FROM THE SUMMER'S GARDEN ARTWORK, CREATIVE WORKSHOPS AND STUDIOS

This is a fun memory-keeping creative workshop that is perfect to commemorate a milestone event- a new baby, a retirement, or any achieved goal.  Each member of a group can have a hand in this special project. The hottest trend in garden walkways is the inclusion of a garden stone with attitude- words, phrases, and an interesting collection of stuff. Build a mold using easy to use rigid foam.  Start with a huge selection of ornaments and shapes to build your collage, add you own stuff if you'd like and finish off with shiny mirror or marbles. You can even bring treasure of your own to include in the mix. Cast in concrete and take home to cure. 

 Glass artist Rita Sherman will introduce you to the world do fused glass and then you make your own whimsical sunflower plate. You can create a traditional yellow sunflower plate or go wild with colors of your choice from Rita’s broad selection. This is an exciting workshop because you create your plate using glass pieces on a base. Rita will take them to her studio to fire them and then will return them to From the Summers’ Garden for the big reveal of the finished fused plates. 

  Natalie Thomas has created these really cool little kits for us so participants can assemble a fairy house with their choice of accessories. You pick out your house, add a roof, shutters, butterflies, flowers, and finally stepping stones. Natalie has an entire range of fairy garden accessories to add if you choose. Add soil and low maintenance plants and your fairy garden is off to a good start.

Natalie will show you how to transform troll doodles into trolls made for clay! These simple clay shapes really take on a personality and no two are the same. She will take them, to her studio for firing and return them to From the Summer’s Garden for pick-up.