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Cultivate your artistic and gardening skills and expand your natural history knowledge with Callaway Gardens’ Hike and Workshop Series!

Digital Photography Workshop Series

Foundations in DSLR Photography II: Creative Photography Beyond the Auto Mode

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Fee: $75 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch and course syllabus

Foundations in DSLR Photography III: Mastering Focus and Exposure

Saturday, February 12, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Fee: $75 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch and course syllabus

SkillBuilder Photo Shoot with Instructor

Sunday, February 13, 2011, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Fee: $40 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission

(Limited to 20 participants, must attend February 12th class as prerequisite)

PhotoShop BootCamp: An Introduction to Adobe PhotoShop Elements 8 or 9 or CS4/CS5

Saturday – Sunday, March 5 – 6, 2011
Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Fee: $115 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch on Saturday and course syllabus

(Limited to 20 participants, laptops welcome, Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Adventures in DSLR Photography IV: Mastering Flash Photography including Portable Studio

Saturday – Sunday, March 19 & 20, 2011

Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.: $75 (includes lunch, Callaway Gardens’ admission and course syllabus)
Sunday 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: $40 (Limited to 20 participants, must attend March 19^th course as prerequisite; Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Adventures in DSLR Photography II: Mastering Landscape Photography with emphasis on the Callaway Azalea Gardens

Saturday, April 9 – 10, 2011

Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. – Noon

Fee: $115 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch on Saturday, and course syllabus

(Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Adobe Lightroom Boot Camp – A Comprehensive Two-Day Introductory Course

Saturday – Sunday, April 30 – May 1, 2011

Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Fee: $115 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch on Saturday and course syllabus

(Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Adventures in DSLR Photography I: Mastering Close-up and Macro Photography with emphasis on the Butterfly

Saturday – Sunday, July 9 – 10, 2011

Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 8 a.m. – Noon

Fee: $115 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch on Saturday and course syllabus

(Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Foundations in DSLR Photography I: A Beginner’s Guide to DSLR Photography (what the camera manual doesn’t tell you)

Saturday, August 6, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Fee: $75 includes Callaway Gardens’ admission, lunch on Saturday and course syllabus

Art & Garden Workshops

Stained Glass Garden Art Workshop

Saturday, March 12, 2011, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Create a garden art piece using the “Louis Comfort Tiffany” method.  Follow a pattern and learn how to cut and grind glass, use a soldering iron and apply black or copper patina. Finish the piece for hanging in your window or in your garden!

Instructor: Patricia Varnon

Fee: $80 includes all supplies and Callaway Gardens’ admission

Herbaceous Plant Propagation: Making More Plants for your Garden

Saturday, March 12, 2011, 10 a.m. – Noon

Here’s your chance for an exclusive opportunity to be behind the scenes in the production greenhouses with Brian Kanotz, Callaway Gardens’ Greenhouse Production Manager.  You’ll be the envy of the neighborhood when you bring home enough plants to fill your summer garden with plants not found in your local garden center.  Learn the skills of the trade by sowing seeds and taking cuttings from the plants seen in the displays at Callaway Gardens.

Instructor: Brian Kanotz, Callaway Gardens Grower

Fee: $50 per person, includes Callaway Gardens’ admission

Topiary Wreath

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9:30 a.m. – Noon

Learn how to create a stuffed topiary with succulents that can be enjoyed in the garden or brought indoors for any number of special occasions year ‘round.  This versatile wreath can be changed out or added to for each season. It will be the pièce de résistance for your Mother’s Day, graduation or bridal celebration.

Instructor: Sheila Kanotz, Sibley Horticultural Center Manager

Fee: $40 per person, includes Callaway Gardens’ admission

Spring Watercolor Workshop

Saturday – Sunday, April 9 – 10, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day

Paint nature in nature at Callaway Gardens.  The first day will focus on painting flowers from a close-up view. The second day will be in a garden setting to learn to paint flowers in a landscape scene. Class includes demonstrations, instruction, critique and individual coaching.  All skill levels of painters welcome.

Instructor: Pat Fiorello

Fee: $225, includes Callaway Gardens’ admission (Saturday-only option: $125; Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Pine Needle Basket

April 16, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Learn how to use pine needles to make a basket using coil basketry techniques.  This beginner class covers the basic skills needed to make the basket.  Create a basket reflecting your own taste and design.  Bring a lunch or purchase lunch from the Discovery Café.

Instructor: Talitha Norris

Fee: $65 includes supplies and Callaway Gardens’ admission

Good Bugs & The Plants They Love

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 10 a.m. – Noon

Did you know you can attract beneficial insects to your yard?  Let natural enemies do the work of managing pest insects.  We’ll make a container garden with a few of their favorite pollen plants and help you learn to identify these garden helpers.

Instructor: Kerry Smith, Auburn University Horticulture Extension Service

Fee: $35, includes Callaway Gardens’ admission

Hikes

Explore The Preserve at Callaway Gardens, our undeveloped land accessible to visitors only on guided programs, and learn more about natural history.  Hikes featuring a variety of topics, terrain and amount of time spent on the trails.  Appropriate footwear is required as trails are not paved and can be rocky and steep in some sections.  Pack a light lunch or snack and plenty of water for the trail.

