Spring blooms – not just daffodils! Hardy annuals thrive when they are planted during cool conditions.
This workshop will inform when to plant, what to plant and how to create a healthy environment to overwinter your hardy annual direct seeded flowers.
What’s your style? Romantic? Athletic? Musical?
Capture your teen’s essence in professional photograph.
One of our most popular events—autumn edition!
Calgo Gardens' bi-annual happy gathering of amazingly talented, local artists and artisans. This fall, over 50 artists will exhibit. Stroll our beautiful grounds, enjoy the seasonal plants and flowers, stock up at the farmers’ market, on relax on the patio, get a snack at The Tulip Tree Cafe...and of course support your local artists.
Creative Spirits Art Workshops is on the road at the Tulip Tree Café!
Join us for a frightfully fun Vintage Halloween Workshop! You will be creating these whimsical centerpieces that combine both decoupage and floral design techniques.
Help bring music back into the lives of our elderly, veterans & Alzheimers’ patients.
Live music all day! This new event at Calgo is a fundraiser benefiting Connection thru Music—which trains volunteers to visit and bring music to community members, including the elderly, veterans, and people living with Alzheimer’s & dementia.
You can also enjoy a day of delicious foods, angel readings, crystals, yoga fashion, Reiki, psychic readings, spirit messages and more at The Yoga Loft’s Wellness Fair — relax, renew, rejuvenate!
Join us Sunday, November 12th for a free demonstration and discussion on how to forage for plant materials to create your own beautiful arrangements.
In this demonstration, presented by Calgo horticulturalist Pat Dixon, you will be guided on how to hand-tie a wreath using foraged material.
Enjoy creating your own dried winter arrangement that will last beautifully for several months.
Join Dana Vargo, of Flowers From the Farm, NJ in the Calgo greenhouse for an afternoon of creative fun! Dana will guide you through this hands-on workshop to create your own dried centerpiece.
Join us for all the usual (and some unusual) fun and merriment—yes, including Holiday Discount Roulette!—on Wednesday, November 29 from 4 to 8 pm.
Enjoy a “wonder full” evening of holiday shopping, festive ambiance, and good friends…
Create Your own Hand-tied Wreath in time for the Holiday Season!
Add a personal touch to the holiday with a traditional wreath hand-made by you! We will guide you through designing and crafting your own hand-tied wreath, incorporating beautiful and aromatic seasonal elements.
As a follow up to our Art of Foraging demonstration held in November—when we discussed where to find foliage, berries, seed pods, and acorns to create an autumnal wreath—you are invited back to use your foraging skills to create a wonderful winter centerpiece. (Newcomers are welcome, but should read this post thoroughly and may wish to call for more information).
Calgo horticulturalist Patti Dixon will guide your efforts. We will provide the container, floral foam, and candles - you will provide your own evergreen boughs! Patti will show you how to trim the evergreens and build a long lasting seasonal arrangement.
One of our most popular events!
Save the date! Over 50 artists—favorites and new—will exhibit their works and wares: watercolor and acrylic painters, jewelers, potters, photographers, and many others with unique, creative ways of expression. Live music starting at noon. Stroll our beautiful grounds, enjoy the seasonal plants and flowers, relax on the patio, get a snack at The Tulip Tree Café…and of course support your local artists.
Join us for a discussion on the weird and wonderful world of air plants.
Learn about where they are from, how they survive, and tips and tricks to grow them successfully. We will also demonstrate different ways to display and craft with them. Each participant will go home with their own air plant creation.
