About this Event
Join expert Floral Designer Ann Tarlton for a design class featuring the best of the blooms from Bedrock's own cutting garden. During the class you'll learn about selecting color palettes, using greens and grasses and other creative approaches—all inspired by what’s in bloom.
Ann’s style is natural, including much of what nature provides by foraging the fringes of parking lots and forests seeking out wild rushes, grasses, cattails, yarrow, choke cherry and whatever else is in season. Ann will guide participants on a short walk through the woods to find unusual foliage, flowers, sticks and other components that will truly makes each work a piece of art!
Unique to this class will be the use of a gourd as a vessel instead of a vase for creating the arrangement. Gourds will be supplied as part of the class fee.
About the Designer
Ann Tarlton started her own wedding business called The Secret Garden in her 20s. She moved to NJ and joined a plant business, Living Windows, adding her wedding/party skills to what they provided. During that time Bruce Springsteen’s manager came into the store and asked if they might look over Bruce’s house and make some suggestions. They became his florist and eventually also installed a perennial garden and vegetable garden at his home.
After leaving Living Windows she went back to her Secret Garden wedding flowers for the rest of her career. She has been a member of the GCA, Garden Club of America, since the beginning and became a member of 3 different GCA clubs, the Stamford GC, the Rumson GC and the Piscataqua GC. She has been a GCA Flower Judge since 2004.
Tickets
Tickets are are $40 for members (with member discount code) and $50 for non-members which includes a full day pass to the gardens. Gourds will be supplied as part of the class fee.
Cancellations: If you are unable to attend, please let us know 48 hours in advance of the class start time in order to receive a refund. Note that Eventbrite fees are non-refundable.
Weather Related Cancellations: We will assess the weather the morning of the workshop and send a notification to all attendees if extreme or severe weather is forecast.
Want to know more about our programs this season? of art, gardening and environmental activities, talks and workshops including tours, paid and free-with-admission offerings.
Event venue & nearby stays
Bedrock Gardens, 19 High Road, Lee, United States
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