Join us for an interpretive walking tour, where you’ll learn all about Fernwood’s incredible array of tree species, plus how to care for trees in your own backyard. As part of our 60th Anniversary celebration, this year’s tour will focus on the history and management of Fernwood’s 45-acre arboretum, designed by Clarence Gadshalk in 1967.

Audience: All ages

Location: Meet at the Visitors Center front desk 

Cost: Free with admission

Walk-ins are welcome, but please let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Stick around after our Noteworthy Trees Tour and continue the Arbor Day weekend celebration by helping to uproot invasive plants, shrubs, and trees on Fernwood’s grounds. Our horticulturist will point out which invasives to be aware of in rural,  suburban, and commercial areas as we work together to make space for our native tree population to stabilize and thrive. 

Audience: All ages

Location: Meet at the Visitors Center front desk 

Cost: Volunteers receive free admission plus free drinks and snacks!

Walk-ins are welcome, but please let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Celebrate German culture and the 40th anniversary of the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange. Anton Buchmann, a German exchange student at Berrien Spring High School, a CBYX scholar, AND a Fernwood volunteer, together with Fernwood Botanical Garden has organized this event for the community to get together in volunteering activities and to explore German culture through food and information.  

Spend a fun and unique day at Fernwood while working outside and then enjoying authentic German food like Schnitzel and Käsespätzle.

This program is supported in part by Froelich's Bakery and Restaurant.

AUDIENCE: All ages.

COST: Free with Fernwood admission.

Walk-ins are welcome, but please let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Dan Hinkley, principal designer of the new Stumpery garden at Fernwood, will share his vision for the outdoor space that celebrates ferns and their hardy southern Michigan allies. In addition, he will discuss the history of stumperies as well as their resurgence, beginning with Prince, now King Charles‘ construction of his own stumpery at Highgrove in the UK.

About the speaker:

Dan Hinkley is an American plantsman, author, lecturer, plant collector, and nurseryman. He is best known for establishing Heronswood Botanical Garden in Kingston, WA, where he is currently Director of the garden, and Windcliff, his personal garden in Indianola, WA. Dan is committed to solid and sustainable horticultural practices, above average garden plants, landscapes of distinction, and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth as well as the magic and mysteries of our natural world.

Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $30 ($24 members)

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

May Book: Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators by William Stolzenburg

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Join in a Fernwood tradition started by our founder, Kay Boydston, in this fun hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to make your own stone-like hypertufa trough planter. Hypertufa is created from a mix of cement and organic materials and can be molded into a variety of container shapes ideal for planting an array of plants, from succulents to alpines and dwarf conifers. Each participant will create one trough container to be cured for 2-3 weeks before unmolding. Participants will also have the opportunity to tour the grounds and learn a little Fernwood history while taking a look at some of Kay Boydston’s original trough planters.

Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $45 ($36 members) - Please register by May 20

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Due to the annual Garden Party fundraiser, Fernwood will be closed Sunday, June 2.

GARDEN PARTY 2024

Celebrating 60 years! Join us for a summer afternoon at Fernwood’s Garden Party. It will be an experience filled with food, fun, and fundraising for Fernwood. 

Click below to learn more about sponsorship opportunities and tickets.

Unable to join us?

Please consider a donation to the garden’s Fernwood Fund.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

If you are interested in volunteering at Fernwood, this Summer Orientation is for you! Join our Volunteer Manager and interested candidates to learn more. The first two hours will include a presentation, guided tour, a brief history of Fernwood, and details about the volunteer roles. Stick around for Happy Hour starting at 12 pm. Refreshments will be provided. 

Take the first step in making a difference and register now. Join us June 8 to see the impact YOU can make. 

When: June 8 10 am-1 pm

Location: Chase Classroom in the Visitor Center

Registration: Please register by June 1, 2024

Imagine a self-sustaining lawn that requires little to no maintenance and supports vital insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. In this program, Fernwood’s horticulturist, Connor Wetzel-Brown, shows you how to ditch your lifeless lawn, with its endless commitment of time, money, water, and chemicals, and transform your outdoor space into a wildlife paradise! You’ll learn how to help reverse the damaging effects of the lawn care industry, how to incorporate beneficial plant species into your landscape, and head outdoors to explore and identify native plants that may be utilized as lawn alternatives.

Audience: All ages

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $25 ($20 members)

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

WAUS Radio and Fernwood present the 2024 season of Second Sunday Concerts at Fernwood June through September. Concerts take place outside on Fernwood's Green from 4–5 pm. The garden closes at the conclusion of the concert at 5 pm.

