Sara Robbins, Fiber Artist and Educator  

It’s time to be swept away with spring and maybe even the cleaning that traditionally comes with it! For centuries brooms have filled multiple needs such as function, ritual and decoration. Join in the fun of this heritage handicrafts and make two whisk brooms—a traditional Appalachian turkey wing and a hawk wing. We will be using authentic broomcorn to make our brooms. You will also learn a little broom lore along the way. To practice we will begin with a small broom for dusting crumbs off the table, cleaning mushrooms or silk from corn. This will give you a sense of what it’s like to wrap a broom tightly, so it does not come apart. Next you will move on to making a second, more complex broom. You will go home with two brooms you will feel proud to have made yourself, and all the knowledge you need to continue this craft on your own!  
Please note that moderate hand and wrist strength is a must for this class. We will also be using our feet as we will be working a ‘kickwinder’ which sits on the floor.

This SINGLE SESSION class will be held on two occasions:  

Thursday, June 26

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Thursday, May 22     Postponed to Thursday, July 17
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Members: $85 / Non-members: $90

Jack Hobe, Wildlife Artist, Birder, Freelance Educator 

Join naturalist and wildlife illustrator Jack Hobe for a three-part workshop series on drawing birds! Each session focuses on a different bird group—songbirds, raptors, and waterfowl—offering practical techniques to help you capture their unique shapes, postures, and movements on paper.

• How to Draw Songbirds
• How to Draw Raptors
• How to Draw Waterfowl

No prior art experience is required—each workshop welcomes all skill levels! Bring a sketchbook or paper, pencil, and colored pencils or watercolor (if desired). Different subjects will be explored each session.

REGISTRATION IS BELOW.   Sign up for one – or all three!

Three Saturdays: June 28, July 25, August 23
10:00 am – 12 pm

Members:  $40 / Non-members:  $45

Jack Hobe, Wildlife Artist, Birder, Freelance Educator 

Learn to sketch the lively songbirds in your backyard, using tricks for capturing posture, proportions, and feather patterns before they flit away. Also take a look at ways to simplify birds’ feathers, wings, tails and feet.

Saturday, June 28
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Members:  $40 / Non-members:  $45

Jack Hobe, Wildlife Artist, Birder, Freelance Educator 

Discover techniques for drawing perched and soaring birds of prey, including gesture sketching for circling hawks.

Saturday, July 26
10:00 am – 12 pm

Members:  $40 / Non-members:  $45

Jack Hobe, Wildlife Artist, Birder, Freelance Educator 

Master the challenges of drawing ducks, geese, and swans, from their distinctive beaks to partially submerged bodies.

Saturday. August 23
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Members:  $40 / Non-members:  $45

Joanna Eun & Dennis Teo, Artisanal Crafters

Experience the art of Korean temple cuisine, a mindful and nourishing approach to cooking that deeply respects nature, balance, and simplicity. In this hands-on class, you'll learn to prepare beautifully crafted, plant-based dishes using fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients.

Discover the philosophy behind temple food rooted in harmony with nature, minimalism, and mindful eating-while exploring traditional techniques that enhance flavor without artificial seasonings. Together, we'll prepare a variety of dishes and conclude with a shared, family-style lunch, embracing the communal spirit of this timeless culinary tradition.

Saturday, August 16
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Members: $50 / Non-members: $55

Al Paris, Professional Chef/Restaurateur

These demonstration classes will cover the creation of a meal focused on products from Erdenheim Farm. Each class will include a discussion about how the food is raised or grown on the farm, followed by a cooking demonstration by Chef Al Paris, and finish with a chance to eat and savor the creation. Chef Al Paris has owned and created the culture and cuisine of 13 award-winning restaurants—most recently Paris Bistro in Chestnut Hill. He believes that all cooks can create their own distinct cuisine through the clarity of their vision and the use of the freshest seasonal ingredients.

The class meets at the Sheep Barn parking lot at Erdenheim Farm (5051 Flourtown Road, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444).

A different seasonal menu is offered, and typically changes monthly. Please sign up for each session separately.  

Registration and menus located below.

