The Farmer's Daughter - Upcoming Classes and Events

Events/Classes 2012

Opening Day Friday March 30th!

EASTER EGG HUNT AND EASTER BUNNY VISIT
Saturday April 7th 11am & 2pm
The Easter Bunny will be hopping by on Saturday, April 7th to help us with our Easter Egg Hunts at 11am and 2pm. These are free events for children 7 years and younger.

The events will take place in our gardens rain or shine. Don’t forget your camera!

Leave time to visit with our furry friends. We will have baby goats and baby bunnies visiting with us for the weekend.

MINIATURE TERRARIUM DESIGN CLASS
Tuesday April 10th 10:30am & 6:00pm

Life Under Glass
We will discuss different types of terrariums, the varieties of plants that thrive in them, and the purpose of the individual layers and the process of building one to help keep your terrarium alive long into the future! Each student will then design and build one to take home.

Cost is $50.00
Class includes a glass vessel, soil, layering components and plants
Guidance in design, tips for successful growth, care & maintenance
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

SPRING WREATH CLASS
Wednesday April 11th 10:30am Sunday April 15th 11am & 2pm

Celebrate Spring’s Arrival
We will weave together branches and twigs along with silk flower sprays, bud and blooms, accented with moss, a nest, eggs and ribbon. You will leave with a beautiful wreath for your front door to welcome the Spring season.

Cost is $40.00, includes everything.
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

SPRING CONTAINER CLASS
Thursday April 12th 10:30am
Saturday April 14th 11am & 2pm
Come and design a colorful Spring Garden to grow indoors while you are waiting for the outdoors to bloom! You will create a beautiful container filled with flowering bulbs, violas/pansies, accented with ivies and green moss. The perfect start to the Spring Season!

Cost is $45.00.
Class includes a container, soil, plants and accent pieces.
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

MINITURE LANDSCAPE or FAIRY GARDEN CLASS
Tuesday, April 17th 10:30am & 6:30pm
Enjoy micro-landscaping your tabletop garden. Learn how to plan, create and care for a miniature garden of your own. We will design and create a mini garden that includes a mini patio and accent pieces.

Cost is $65.00.
Class includes a container, soil, patio making kit and accent pieces
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

HERB LECTURE AND CONTAINER CLASS
Thursday, April 19th 10:30am
Saturday, April 21st 11am & 2pm
Join Scott, our herb grower, for an informative herb gardening lecture and create your own mixed herb container garden for your home. Learn the do’s and don’ts of growing herbs organically in your garden or in a container

$10.00 observation fee for lecture only, or $45.00 for lecture and container class
Class includes container, soil, fertilizer and plants
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

EARTH DAY
Friday April 22nd
In celebration of Earth Day take 10% off all purchases. Bring the kids to participate in a seed planting project to take home and nurture. Also visit with our furry friends!

FAIRY FESTIVAL
Saturday, April 28th 1pm-3pm
Sunday, April 29th 1-pm-3pm
Please join us for our 1st ever Fairy Festival weekend
The schedule of events is as follows:
(***Please note the festival has scheduled events, and will start promptly at 1pm, so please make sure all fairies arrive timely***)

Our first activity will be face painting and wand making.
We will then have a fairy tea party and story time with Our Fairy Mother.
We will then be making a fairy garden with wonderful treasures from the garden that might entice the fairies to come and play.
And last we will proceed to our display gardens for a Fairy Scavenger Hunt to see what treasures the fairies have left for us in the garden.

The Cost is $15.00 per fairy
Fairy Attire is strongly encouraged
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

PERENNIALS FOR LONG SEASON INTEREST
Saturday, May 5th 11am & 2:00pm

Plants that will just keep giving! We will explore a palate of plants that have fabulous blooms, foliage and texture that will excite the garden all season long.
Free lecture.

GLORIOUS WORLD OF ROSES
Sunday, May 6th 11am & 2:00pm
Includes proper planting, pruning, feeding, and maintenance techniques for success with your roses.
Free lecture.

THE ART OF CONTAINER GARDENING
Don’t Contain Yourself!
Wednesday, May 16th @6:30pm
An informative and hands-on evening on the Art of Container Gardening. Explore creative ways to design and build a stunning container garden.

Cost is $30.00
Bring your own container or purchase one
Soil and fertilizer will be provided
Plants are to be purchased at the end of the evening
Plant while enjoying wine & cheese
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

HANGING BASKET CLASS
Thursday May 17th 6:30pm
Pick from a huge selection of plants and create a stunning, hanging basket to enjoy throughout the summer.

Cost is $55.00.
Class includes a moss hanging basket, soil, fertilizer and plants
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

SAVVY SUCCCULENT CONTAINER CLASS
Saturday June 19th 11am & 2pm
Learn About The Interesting World of Succulents
We will be using beautiful and unique savvy succulents to create your own eco-friendly container garden…that will be the talk of the town!

