $22.00, FOBG: $20.00, registration
maintain your garden throughout the and exploring where creatures can hide. required
year. Back in the classroom learn to work Anderson Island Pavilion
Course number 101409 with clay, and sculpt any creature from
Wednesday, March 31, 10:30am-12:00pm mammals, to insects, to gnomes, to
Ages: 6-11 monsters.
Fee: $10.00, FOBG: $9.00; registration Course number 103899
required Sunday, May 16, 1:00-3:00pm
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom Ages: 7-10
Fee: $8.00; registration required
Grow It Eat It – Salad Box™ Visitors Center Children’s Classroom
University of Maryland Master Gardeners
Here’s a fun project for you and your Dig-in, Dig-out! School is Out!
child to do together! Learn how to Celebrate pollinators with us this week!!

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www.BrooksideGardens.org Children’s Programs
Look for us during the Farms, Food, Fun and Sun! Botanical Art Camp
Montgomery County Farm Tour Lynn Richard, Brookside Gardens Staff Judy Brown, Botanical Artist
at the Red Wiggler Farm Have a week of gardening fun with Students will learn watercolor, oil
Let’s see what’s growing on the farm! 3 fun-filled field trips visiting and pastel, and color pencil techniques.
Through hands-on activities and exploring different organic farms. Each Brookside will have several gardens to
games we will help you learn about farm will have a different production demonstrate plants as a food source,
agricultural crops, farming and food. focus. Find out what a CSA is, take a for humans and the creatures around
(This activity is an extended part of Red hayride, plant a container vegetable us. Each day we will visit and explore
Wiggler’s activities and the Montgomery garden, participate in a cooking class, some of these plants as a subject for
County Farm Tour) harvest a few veggies and flowers, see our artwork. Samples of plants we will
Saturday, July 24, 10:00am-4:00pm the countryside, shop a little, and have be exploring include: radish, corn, kale,
Fee: Free; no registration required a great time. We will learn about organic leek, celeriac, Swiss chard, cauliflower,
All ages growing methods and food nutrition. red cabbage, sunflower, sweet potato,
Red Wiggler Community Farm, 23400 Maybe we can stop by the famous Herr’s basil, dwarf corn, and pot marigolds.
Ridge Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871 chip factory too. Each student will be supplied with
Course number 99950 and take home a spiral-bound tablet
July 12-16, 9:00am-3:30pm of 140-pound watercolor paper. At the
SUMMER CAMP Ages: 8-11 end of the 5-day session students will
PROGRAMS Fee: $220.00/week; registration required choose their favorite work, and we will
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom mount it in a mat ready for framing.
Budding Artists Camp I Information about the materials
Ivette Burgess, Artist students use will be provided upon
Children who love art will enjoy registration.
expressing themselves in the garden Course Number 99953
while learning several art techniques, August 2-6, 9:00am-12:00pm
including drawing, collages, and Ages: 8-11
painting. Check times for age- Fee: $115.00/week; registration required
appropriate group. Visitors Center Children’s Classroom
Course number 99951
June 21-25 10:00-11:30am
Ages: 5-7
Fee: $75.00/week; registration required Tours of the “Wings of Fancy”
Course number 99952 Butterfly Exhibit for Youth Groups
June 21-25 1:00-3:00pm
Ages: 8-10
Fee: $85.00/week; registration required
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom Bring your youth group (public 301-962-1467. Tours are
and private schools, home available weekdays from 10am
Budding Artists Camp II schools, scouts and summer to 1pm, at half-hour intervals.
Debbie Vanegas, Artist camps) to this live butterfly A maximum of 30 children can
Children who love art will enjoy exhibit for a special guided be scheduled per ½ hour.
expressing themselves in the garden tour with a knowledgeable
while learning several art techniques, docent. Learn about the While you are waiting for a
including drawing, collages, and butterfly life cycle and tour time, “Butterfly Discovery
painting. Check times for age- observe butterfly behaviors Backpacks” are available to
appropriate group. like nectaring, spiraling, and borrow with a driver’s license.
Course number 99955 puddling. View descriptions of backpack
June 28-July 2, 10:00-11:30am activities by visiting
Ages: 5-7 Due to the popularity of the www.brooksidegardens.org.
Fee: $75.00/week; registration required butterfly exhibit, groups of
Course number 99956 15 or more, ages 6 and up Fee: $4.00 for ages 3-12; $6.00
June 28–July 2, 1:00-3:00pm are requested to make an for ages 13 and up.
Ages: 8-10 appointment. Please call
Fee: $85.00/week; registration required
Visitors Center Children’s Classroom

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Registration www.BrooksideGardens.org

Registration Form
Fill out a separate form for each participant. Friends of Brookside Gardens members enter the FOBG rate for each course.
Course No. Date Name of Program Fee