Al Paris, Professional Chef/Restaurateur

MENU: The August menu will include a black garlic and green onion ciabatta; top of the season heirloom tomato salad with farm greens; Bombay vegetarian crepes stuffed with chard, potato, chickpeas, and paneer; topped with chives and a poached egg. For dessert, Chef will serve a corn cake with roasted peaches and a maple cream and ginger honey syrup!  The meal features Erdenheim Farm tomatoes, eggs, potatoes, corn, peaches, honey, onions, and greens.

Saturday, August 23
12:00-3:00 pm

Members: $100/ Non-members: $110

Erin Park, Children’s Yoga Instructor; Youth Educator

Join us for Summer Yoga Stretch & Flow, a delightful summer adventure for kids ages 2-7 and their families! In this lively and engaging class, kids will flow through fun yoga poses inspired by the wonders of summer, stretch like sunflowers, wiggle like playful animals, and move with the breeze. Together, we’ll explore the magic of the outdoors, build strength and flexibility, and enjoy playful, mindful movement. Kids will also get creative with nature-inspired arts and crafts to celebrate the beauty around us.

It's a joyful experience that combines yoga with outdoor exploration, encouraging kids to relax, stretch, and enjoy the beauty of the season. Come flow into summer with us! 

Erin Park is the playful yoga guide who brings joy and laughter to children’s adventures! Having a children’s yoga certification and over 10 years teaching experience working with children in an educational environment, she decided to mix her love of both. She creates magical classes filled with storytelling, games, and imaginative poses that nurture young hearts and minds. Certified in child-friendly yoga techniques, Erin fosters confidence, creativity, and connection in every child, empowering them to explore movement and mindfulness with curiosity and kindness!    

Note: Arrive a few minutes early to make your way to our Whimsical Woods area, get settled, and enjoy the outdoor space. Caregivers are welcome to participate alongside their children or simply relax and observe during the session. Please be sure to bring a towel, or a mat.

Friday, July 25
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Members: $30 | Non-members: $35

Maura Manzo, Yoga and Meditation Teacher
 
Join experienced yoga instructor Maura Manzo for this one-of-a-kind yoga experience on the Out-on-A-Limb exhibit at Morris, suspended 50 feet above ground and surrounded by a canopy of trees, colors, sights and sounds.  
This unique practice will be tailored to all skill levels and focuses on poses that promote rootedness, connection, and mindfulness. Human beings are deeply connected to trees and have much to learn from them, as well. Class will end with an extended guided relaxation inspired by one their greatest teachings: there is beauty that comes from letting go.
This treetop yoga experience is a wonderful way to combine the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the beauty and serenity of the natural world. You are invited to come early to class and explore the Morris’s walking trails and gardens as part of your experience. One Thursday evening each month.
  Pricing is per session; Register below. 

This treetop yoga experience with Maura is a wonderful way to combine the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the beauty and serenity of the natural world. You are invited to come early to class and explore the Morris’s walking trails and gardens as part of your experience.

Thursday, July 24
5:15 – 6:30 pm

Members: $35 | Non-members: $40

This treetop yoga experience with Maura is a wonderful way to combine the physical and mental benefits of yoga with the beauty and serenity of the natural world. You are invited to come early to class and explore the Morris’s walking trails and gardens as part of your experience.

Thursday, August 21
5:15 – 6:30 pm

Members: $35 | Non-members: $40

Anisa George, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Nationally Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach

Shinrin Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing or Forest Therapy, is an ancient practice that is now supported by scientific research. Improved immune function, reduced cortisol levels, increased cognition and memory, and improved mood are just some of the clinical findings from this practice. Facilitated by a trained guide to help support your own relationship to the healing benefits of nature, this experience allows for mindful connection to the “more than human world.” Participants move at a slow pace and are invited to connect in a sensorial way to the beautiful surroundings of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens. Leave the hectic world behind and come explore this ancient wisdom.  The class is all outdoors so please dress for the weather.   

Pricing is per session.  Register Below.

