Ages: 18 and up, adults only please! Instructor: Sonja Marshall Capture the season and special memories with preserved flowers and leaves. Learn how to make unique preserved floral jewelry using UV resin. In this course, Sonja shows you how to create UV resin jewelry from start to finish. Using pre-dried florals, students will create a design, pour your own resin, remove bubbles, use a UV lamp to cure your piece of jewelry and finish with attaching any findings necessary. We'll...

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Join Master Gardener Howard Jeffries as he shares reasons and techniques for pruning a plant. Jeffries will break down pruning to its basics during this free hands-on presentation. Attendees are encouraged to bring gardening shears.

Instructor: Judy Pickett Learn the basics of Cyanotype. Cyanotype is an alternative photography method that uses the light of the sun to develop a blue and white image. In this workshop learn all about traditional cyanotypes; including history, precautions, and methods. You will get hands on practice, designing and developing cyanotype prints. We will also play a bit with double exposure methods. Take home 3-5 lovely prints suitable for framing. All supplies are included. Feel free to bring plant cutting...

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Take a free, guided bike tour from DeBary Hall to Lake Monroe Park and back to DeBary Hall. The tour guide will explain the area’s history, from the Native Americans who inhabited the region thousands of years ago to the development of Gemini Springs Park and everything in between. The nine-mile ride will include several stops along the way. Participants must bring a bicycle and helmet. Sunscreen and bottled water are also recommended. Children over 12 are welcome if accompanied...

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Back by popular demand: Elaine Berner's "Then and Now: The Lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly." Elaine has spent more than four decades studying and supporting the Monarch. Through her presentation in the Alexander Discovery Center, we will take a quick visit to the overwintering site in el Rosario, Mexico. Registration required. EVENT DATE & TIME Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. LOCATION Discovery Center PRICE Included with general admission or membership Registration required

Enjoy sampling a variety of teas while your hostess, dressed in Victorian clothing, discusses the history of tea and Victorian social customs. Small desserts and finger sandwiches will be served. Guests will also take a virtual steamboat ride in the Imagidome Theater and tour the home. Guests are encouraged to wear their best Victorian tea outfits. Tickets are $20 each and must be purchased by Sept. 16. Seating is limited to 20 guests. Tickets to the event are non-refundable once...

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Based on Lois Ehlert's book "Planting a Rainbow", this class will introduce children to the color wheel. Each child will use watercolors to compose a colorful rainbow scene featuring six flowers or vegetables, each representing the six colors of the color wheel.

Instructor: Robert Bowden It may be blistering hot in the garden now but planning for and starting seeds for the fall vegetable garden is just around the corner. Learn how and when to plant vegetables and herbs for the fall garden. A visit to the Vegetable Garden will follow the indoor discussion. Robert Bowden recently retired as Executive Director of Leu Gardens after nearly three decades. Earlier in his career he was the Executive Director of the Atlanta Botanical Garden,...

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Instructor: Kasey Klein We will be painting LadyBugs & a possible surprise insect or two. Workshop will begin with a brief demo, introducing the process, supplies, to follow step by step for our first original to make together!   In your class you will be provided with a stencil to borrow for making your creatures or you can always free draw from the heart. This is your studio!   The rest of the class time is to explore, play and...

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Free for members, included with general admission Join the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation for a screening of their latest Expedition film, a chance to meet the Expedition team, and a conversation about the importance of the Corridor -- including the Lake Wales Ridge region.

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Join Howard Jeffries, a master gardener with the University of Florida/Volusia County Extension, for a presentation on growing vegetables in Florida. Jeffries will break down what vegetables to plant, grow and harvest. Take-home sheets with helpful gardening information will be provided.