100950 6/26 Vegetables with Attitude (Sample) 49.00

To register by mail, or in person: Important Registration Information

Complete the registration form and mail with payment 1. You must open a ParkPASS account in
(or drop off registration form and payment) to: order to register for any program.
to
Be sure 2. We regret that it is not possible to
kPASS BROOKSIDE GARDENS, Attn. Registrar,
our r
Pa include babies or children in classes
open y e 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
t befor designed for adults.
accoun n
egins o To Register Online: www.ParkPASS.org 3. All programs will run rain or shine,
ation b
registr ry 15 . To Register by Phone: Dial 301-670-6858
unless a rain date is listed; for cancel-
Februa lation information call 301-962-1470.
24-hours a day 4. If paying by credit card, please include
credit card type, account number,
For registration information, call 301-962-1451.
expiration date, and signature. FOBG
members should enter the discounted
FOBG rate in the Fee column. For
Already have a ParkPASS account? information about joining FOBG,
To register, just fill in the first three boxes. call 301-962-1435 or check
www.brooksidegardens.org.
*Last Name *First Name *Customer No. 5. Confirmation of your registration will
be made by mail. (You must print out
your confirmation when registering
online.) If an event is filled to capacity,
Need to open a ParkPASS account? Please fill in all the boxes. your check will be returned and your
Middle Initial (JR, SR, II, III) Birth Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Gender: M/F name placed on a waiting list. You will
be contacted by phone if an opening
occurs.
Street Address 6. Deadline for registration is 7 days
prior to event date, unless otherwise
City, State, Zip Code stated. Participants will be enrolled in
the order received.
7. Unless otherwise indicated by the
Primary Phone Secondary Phone
participant or a parent/guardian in
writing at the time of registration,
Email photographs of participants for use
in Commission publications may be
taken while participating in program
activities.
I wish to charge this to:    m MasterCard m VISA
Refund Policy: If a program is cancelled
Acct# __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ you will be notified and receive a full
refund. If you choose to cancel your reg-
Exp. Date __ __ / __ __ Signature_____________________________________________ istration from an event you must notify
the Registrar at least five business days
prior to the start of the class. A credit
For information on M-NCPPC’s Fee Reduction Program for Montgomery County voucher will be issued less a 20% admin-
residents, call 301-495-2530. Applications are available at Brookside Gardens istrative fee. The voucher will be valid for
Visitors Center Information Desk. one year from the date of issue. Use your
credit voucher for another event of your
The Department of Park and Planning encourages and supports the involvement and choice. Credit for trips and workshops
participation of individuals with disabilities in all programs/services. Register a minimum will be granted only if a replacement is
of two weeks in advance of the program start date and call 301-962-1451 to request a available from the waiting list. A thirty-
disability accommodation. five dollar ($35.00) fee will be charged for
all returned checks.
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Mark Special Memories in the Rose Garden

Rose Garden Commemorative Brick Program

Donor Name....................................................................................

Address............................................................................................

City...................................................................................................

B rookside Gardens’ Rose Garden has been a

favorite destination of visitors since its opening
in 1972. Something about the stunning beauty and
State................................Zip...........................................................

seductive fragrance of roses draws visitors to this Phone...............................................................................................

delightful garden over and over. For many, the Rose

Email address.................................................................................
Garden holds special meaning and memories. With
our new commemorative brick program, the Rose
❑  4" x 8" Brick ($500) (up to 3 lines, 21 characters per line,
Garden will be the lovely setting in which to honor
a special person or to mark a memorable milestone. including punctuation and spaces)

Commemorative bricks will be available in two ❑  8" x 8" Brick ($1,000) (up to 5 lines, 21 characters per line,
sizes: 4” x 8” ($500) and 8” x 8” ($1000). Each brick including punctuation and spaces)
will be engraved with a life affirming message and
placed in the walkway directly under the wisteria Text to print on brick (4" x 8" brick—up to 3 lines, or
arbor in the Rose Garden. The commemorative brick 8" x 8" brick—up to 5 lines)
areas are conveniently located near several benches,
which will allow for relaxed visits surrounded by the Line 1:..............................................................................................
fragrance of roses in bloom (or possibly wisteria in
flower, depending upon the season!). Your generous Line 2:..............................................................................................

donation to this program will be instrumental in

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maintaining the Gardens through our Garden Fund.
(8" x 8" bricks only)

For more information, please contact Ellen Bennett Line 4:..............................................................................................

at 301/962-1402 or Ellen.Bennett@MontgomeryParks.
Line 5:..............................................................................................
org. Please send in the attached form if you’d like to
reserve a Rose Garden brick today. Brick installation
Payment Information
will begin in spring 2010.
❑  My personal check has been made payable to Brookside
Gardens.

Please charge my ❑  VISA ❑  MasterCard

Card no............................................................................................

Expiration date..............................................................................

