CALLAWAY GARDENS® ANNOUNCES 2012 FALL/WINTER WORKSHOPS
PINE MOUNTAIN, GA (08/31/12) - Cultivate your artistic skills and
expand your gardening and natural history knowledge with Callaway
Gardens’ Workshop Series! Local experts and staff facilitate programs
that allow you to explore new opportunities.
Digital Photography Workshop Series
Join award-winning amateur photographer and instructor Jim Henderson
for information-packed Digital Photography Workshops. Jim will also
guide you through hands-on photo shoots.
Foundations in DSLR Photography II: Creative Photography Beyond the
Auto Mode
Saturday, September 15, 2012
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Designed for the beginner or experienced digital photographer
interested in moving beyond the camera's auto mode. Practice your new
skills in a photo shoot inside Callaway Gardens.
Fee: $75 includes Gardens admission, lunch and digital handout
Skill Builder Photo Shoot with Instructor
Sunday, September 16, 2012
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Meet the instructor for a guided and directed photo shoot to include
"challenges" designed to reinforce concepts covered in previous
Foundations Courses.
Fee: $40 includes Gardens admission (Must attend Sept 15th course)
Foundations in DSLR Photography III: Mastering Focus and Exposure
Saturday, September 29, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
This intermediate level workshop is devoted to understanding and
perfecting focus and exposure. A directed photo shoot is included to
gain mastery of newly acquired skills.
Fee: $75 includes Gardens admission, lunch and digital handout
Skill Builder Photo Shoot with Instructor
Sunday, September 30, 2012
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Meet the instructor for a guided and directed photo shoot to reinforce
concepts covered in previous Foundations Courses.
Fee: $40 includes Gardens admission (Must attend Sept 29th course)
Adobe Lightroom Boot Camp - A Comprehensive Two-Day Introductory
Course
Saturday & Sunday, October 13 - 14, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturday
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on Sunday
This beginner level workshop is devoted to exploring the possibilities
of Adobe's newest software title for digital photographers
Fee: $115 includes Gardens admission, Saturday lunch and digital
handout
Mastering the Nightscape: Fantasy in Lights
Monday, November 12, 2012 or Tuesday, November 13, 2012
5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Building upon the concepts mastered in the Foundations II Workshop,
this workshop is designed to assist the participant with mastery of
focus and exposure.
Fee: $100 includes Gardens admission
Art, Garden and
Workshops
Gourd Art and Pine Needle Weaving
Saturday, September 22, 2012
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Make a gourd bowl/basket with a woven pine needle rim. Learn how to
prepare the gourd, how to get the gourd ready for weaving, and how to
weave and decorate the rim. Take home a bowl of your own
design. Everything you need to complete the project is
included. Bring a lunch or purchase at the Discovery Café. Supplies
are included.
Instructor: Talitha Norris
Fee: $65
Birds of Prey Raptor Encounter Workshop
Saturday, October 6, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Learn about the amazing world of raptors and participate in hands-on
activities designed to bring you closer to the raptor world. Enjoy a
behind the scenes look into Callaway Gardens’ Birds of Prey.
Instructors: Birds of Prey Staff
Fee: $40 per adult (ages 19+), $25 per child (ages 6-18) or $115 per
family of 4 (2 adults/2 children)
Backyard Habitat – Birds of Prey
Saturday, October 20, 2012
11 a.m. - Noon
This is a unique opportunity to learn how to encourage Birds of Prey
to return to your land. Discover how to cultivate your property into a
natural environment in which all wildlife will thrive. Take a tour of
a National Wildlife Federation certified “Backyard Wildlife Habitat”
and meet a few of our Birds of Prey and reptile friends that could
soon be your new neighbors!
Instructor: Meagan DuVall, Raptor Specialist
Fee: $35
Sign up for both Backyard Habitat and Nest Box Workshops for
discounted price of $90
Nest Box Family Workshop
Saturday, October 20, 2012
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join one of our Raptor Specialists as you create a nest box and learn
the best way to invite our native feathered friends to your own
backyard. This do-it-yourself workshop includes materials, plans and
hands-on guidance to construct a crucial piece of the bird’s
habitat. Several options for species you would like to invite will be
available. In addition, you will also meet one of the potential
inhabitants of your newly-constructed nest box.
Instructor: Mark Wetzel, Raptor Specialist
Fee: $65 per family for one nest box; $35 for second nest box
Sign up for both Backyard Habitat and Nest Box Workshops for
discounted price of $90
Butterflies and Birds
Wednesday, October 24, 2012,
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 or
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
9 a.m. - 1p.m.
At the Day Butterfly Center, you’ll go behind the scenes to learn all
about these amazing insects. Afterwards, you’ll learn the correct
methods of pinning butterflies for your own collection. Your
adventure continues when you meet an owl at Callaway Gardens’ Birds Of
Prey, then take part in experiments to explore the diet and habits
that make these nocturnal creatures so unique.
Instructors: Michael Buckman, manager, Day Butterfly Center and Philip
Grainger, manager, Callaway Gardens Birds of Prey
Fee: $40
Still Life Painting Workshop with Nan Cunningham
Saturday – Sunday, October 27 - 28, 2012
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. each day
If you have always wanted to paint, or have not had a brush in hand
lately, this is the place to start. This fun-filled class is packed
with information and designed to get you started painting. Working
from a still life you will learn the basic elements for a successful
still life painting. Acrylic paint suggested.
