Monday, June 4, 2007

Garden Day at the Cloisters!


Garden Day at the Cloisters—an all-day event celebrating springtime—will be held on Saturday, June 9th! For information, please call the Education Office at (212) 650-2280. FREE with museum admission!
(Thanks, Meilyn!!)

Schedule of Events
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Informal Discussion of The Cloisters Gardens
Throughout the day members of the horticultural staff will be available to answer questions and discuss aspects of gardening at The Cloisters.

11:00 am-12:00 p.m.
Tour of The Cloisters Gardens
Sigrid Goldiner, Lecturer

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Dioscorides's Garden: Plants and Medicine in the Middle Ages
Marco Wilkinson, Associate Horticulturist, The Cloisters

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Wild Animals and Blooming Gardens (Workshop for children and families)
Animales salvajes y jardines floridos (Taller educativo para la familia en español)
Cathy White, Instructor (in English)
Claudia Nahson, Instructor (in Spanish)

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Tour of The Cloisters Gardens
Sigrid Goldiner, Lecturer

2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Readings from the ninth-century poem Hortulus by Walahfrid Strabo
Deirdre Larkin, Associate Horticulture Manager, The Cloisters

3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Beekeeping Demonstration

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