Concert admission is free after 3:30 pm.

Sunday, June 9: Euclid Quartette

Sunday, July 14: Carla Trynchuk, violinist

Sunday, August 11: Symphony Brass Quintet

Sunday, September 8: Peter Anglinskas, guitarist

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

June Book: Nature's Messenger: Mark Catesby and His Adventures in a New World by Patrick Dean

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Celebrate Pollinator Week by visiting Fernwood’s Butterfly Larva Garden for drop-in guided tours and fun make-and-take pollinator crafts. 

Suggested Audience: All ages welcome

Location: Fernwood’s Butterfly Larva Garden

Cost: Free with admission

Walk-ins are welcome, but please let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Now, more than ever, butterflies need our help to thrive! When planted properly, our home gardens can serve as vital breeding grounds and food sources for native pollinators, bridging one natural habitat to the next. In this program, Dolly Foster, Accredited Horticulturist, Certified Arborist, and Master Gardener, will explain which plants are best for attracting butterflies and how to plan gardens to provide food, cover, and host plants to support caterpillars/butterflies throughout their life cycles. Don’t miss your chance to join a new conservation movement and begin a butterfly habitat in your garden!

About the speaker:

Dolly Foster, Landscape Horticulturist, has been a Master Gardener for 23 years, an Indiana Accredited Horticulturist for 22, and a Certified Arborist since 2008. For the past 23 years, Dolly has been presenting lectures on many gardening topics. She spent two years as adjunct faculty of the Joliet Junior College Agriculture/Horticulture Department and 18 years in the Parks and Recreation industry as staff horticulturist for two park districts. She has been butterfly gardening from the very beginning of her gardening career. Her passion has led her to raising monarch and swallowtail butterflies for more than 15 years. Her garden at home has been a Monarch Waystation since 2011. Dolly also managed the Oak Lawn Community Garden/ Pantry Garden for 6 years.

Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $25 ($20 members)

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.  

Join Fernwood this Pride month as we celebrate the importance and beauty of diversity in our communities and in our environment! Meet new friends and enjoy a selection of iced herbal teas before hitting the trails for a guided interpretive hike focusing on the incredible biodiversity of Fernwood’s unique property. All are welcome!

Why tea? Fernwood’s tea “hike” is a spin on tea dances. Popular in the late 1800s, traditional tea dances were social gatherings that coincided with afternoon tea time and took place in the garden. In the 1950s, New York City’s gay community brought new meaning to tea dances in response to being banned from bars and served alcohol. Tea dances were organized outside of the city and provided attendees with safe outdoor spaces where they could enjoy drinks, music, and meet others.

Suggested Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Fernwood’s Herb Garden and nature trails

Cost: Free with admission

Walk-ins are welcome, but please let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Greenwood carving is an accessible form of woodworking that utilizes freshly harvested woods, creates very little waste (mulch for your garden!), and can be done without machinery--making it very popular within the bushcraft community. In this class, you will learn how to carve a wooden spoon (2.) using a sloyd knife and a hook knife. To focus on proper knife handling techniques and cuts, the class will carve from pre-made spoon blanks. In addition, you’ll (1.) learn the full process of transforming a foraged log into a finished spoon and how to properly care for your carving tools.

Required materials:

(Bring your own tools or add materials when registering, $69 total):

• Sloyd knife

• Hook knife

• Cut resistant gloves

Please note this course is open to all levels  but requires a basic amount of hand strength--being able to open a sealed jar is an example of basic hand strength.

About the Instructor:

Riley Gillan is a practicing woodturner, self-taught green woodworker, and founder of Big Lake Wood Co.. He uses foraged, local woods--following the tradition of sloyd--to create spoons, bowls, cups, etc. Derived from the Swedish word “slöjd“ (meaning “handcraft"), sloyd woodworking is inspired by the practice of making the things you need using simple tools and materials that are all around you. Riley has an MFA from the University of Montana and currently teaches in SW Michigan.

Audience: Teens + Adults

Location: Flora Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $30 ($24 members) + optional materials fee - Please register by June 20

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.  

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

WAUS Radio and Fernwood present the 2024 season of Second Sunday Concerts at Fernwood June through September. Concerts take place outside on Fernwood's Green from 4–5 pm. The garden closes at the conclusion of the concert at 5 pm.

Concert admission is free after 3:30 pm.

Sunday, June 9: Euclid Quartette

Sunday, July 14: Carla Trynchuk, violinist

Sunday, August 11: Symphony Brass Quintet

Sunday, September 8: Peter Anglinskas, guitarist

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

July Book: Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

WAUS Radio and Fernwood present the 2024 season of Second Sunday Concerts at Fernwood June through September. Concerts take place outside on Fernwood's Green from 4–5 pm. The garden closes at the conclusion of the concert at 5 pm.