Cost is $50.00.
Class includes a container, soil, and plants
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

GARDEN OF WINGS BUTTERFLY PAVILION
IS IT MAGIC? THE AMAZING MIGRATING MONARCH
Opening Day June 9th

Brimming with the brilliant orange and black Monarch butterflies and their beautifully colorful caterpillars, individuals can be immersed in a world of the soft fluttering wings of the adult and the unbelievable leaf eating machines of the larvae.

In addition, the public will be educated and guided through the different life cycles of the Monarch Butterfly from egg to adult in a stunning setting of flowering annuals, perennials and a vast array of milkweed plants, the only plant monarch caterpillars will eat.

Hours of operation are between 10:00am to 4:00pm daily. To learn more, or to schedule a school or daycare field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion, please call 401-792-1340.

Admission Fee: Adults $5.00, Children ages 3-12 $3.00 and under 3 free

THANK YOU PARTY
June 21st 3pm-6pm
We would like to thank-you for being a part of making us a 2012 Top 100 Revolutionary Garden Center. This honor is nationwide and we are the only Garden Center in Rhode Island to receive it. Please join us as we thank-you from 3pm-6pm with 25% off all of your purchases. Appetizers and wine will be served for your enjoyment, we hope to see you there! Discount is valid from 3pm-6pm only on June 21st.

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAYS
June 30th, July 1st & 2nd
In appreciation of your customer loyalty and continued support of local agriculture and open space, we would like to say thank-you by offering 10% of all your purchases during these days.

CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY AT THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
July 14th-September 23rd

Package A - The Butterfly Party
Celebrate with a Butterfly themed party that includes:

Admission and a tour to our Butterfly Pavilion
Face painting by our talented staff
A ride on our barrel train through the flower gardens

Package B - The Fairy Party
Celebrate with a Fairy Themed Party that includes:

Fairy garden making to take home
Face painting by our talented staff
A ride on our barrel train through the flower gardens

Package C - Summertime Fun
Celebrate the summer on the farm

A ride on our barrel train through the woods

Let us do the all the work, we provide an area for cake, activities and your celebration.

A member of our staff will on hand for set-up, activities and clean-up.
Party times are at 11:00am and 2:00pm daily.
Grounds fee is $90.00 for 2 hours, $5.00 per child for activities, no charge for accompanying adults
For more details or to book your party call The Farmer’s Daughter at 792-1340.

BARN SALE
August 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th from 9am-6pm
Please join us for our Barn Sale! You will find treasures galore! Pottery, fountains, statuary, garden décor, plants and one of a kind items!

FEAST IN THE FIELD
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FALL CONTAINER CLASS
Thursday September 13th 10:30am
Saturday September 15th 11am & 2pm
Please join us for an informative and hands-on class using fabulous fall foliage and flowers to create your fall container garden.

Cost is $45.00
Class includes a container, soil, fertilizer and plants
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

CHILDRENS BIRTHDAY PARTIES DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
Your Birthday on the Farm
Your party will include a hayride around the farm to our pumpkin patch for pumpkin picking, an activity of pumpkin painting.

Let us do the all the work, we provide an area for cake, activities and your celebration.

A member of our staff will on hand for set-up, activities and clean-up.
Party times are at 11:00am and 2:00pm daily.
Grounds fee is $90.00 for 2 hours, $5.00 per child for activities, no charge for accompanying adults
For more details or to book your party call The Farmer’s Daughter at 792-1340.

HARVEST FESTIVAL
A Celebration Of Harvest for all ages!
Sept. 29th & 30th
Oct. 6th, 7th & 8th
Oct. 13th & 14th

Pony Rides, Face Painting, Antique Tractors, Scavenger Hunt, Scarecrow Making, Pumpkin Bowling,
Petting Zoo, Pumpkin Painting, Sack Races, Pumpkin Slingshot, Pumpkin Catapult, Butterfly House.

Costume Contest - Sat.& Sun. @ 2pm
Contest for Best Of: Flowers, Veggies & Apple Pie

And of course, beautiful mums & asters, pumpkins, gourds and lots of festive Fall Décor.

WREATH MAKING CLASSES
Start a Tradition, Gather a Circle of Friends for a Wreath Making Party!

November 23rd @ 11am & 2pm
November 24th @ 11am & 2pm
November 25th @ 11am & 2pm
November 27th @ 5pm
November 28th @ 5pm
November 29th @ 5pm
December 1st @ 11am & 2pm
December 2nd @ 11am & 2pm
December 4th @ 5pm
December 5th @ 5pm
December 6th @ 5pm

Cost is $45.00
Class includes all materials, wine, cheeses, mulled cider, goodies and a great time!
Pre-registration is required, call 792-1340

**Call to schedule your own wreath making class (Minimum of 8 people) 792-1340**

LADIES NIGHT AT THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER
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