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Sherman Library & Gardens offers an inspired line-up of classes and events every month for you to enjoy! With offerings ranging from wellness workshops and children’s activities, to floral design classes, lectures in the library, and plant shows, there is something for everyone to experience.
Week of Events
Tai Chi Tuesdays – Summer 1 2023
Tai Chi Tuesdays – Summer 1 2023
Learn the gentle art of Tai Chi in the perfect tranquil Sherman garden setting. Local teacher Cynthia Bell Niermann will introduce you to this complete mind-body exercise for better health, flexibility, strength and balance.
Hands-on Workshop: Growing, Using and Enjoying Luffa
Hands-on Workshop: Growing, Using and Enjoying Luffa
You may be surprised and delighted to learn that Luffa (Loofah) sponges do not come from the sea but are a vegetable in the gourd and cucumber family and can easily be grown in your own home garden. Learn how to start your own seeds and how to care for your plants. You will plant seeds to take home, create a bar of luffa soap, and a jar of soothing luffa sugar scrub and decorate a gift tag or market tote using luffa gourd slices.
Little Seedlings Story Time
Little Seedlings Story Time
Explore nature through the wonderful world of books. Join us every Friday at 10am as we share our favorite stories, picture books and poems. Free of charge for preschool children and their caregivers.
Watercolor Class: Magnolia (morning class)
Watercolor Class: Magnolia (morning class)
Watercolor Class: Magnolia - Join local artist Erna Van Dyk as she teaches you how to see and paint color and simple subjects. This month Erna takes inspiration from a Magnolia.
Watercolor Class: Magnolia (afternoon class)
Watercolor Class: Magnolia (afternoon class)
Watercolor Class: Magnolia - Join local artist Erna Van Dyk as she teaches you how to see and paint color and simple subjects. This month Erna takes inspiration from a Magnolia.
Painting Workshop: Wild Flower Bouquet
Painting Workshop: Wild Flower Bouquet
Join local artist Helen Plehn for a fun and expressive acrylic painting workshop during Mother’s Day weekend. You will be guided through a step-by-step process to paint a beautiful wild flower bouquet and take home a gorgeous 8×10” canvas painting.
Ask a Master Gardener! Bees and Butterflies – Planting a Pollinator Garden
Ask a Master Gardener! Bees and Butterflies – Planting a Pollinator Garden
Do you have a question? Ask a Master Gardener!University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners are volunteers who extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to the residents of California.The Master Gardeners will be at Sherman Library & Gardens every second Sunday of the month to answer... Read More »