Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens

Additional Education Classes

Craft and Education Classes

Garden Journal Class

May 14th, 2025

5:00-8:00 PM in Education Center

Cost: $50.00 

Make your own handcrafted 51/2”x8” book and then learn how to use it as a garden journal/ logbook.  Participants will take home their journal, instructions to make another journal, special glue, Double sided tape, awl, bone folder, needle, inserts about garden log books and knowledge to make the book into a garden journal. 

Participants should bring good scissors, an old credit card for gluing properly and a phone book or an old book at least 8 inches long to serve as a punching cradle.

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Birdhouse Painting with Iowa Native Flowers

May 29th, 2025

5:30-7:30 PM in Education Center

Cost: $35.00

In this class, you will learn how to paint beautiful native Iowa flowers on a birdhouse. Your birdhouse will be ready to sit or hang indoors or outdoors for the spring, summer & fall season.





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Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Workshop

June 22, 2025

12:00-1:00 PM in Education Center

Cost: Free with Admission

Would you like to learn more about the fascinating world of bumble bees and be a hands-on participant in capturing and studying these amazing pollinators? If so, the Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas is a collaborative effort of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Iowa State University, and the Iowa DNR.




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May 12th, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM

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June 9, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM

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July 7, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM
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August 11th, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM

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September 8th, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM

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October 13th, 2025

5:30-6:30 PM

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