Signature........................................................................................

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 Thank You, Donors!
Donations received between
June 1, 2009 and December 15, 2009

ANNUAL APPEAL Carole and Alan Kuritzky Douglas Sherwood In Memory of Paul R.
Fifteen Anonymous Donors Sandra Lange Deirdre Smith and Wendy Bustin
Rhoda and Herman Sharon LeGere Andrews Patricia Bustin
Alderman Paul and Mimi Levine Peter and Joan Stogis
Jane Barrett Samuel Levy Sylvia Suarez In Memory of Mary Alice
Jim and Karen Bellis Steve Levy – The Sign Shop Bruce and Linda Summers Colvin
Ellen Bennett and Ric Gratz Marilynn Liotta Cathy Tait and Larry The Woman’s Community
Josephine Bennett Sheila Lindveit McMillan Club of Kensington
Fran and Harvey Berger Martha and Ron Lubet Peter Talty
Josef and Gloria Brown Johanna and ViAnn Selina Taylor In Memory of Odessa
Marney Bruce Lyskawa Leslie Terner Stallings Doneghy
Maureen Cannon Janet Majerus Nancy and Richard Traubitz Marie Medeck
Salvatore and Marlene Vincent and Caroline Carol Trawick
Cianci Manganiello Teresa Tretter In Memory of Jeanne and
Robert and Ruth Cohen The M.N.C.P.P.C. Retirees Heather Tuck Richard Gewain
Felicia Collins Association Nellie Widmayer Condor Capital
Cathy Conly Carmen Maymi Sammye Williams Management
Marguerite Danowski Leslie McDermott Mary Louise Williamson Robert and Kathlyn Gewain
Dr. and Mrs. James R. David Irene McDonald Goddard Winterbottom The Gewain Family
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Charles and Gail McGuire Ann Wion
Dennis Robert and Elizabeth Jim and Marca Woodhams In Memory of Colleen
Teresa Downs McGuire Maria Wortman Heuer
Ann and Don English Carrie Meyer Kenneth Young Stephen and Joy Hannon
Kurt and Sylvia Eschbach Mid-Atlantic Chapter – Marie Daniele Zartman
Selma Falloon International Society of In Honor of Diane Lewis
James and Nicole Fary Arboriculture 40TH ANNIVERSARY Frances and Charles
Amy and Harry Felices Robert and Winifred GROVE McClure
Mary Ferris Mitchell In Memory of My Sister
Nithya and Peter Fitzgerald Helen Morton Violet Marie Boice In Memory of Gwen
Wyn Fitzpatrick Helen Mothershead In Memory of My Sister Luttrell
Alice Frandsen Pamela Mudd Doris Rebecca Dixon Bethesda Quilters
Ted and Harriet Fredman Dorothy Murphree In Honor of My Sister Joy Frances and Charles
Carole Galati The Mycological Elaine Barnes McClure
Pauline Gallup Association of In Honor of My Sister Dixie The Woman’s Community
Anna Gillis Washington Lee Hedges Club of Kensington
Vera Glocklin Marjorie and Stephen In Honor of My Sister
Sandra Greer Nordlinger Margaret E. Yianniki In Memory of Anna
Mr. and Mrs. John Gunn Stephanie and Brian Oberle Annie May DeFrank Marcus
Carl Hahn Celeste Park Chandra and Richard
Gerri Hall Harriet and Gary Peck Grateful for Brookside Harpel
Ruth Harper Potomac Chrysanthemum Gardens Tamara and Charles Lee
Helen Hecht Society Mary Ann Haley and Bill Joseph Rock Family
John Hewitt Leni and Ned Preston Watson
Angela Hitti Mark Ratner In Honor of Harold
Julia and Eugene Horman Betty Raulin In Recognition of Oseroff’s 85th Birthday
Thomas Hyde Arthur and Suzanne Reed Brookside Gardens 40th In Honor of Susan
Marianne Jacobs Margie Richards Anniversary Oseroff’s 80th Birthday
Susanne Karacki Rachel Ritvo Leslie McDermott Allen and Amy Oseroff
Carol Kari Fu-meei and Richard Edward Oseroff
Edward Karpoff Robbins In Recognition of Steve and Patti Oseroff
Audrey and Sheldon Katz Roger Lee and S. Kathleen Brookside Gardens 40th
Gail Kaufmann Rohrbaugh Anniversary In Honor of Stacy Parsons
Christine Kelly Eva Roswell National Capital Cactus Judith and Raymond Brown
Lance and Wendy Kelson Roald Schrack and Pat and Succulent Society Richard and Eva Coffman
John and Cynthia Knable Wilson Sheryl and Steven Freishtat

