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Nature’s Music Makers
Join us for this week-long summer camp!
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Dragons and Damsels in the Gardens
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Enter into the magical world of dragonflies and damselflies this summer—when they are at their most active! These striking, agile, and voracious predators begin life as aquatic nymphs before transforming into skilled fliers, driven by two simple instincts: to eat and to reproduce. A familiarContinue Reading ...
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Nature Trivia Night
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Curious about how nature and pop culture relate to one another? Bring your friends and join naturalist Henry Hershey for an evening in Rushton Garden to play trivia, enjoy complimentary drinks, and learn something new. Novices to experts are welcome to compete for a chanceContinue Reading ...
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Cut Flower Arranging
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Join us for a hands-on cut flower workshop. Allison Creel of Blue Rooster Farms will bring her best seasonal blooms. You’ll learn how to harvest, condition, and arrange flowers straight from their field. She will also explain the farm’s transition from summer blooms to fallContinue Reading ...
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The Gardener’s Plot
We invite you to join us for upcoming “Thyme to Read” book club gatherings, hosted monthly by the Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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Design & Create: Concrete Planters
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Learn the fundamentals of working with concrete as you design and cast your own custom planters from start to finish. Artist and Vivatia Plant Care Services owner Astrid Jerez will guide you through the process of creating your own planters while learning foundational techniques inContinue Reading ...
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Design & Create: Concrete Planters
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Learn the fundamentals of working with concrete as you design and cast your own custom planters from start to finish. Artist and Vivatia Plant Care Services owner Astrid Jerez will guide you through the process of creating your own planters while learning foundational techniques inContinue Reading ...
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Landscape Foundations: Selecting and Siting Trees and Shrubs
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Landscaping with trees and woody shrubs requires planning, patience, and an understanding of how plants grow over time, some taking many years to reach their full beauty and impact. Join Bob Koons, a familiar face both in the Kaul Wildflower Garden and at our plantContinue Reading ...
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Nature Trivia Night
#image-595 + picture img { --focal-point: 50% 50%; } | Curious about how nature and pop culture relate to one another? Bring your friends and join naturalist Henry Hershey for an evening in Rushton Garden to play trivia, enjoy complimentary drinks, and learn something new. Novices to experts are welcome to compete for a chanceContinue Reading ...
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Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
We invite you to join us for upcoming “Thyme to Read” book club gatherings, hosted monthly by the Library at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
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A Discussion of Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner with Dr. Candace Waid
A Discussion of Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner with Dr. Candace Waid Saturday, October 3, at 3 PM | Iron Hills Folk School House (Southside, Birmingham; address shared with RSVP) Led by Birmingham born-and-raised Dr. Candace Waid, retired Professor of English from Yale and UC Santa Barbara. Author of The Signifying Eye: Seeing Faulkner's Art.Continue Reading ...
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Control of the Dead and the Dead with Control The Social Uses of Spirits in Southern Ghostlore
Trussville Public Library 201 Parkway Dr, Trussville, AL, USLearn about southern ghost stories with Kayla Jordan This talk examines the uses of various southern ghost stories from the early to mid-twentieth century as means of social control through their specific portrayals of death and dying, historical memory, and emotion. As they reflected societies norms about death and dying, they subsequently helped not onlyContinue Reading ...
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Historic Resting Places of Alabama
Trussville Public Library 201 Parkway Dr, Trussville, AL, USBook talk with author Mollie Waters Join author Mollie Smith Waters as she takes readers on a tour of some of the most historical and beautiful cemeteries throughout the state. From the mountains in the north to the sandy beaches of the south, Alabama’s cemeteries are truly wonderful places to explore. Registration required.
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Sit, Stay, Read! with Hand in Paw
Trussville Public Library 201 Parkway Dr, Trussville, AL, USCome read to a therapy dog at the Trussville Library! You're invited to join us Tuesday afternoons this fall and winter as we welcome Hand in Paw back to the library! Drop in to the Children's Department after school and meet some incredible animal therapy teams. Participants can learn about therapy animals and how theyContinue Reading ...
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The Birmingham Dad Meetup-Family Picnic
Avondale Park Avondale Park, Birmingham, AL, United StatesCome join us for our first inaugural family picnic. We will be at the playground/pavilion behind the Avondale library. Pastries and coffee will be provided.
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