President’s Day – Creek to Ridge

Monday, February 21, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The Winter woods may seem brown and lifeless but nothing could be further from the truth.  Come look for some green on a Winter hike.  Explore the Cason J. Callaway Memorial Forest, from a clear spring-fed creek to the upland hardwood forest on top of Pine Mountain.  Along the way we’ll search for plants and animals that not only survive the hostile winter conditions, but thrive in them.  Wear sturdy hiking boots and pack a light lunch and plenty of water for the trail.

Length: 4.5 miles; moderately strenuous; ages 12 and up

Directions to entrance sent with confirmation letter

Fee: $10

Spring Wildflower Walk in the Preserve

Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Join this Callaway Gardens volunteer naturalist-led trek through the Callaway Gardens Preserve inside the Preserve in search of early spring wildflowers.  We’ll look for trilliums, Atamasco lilies, and other signs that Winter is finally gone! Wear sturdy hiking boots and pack a light lunch and plenty of water for the trail.

Length:  2-3 miles; easy to moderate; ages 12 and up

Directions sent with confirmation letter

Fee: $10

Premier Horticultural Events

25^th Annual Southern Gardening Symposium at Callaway Gardens

January 28 – 30, 2011

Experience the greatest garden program in the South!  Program includes: in-depth workshops; garden tour; topics including Rick Darke’s wild garden, Michael Dirr’s best plant recommendations, Joe Lamp’l and speakers on Camellias, Conifers for the South, best gardening practices; a silent auction and garden marketplace.

Fee:  $245 includes Friday’s opening reception; Saturday’s continental breakfast, programs with printed materials, box lunch and evening banquet; and Sunday’s continental breakfast and programs with printed materials  Special overnight rate is available

Callaway Gardens Plant Fair and Sale

March 24 – 27, 2011

The Annual Plant Fair and Sale scheduled for March 24 – 27, 2011, features approximately 19 vendors from our area and surrounding states selling a wide variety of plants and unique garden items.  This offers exceptional shopping under one roof.  The Annual Plant Fair and Sale is one of the largest fundraising events hosted by Callaway Gardens with proceeds going to the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation in order to support the Gardens and its educational and environmental programming.  The Plant Fair hours are:

Thursday, March 24^th 3 – 7 p.m.

Friday – Saturday, March 25 – 27^th 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 27^th 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Fee:  FREE (Admission to enter the Gardens’ attractions is additional; Special overnight rate for is available)

Callaway Gardening School with Erica Glasener

March 24 & 25, 2011

Launch your spring gardening endeavors with advice from the experts.  Join horticulturist, author, and design expert Erica Glasener for an informative and enjoyable learning experience.  On Thursday, March 24^th you have an opportunity for a special day-long Landscape Design Workshop. At the close of the workshop you can be one of the early-birds at the Callaway Gardens Annual Plant Fair and Sale to get first look at some of the choice offerings.

On Friday, March 25^th Glasener will begin the day with an inspiring garden lecture.  Following that there will be an extensive Question & Answer Session with Glasener, who will be joined by experts from Callaway Gardens and the on-site plant vendors.  Space is limited so sign up early.  Bring your gardening questions and challenges to see if you can get your perplexing gardening issues solved!

Erica Glasener has hosted “A Gardener’s Diary” on Home and Garden Television (HGTV) for fourteen years and has written a biweekly column on plants and garden design for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  She is the co-author with Walter Reeves of The Georgia Gardener’s Guide (revised edition published in 2004) and Month-By-Month Gardening in Georgia (revised edition published in 2006).  Her current project is a new book, Proven Plants for Your Southern Garden.  Glasener has also served as a contributing editor for Fine Gardening, a Taunton Press publication, and her articles have appeared in New York Times, The Farmer’s Almanac and Atlanta Magazine.

Fee:

Thursday and Friday: $110 (includes two lunches, Thursday Workshop, Early Entrance into Plant Fair, Friday Gardening School Lecture and Q&A Session)

Thursday only: $79 Thursday Workshop, lunch and Early Entrance into Plant Fair

Friday only: $45 Gardening School Lecture, Q&A Session and lunch

(Special overnight rate for workshop attendees is available)

Vegetable Gardening A to Z at Callaway Gardens

Friday, April 8, 2011

Join gardening guru Walter Reeves and Callaway Gardens Vegetable Garden Manager, David Chambers for a day chock full of gardening basics and timely tips to make your own vegetable patch perform to its full potential.  No matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned gardener, you’ll get lots of take-home information – and plants – to ensure that your garden will be the envy of friends and neighbors.

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Vegetable Gardening with Walter Reeves

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch and Book Signing

1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Time-tested Tomato Growing with David Chambers

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Q&A with Walter Reeves and David Chambers

Fee:  $55 includes lunch and Callaway Gardens admission

Detailed descriptions of these programs can be found at www.callawaygardens.com then click on “Gardens” and then “Educational Programs.”  Enrollment is limited and preregistration is required for all programs. Programs fill quickly, so register soon.

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 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 .