Anisa George, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Nationally Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach

Friday, July 11
10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Members: $35 | Non-members: $40

Anisa George, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Nationally Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach

Friday, August 29
10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Members: $35 | Non-members: $40

Jennifer Schelter, Teacher, Writer, Artist, and Founder of The Radiant Retreat  

Have you seen the incredible summer view from the grassy plateau, surrounded by blue sky, hemlocks and beech trees, facing west from Morris toward Erdenheim Farm? That setting and view provides the backdrop for this unique opportunity to study gentle yoga led by Jennifer Schelter, one of Philadelphia's premier yoga teachers. A master yoga teacher, writer and artist, Jennifer has taught for 26 years. Her philosophy is to practice for longevity and aging gracefully. She offers a rare embodied and poetic quality of metaphor, and inspiration for creative, mindful living. The yoga practice is both for the body as well as for the opportunity to reflect on one’s own heart, intention and truth. 
Participants learn the basics of yoga: breathing, mindfulness meditation, balance, strength, flexibility, core awareness, and deep relaxation. All are welcome, including beginners. Please bring a yoga mat, a towel to place under your mat, and wear comfortable clothes. In inclement weather the class will meet indoors.

Each monthly registration includes four early evening sessions, every Monday of the month, after the arboretum has closed to the public. Session 1 will be held Mondays in June and session 2 will be held Mondays in July.  Register for both sessions for a full summer of inspiration, health and zen. 

Session 1 - June  |  Mondays: June 9, 16, 23, 30
Session 2 - July  |  Mondays: July 7, 14, 21, 28  (Register Below)
5:15 - 6:15 pm   

Members: $85 / Non-members: $95

**Single-session walk-ins always welcome on fair-weather days  for $25 (no member discount). Exact change cash payment is required; please arrive 10-15 minutes early.

Jennifer Schelter, Teacher, Writer, Artist, and Founder of The Radiant Retreat

Have you seen the incredible summer view from the grassy plateau, surrounded by blue sky, hemlocks and beech trees, facing west from Morris toward Erdenheim Farm? That setting and view provides the backdrop for this unique opportunity to study gentle yoga led by Jennifer Schelter, one of Philadelphia's premier yoga teachers. A master yoga teacher, writer and artist, Jennifer has taught for 26 years. Her philosophy is to practice for longevity and aging gracefully. She offers a rare embodied and poetic quality of metaphor, and inspiration for creative, mindful living. The yoga practice is both for the body as well as for the opportunity to reflect on one’s own heart, intention and truth. 
Participants learn the basics of yoga: breathing, mindfulness meditation, balance, strength, flexibility, core awareness, and deep relaxation. All are welcome, including beginners. Please bring a yoga mat, a towel to place under your mat, and wear comfortable clothes. In inclement weather the class will meet indoors.
 
Four Mondays: July 7, 14, 21, 28
5:15 - 6:15 pm   

Members: $85 / Non-members: $95

**Single-session walk-ins always welcome on fair-weather days $25. Exact change cash payment is required; please arrive 10-15 minutes early. (no member discount)

Aimée Alegría Barry, Owner, Centaur Tai Chi  

Our tai chi series continues into summer, embracing the deep shade of the Katsura Tree as a cool and peaceful backdrop for your practice.

Tai chi, a series of postures done slowly, promotes balance, flexibility, and strength. While teaching the tai chi form, Aimée Alegría Barry introduces the yin and yang principles that underlie this martial art. Tai chi is known as a soft martial art because it emphasizes a calm mind and relaxed body.
All levels welcome. Classes will be held outdoors with an indoor option available for weather. Meet at the Welcome Center. Dress for the weather.

Four Thursdays: July 10, 17, 24, 31
10:30 – 11:30 am  

Members: $70 / Non-members: $80

Aimée Alegría Barry, Owner, Centaur Tai Chi  

Our tai chi series continues into summer, embracing the deep shade of the Katsura Tree as a cool and peaceful backdrop for your practice.

Tai chi, a series of postures done slowly, promotes balance, flexibility, and strength. While teaching the tai chi form, Aimée Alegría Barry introduces the yin and yang principles that underlie this martial art. Tai chi is known as a soft martial art because it emphasizes a calm mind and relaxed body.
All levels welcome. Classes will be held outdoors with an indoor option available for weather. Dress for the weather.