20   Brookside Gardens Xperience  •  Spring–Summer 2010

Gerri Hall IN KIND GIFTS Judy Pauley and Alicia Barbara and Jack Clarke, III
Clara Hughes Mary Margaret Freeburne Sullivan Frances Clarke
Paul and Miriam Levine Friends of Brookside Libby Smigel and Ted Bain J. Douglas Clarke
Joanie Lightbody Gardens Bertha Gray and Family
Janet Majerus Leslie McDermott In Memory of Dr. Jules Cass Doris Hoffman
Flynn and Janice McLean Margaret Dohmen Nancy and Mac Hoffman
Debbie Reynolds PROGRAM SUPPORT Maureen Kline
Margie Richards 2009 Childrens Day In Memory of Ying Nan Leo LoSchiavo
Beverly and Charles Rogers Friends of Brookside Chiu Pat and Gail McGinley
Ursula and David Sabia Gardens Tricia Bassing John and Julianne Melnick
Sukinik Department of Chemistry, Michael and Laura Paschal
2009 Fall Lecture Series Tamkang University Jean Picardi
In Memory of Robert W. Friends of Brookside Frank and Gloria Fainelli Faustina Purdie
Read Gardens Manny Fu and JianWu Jane Purdie
Elizabeth Read Garden Internship Meiling Gong and Janet Ruth
Friends of Brookside Xiangdong Feng Paul and K.C. Sheeler
In Honor of Ethel Gardens Yan Guo Denise and Giff Swayne
Goldfinger Shu-Jun Huang Charlie and Dawn Thomas
In Honor of Sam Rothman 2010 Green Matters Lawrence and Carol Janet and Bill Walczak
Sam Rothman Symposium Kenausis Barbara Zepp
Brookside Gardens Shan Tao Lai and Zhong
In Honor of Barbara M. Chapter, Azalea Society Wei Tian TRIBUTE BENCHES
Starke of America Chin-Hui Lee and Sue-Fin In Memory of Odessa
Joyce A. M. Thomas Friends of Brookside Wang Stallings Doneghy
Gardens Chien Chih Lu and Chun Marie Medeck
Winding Orchard Citizens Honest Tea May Lu
Association Johnny’s Selected Seeds Elsie Pan In Memory of Margaretha
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Neighbors of the Bo-Cheng Wang Ernst
Ballenzweig Northwest Branch, Inc. Ho-Hsiang Wei Kathryn Ernst Fry
James and Rhoda Cutlip Silver Spring Garden Club Jimei Xiao
Susan and Philip Hart Takoma Horticultural Club Liang-You Zheng In Memory of Jeanne and
Peter and Irene Hui University of Maryland Richard Gewain
Ray and Sylvia Lucero Cooperative Extension In Memory of Eva Hughes The Gewain Family
Margie Richards “Grow It Eat It” Kathryn Zoref
Yuen Tung and Mike Miller Campaign In Memory of Emily and
Robbie White Lynn and David Vismara In Memory of Seymour Dewey Hook
Winding Orchard Citizens Kaufman Annie May DeFrank
GENERAL DONATIONS Association John and Martha Giovanelli
Anonymous Donor In Honor of Deanna Okrent
Lee Bennett TRIBUTE GIFTS In Memory of Doris L. and Chuck Goldman
Cherrywood Garden Club In Memory of Iva Belle Plough Deanna Okrent and
Josefine Evans Abramovitz Joe and Kerry Bartlett Charles Goldman
Maryland Nursery & Cornelia Sullivan The McCrohan Family
Landscape Association Rosa Lou Novi TRIBUTE TREES
National Capital Cactus & In Memory of Nina Linda In Memory of Dee
Succulent Society Adler In Memory of Pauline Shaw Goldstein
Nest: Gift & Clothing Carole and Alan Kuritzky Miriam and Waldo Blake Carl Goldstein and Family
Boutique Oma and Roger Higgins
Potomac Valley Chapter In Honor of Judy and Leslie and Mark Montroll In Memory of Daniel
North American Rock Ray Brown’s 50th Gilda and Brian Penn Abramo Vito
Garden Society Anniversary Melissa and Michael Rust Diane and Kimber Burley
Sarah and Robert Margie Richards Barbara and Jack Clarke, III
Newcomb In Memory of Bernice Nancy and Mac Hoffman
Saint Johns Garden Club In Memory of Paul R. Bustin “Bunny” Purdie Vito
Dakota Salon Staff Diane and Kimber Burley

Brookside Gardens Xperience  •  Spring–Summer 2010    21

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Wheaton, MD 20902
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Wings-
of-Fancy
Live Butterfly Exhibit
Saturday, May 1 through
Sunday, September 19, 2010
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily
Fees: $6 adults;
$4, ages 3-12

Brookside Gardens South Conservatory We regret that we are unable to accommodate

Groups of 15 or more by appointment only, strollers in the Butterfly Exhibit.
call 301-962-1467 for reservations. Wings of Fancy Hotline: 301-962-1453