Concert admission is free after 3:30 pm.

Sunday, June 9: Euclid Quartette

Sunday, July 14: Carla Trynchuk, violinist

Sunday, August 11: Symphony Brass Quintet

Sunday, September 8: Peter Anglinskas, guitarist

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

August Book: The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants by Karen Bakker

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

WAUS Radio and Fernwood present the 2024 season of Second Sunday Concerts at Fernwood June through September. Concerts take place outside on Fernwood's Green from 4–5 pm. The garden closes at the conclusion of the concert at 5 pm.

Concert admission is free after 3:30 pm.

Sunday, June 9: Euclid Quartette

Sunday, July 14: Carla Trynchuk, violinist

Sunday, August 11: Symphony Brass Quintet

Sunday, September 8: Peter Anglinskas, guitarist

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

September Book: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

Mid-Week Movement Meditation

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm, beginning May 8

A gentle evening flow invites students to move their breath through the body while surrounded by nature. This slower flow will allow for focus on alignment and breath power. The practice will end with a short guided meditation - awakening the five senses to take in all the beauty that surrounds us right here at Fernwood. Practice will take place outside - weather permitting. Modifications and progressions will be provided for all levels - newcomers and yogis all welcome!

Audience: Teen-Adults

Suggested items to bring: Water, yoga mat, towel, sunscreen

Location: Fernwood Grounds, Clark Gallery (in case of inclement weather)

Cost: $15 ($12 members)

Walk-ins are welcome, but let us know you’re planning to join us by registering.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

October Book: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

November Book: The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild by Lawrence Anthony

The books are thematically about nature, be it plants, animals, water, rocks and even the sun.  Club members look for books that relate to how the environment affects us and how we affect the environment, plus biographies or memoirs of folks who have made an impact on our planet. Additionally, club members take turns being the moderator. The discussions between the club members are mind-opening and informative.  They add layers of understanding and perspective to topics you may not even think you are interested in. Following group discussions, some choose to grab lunch at the Fernwood Cafe and continue to socialize by walking the grounds.

No reservations are required, and you don’t even have to read the book! Each club member is responsible for coming up with their own books. Many can be found through Michigan’s MEL program which loans out books from all of their libraries or purchased online for a small price.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Cyndy Harville at 269-473-2667 or cynharville@comcast.net. Interested in joining meetings virtually? Forward your email address to cynharville@comcast.net to receive access to the link in monthly emails.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.

Open to all ages and levels of experience. Meetings last about 90 minutes, starting with a sharing and discussion of recent images shot by club members, followed by a monthly topical program.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Paul Ewing or Mark Suggs at fernwoodphotoclub2@gmail.com.

Did you know Fernwood has a long history with the Niles Handweavers Guild? In 1949, Kay Boydston, a founder of Fernwood, discovered that her friend Gladys Kneeshaw shared her interest in weaving, and they decided to collaborate.

The purpose of the Guild is threefold:

1. To stimulate interest in handweaving and other fiber arts within our membership and in the community,

2. To encourage high quality of artistry and originality in handweaving and other fiber arts, and

3. To make information on handweaving and other fiber arts available to members.

There is always the fun of learning from each other, sharing what we have made, and bringing in teachers and projects to do together.

Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact the Guild President, Kathy Michener, at 269-429-6948 or kathymichener9@gmail.com.

The Herb Society of America, Michiana Unit is dedicated to the preservation and the cultivation of the Stan Beikmann Herb and Sensory Garden within Fernwood Botanical Gardens. Organized in 2004, the club is open to anyone with an interest in herbal gardening.

Garden Workdays and Monthly Meetings

• As a rule the Herb Society works in the garden every Wednesday from 10am onwards and Sundays from 1pm onwards. The amount of time each volunteer works in the garden is up to their own availability, interest and discretion.

• Members who work in the garden should bring their own tools (suggestions would be trowels, hori knives, spades, buckets for debris, water bottles, gardening gloves, comfortable clothing, snacks)

• Many times garden volunteers will each lunch in the Fernwood Café and all members are welcome to join regardless of ability to work in the garden.

• The monthly meetings of the Unit have a set agenda where the organizational business is conducted and also includes 15 minute presentations on the design and progress in diifferent sections of the garden.

New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, HSA, Michiana Unit Chairperson at 440-655-0951 or Jeanne Hook, HSA, Michiana Unit Vice-Chairperson at 708-878-5366.