Instructor: Nan Cunningham
Fee: $225
Fall Flower Gardening Workshop
Saturday, October 27, 2012
10 a.m. - 2p.m.
Fall is the best time to think “spring” in the garden. Join experts
Sheila Kanotz and Brian Kanotz as they give you a peak into the spring
season. First, learn from Sheila Kanotz, manager of the John A.
Sibley Horticultural Center, how late fall displays are designed at
Callaway Gardens so that the color and design carries the floral
garden beds from Fall to Spring. Learn about recent plant
introductions and how they perform. Then, take home some plants for
your very own garden!
After lunch, join Brian Kanotz, manager of
Greenhouse Production, for an exclusive and extensive greenhouse
tour. Learn how they produce crops for year ‘round seasonal color
throughout the Gardens. Be the first to see the late-Fall plants that
will go into the Garden as well as the poinsettias before they go into
the Christmas displays.
Instructors: Sheila Kanotz, manager, John A Sibley Horticultural
Center and Brian Kanotz, manager, Callaway Gardens Greenhouse
Production
Fee: $55 (includes lunch)
Fresh Greenery Christmas Workshop
Saturday, December 1, 2012
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Make a unique holiday wreath or centerpiece of your own design using
fresh greenery and berries and cones of the season to bring holiday
cheer to your home.
Instructor: Patricia Collins, Director of Gardens
Fee: $45 per wreath or centerpiece
Premier Events
Nature Naturally™ Outdoor Weekend
November 10 - 11, 2012
Looking to do something more than walk through the woods when enjoying
nature? Join us for a family-friendly weekend of outdoor activities
and learn how to enjoy Nature Naturally™ at Callaway Gardens! Here’s
your chance to try something new and different – or just give you time
to enjoy some outdoor activities that are on your list of
favorites. What better place than Callaway Gardens to take a twilight
walk on one of our nature trails; get up-close with one of Callaway’s
Birds of Prey; learn how to geocache, a high-tech scavenger hunt;
kayak, canoe or bike; stargaze; or just relax and enjoy your
surroundings.
Weekend package rate: $295* for two people
Call 1.800. CALLAWAY (225.5292) or visit www.callawaygardens.com for
reservations
*Rates are for Mountain Creek Inn. Tax not included. Based on
availability.
27th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium
January 25 - 27, 2013
Three-Day Symposium Devoted to Gardening in the South. Join our
outstanding speakers and fellow garden enthusiasts as you immerse
yourself in a weekend full of gardening topics as well as a chance to
pick up some great garden plants. Authors Bill Welch (Heirloom
Gardening in the South and many others); Claire Sawyers (The Authentic
Garden: Five Principles for Cultivating a Sense of Place); Peter
Loewer (Native Perennials for the Southeast and others); and Barbara
Wise (Container Gardening for All Seasons) will lecture, have their
books for sale and be available for book signing. Other lecturers
include Taimi Anderson (Garden Design); Dan Long (Vines), Andrew Pulte
(Unusual Plants) and Barry Yinger (Exploring for New Plants for the
Garden). The weekend also includes:
A one-stop Gardening Marketplace, Workshops (optional pre-conference),
Silent and Live Auctions for unique plants, garden items and private
garden tours.
Symposium Registration: $248; Room Rate at Mt. Creek Inn $89* per
night
Register by Oct 31st for the Early Bird Rate of $25 off Symposium
Registration and discounted room rate of $79* per night.
Plant Fair and Sale
March 21 - 24, 2013
The Annual Plant Fair and Sale scheduled for March 21-24, 2013, offers
vendors bringing a wide variety of plants and unique garden items all
under one roof.
Workshop fees include admission to Callaway Gardens. To register, call
the Education Department at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292), option 5,
option 2; 706-663-5153 or email education@callawaygardens.com. Please
plan to arrive at least 30 minutes before each workshop begins. For a
complete listing, visitwww.callawaygardens.com. Annual Pass holders
and Callaway Connection members qualify for special rates.
For overnight accommodations for any of these workshops or hikes, ask
for the special workshop rate starting at $99 in the Mountain
Creek® Inn at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292). Based on availability, some
restrictions apply.
Callaway Gardens®, is in Pine Mountain, Ga., 60 minutes southwest of
Atlanta and 30 minutes north of Columbus. To experience nature at its
finest, call 1-800-CALLAWAY or visit www.callawaygardens.com .
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About Callaway Gardens
For 60 years, Callaway Gardens has provided “a place of relaxation,
inspiration and a better understanding of the living world” for
millions of visitors. Owned and operated by the non-profit Ida Cason
Callaway Foundation, Callaway Gardens includes a garden, resort,
preserve and residential community on thousands acres in Pine
Mountain, Georgia. Highlights include a butterfly conservatory,
horticultural center, discovery center, chapel, inland beach, nature
trails and special events throughout the year.
In addition, Callaway Gardens offers nearly 80,000 square feet of
meeting space, 685 guest rooms, restaurants, shops, golf, tennis,
fishing and more.
Five unique, close-knit residential communities — with custom home
sites, lakefront properties and cottages on the golf course — offer an
ideal home away from home or full-time residence.
Callaway Gardens is home to a 4,610-acre forest preserve which is
under conservation easement. This conserved, sustainably-managed land
is used for biological studies and environmental education programs.
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