Four Thursdays: July 10, 17, 24, 31
10:30 – 11:30 am  

Members: $70 / Non-members: $80

**Single-session walk-ins always welcome on fair-weather days $25. Exact change cash payment is required; please arrive 10-15 minutes early. (no member discount)

Trevor Schulte, Azalea Meadow Horticulturist, Morris Arboretum & Gardens  
 
Join us at Morris for a talk-and-walk exploring the arboretum’s collection of native azalea! First, we will learn about horticulturist Trevor Schulte’s recent trip scouting Rhododendron prunifolium (plumleaf azalea) across their native range in Alabama and Georgia. In this trip, Trevor joined a group from Holden Forests and Gardens to help update GPS coordinates, survey plant populations and health, and search for new populations of this beautiful and fragrant native plant. The trip was successful and they found plenty of shrubs in full bloom, along with lots of other cool plants!  
After a short period of learning indoors, we will head into the garden for a guided walk to see (and smell!) this beautiful plant in our collection.
 
Friday, July 25
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Members: $25 / Non-members: $30

Damien Ruffner, Program Manager for Urban Conservation, Audubon Pennsylvania  

Join Audubon Mid-Atlantic at the Discovery Center for a native plant tour. We will be guided through the property to see the native plants, smell the native flowers, and look for our native pollinators that call the Discovery Center home. This tour will also look into future plans of site care at the Discovery Center and look at invasive species of plants they are trying to eradicate. The tour will take us on a 1.5 mile walk around the reservoir—wear good walking shoes!

As a bonus, PHS "Parks on Tap" will be there this weekend, starting at noon! It's the perfect chance to hang out and enjoy the Discovery Center for a bit longer after we conclude our tour.

Saturday, September 6
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Members: $30 / Non-members: $35

Jenny Rose Carey, Renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author

Join Jenny Rose for a talk based on her newest book, The Essential Guide to Bulbs. For any gardener who wants to grow bulbs in the garden or containers, Jenny shares her insights through her gorgeously photographed, comprehensive and inviting resource.
 
You will learn that, while many gardeners may be familiar with the early show of spring bulbs like daffodils and tulips or the late show of gladiolus, there are so many more bulbs to choose from that provide three-season color, drama, and spontaneity in the garden.
 
Jenny Rose has been lecturing nationally and internationally for many years. She previously worked at Temple University for over a decade, first as an adjunct professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and then as director of the Ambler Arboretum. Most recently, she served as Senior Director of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Meadowbrook Farm. She is an avid hands-on gardener who has gardened in both England and the United States. Her Victorian property, Northview, in Ambler, PA contains diverse garden spaces, including a cutting garden, an herb garden, a dry garden, and various mixed flower beds. Jenny Rose and her gardens have been featured on the PBS series The Victory Garden, in the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, GROW magazine, and The Pennsylvania Gardener. She is co-author with Mary Anne Fry of A Century of Cultivation, the author and photographer for Glorious Shade (Timber Press 2017), and The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide (Timber Press 2022).
 
A limited number of books will be available for purchase. Participants who want to ensure they can purchase a book for signing at this event are encouraged to pre-order a copy here.  Please select the appropriate participant price, and also select "Book add-on”  during registration.

Wednesday, October 29
4:00 – 5:30 pm

Members: $30 | Non-members: $35
Book add-on: $29.99

David Hughes, Landscape Architect Specializing in Native Plants and Ecological Design

Join us for a private guided tour of this 4-acre Bucks County property purchased by David Hughes in 2014 –now a revitalized oasis of native plants, animals, insects, and soil life. David will describe how he was able to turn woodlands that were once over browsed by deer and overrun by invasive plants into what it is today—a healing forest floor community of indigenous plants and recycling organisms.  

The monoculture and ecologically unfriendly lawns have been replaced with native wildflower and warm season grass meadows. Vernal pools and rain gardens have been created to be a nurturing wetland habitat. Hedgerows that had been degraded due to pests, diseases and overzealous clearing are being re-established as food and nesting sites for birds and insects. Light refreshments will be provided during the tour, as well as suggestions for having lunch locally in the Point Pleasant / New Hope area.  

David Hughes is a Registered Landscape Architect and owner of Weatherwood Design LLC, specializing in native plant-based garden design, ecology and indigenous habitat conservation.  He has worked in the green industry for 34 years designing landscapes that focus on bringing back ecological functions to the site and its surrounding community.  

Friday, August 22
10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Members: $40 / Non-members: $45