Special offer for Lynden members!

Fee: $80
Registration: Advance registration required. Click here to register online. Please note: you must have an active Lynden membership to enroll. To purchase or renew a membership, visit https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/membership. Once you have completed your purchase, you can complete registration for the workshop.

Do you bonsai......or want to bonsai? Join the Milwaukee Bonsai Society members for a beginner class. We will teach you how to design a bonsai tree and how to keep it alive. At the end of the workshop, you will take home a tree, a bonsai pot, and a one-year membership to the club.

Registration is closed.

Open Kitchen (OK) debuts OK*mmmm (*milwaukee masa mole mill), an experimental traveling wet mill installation designed to process culturally significant ingredients and recipes in two acts. The first act mills Wisconsin-grown varieties of nixtamalized corn into fresh tortillas. The second act harvests locally grown ingredients from OK’s Riverwest garden, the Lynden’s Cultural Garden, the gardens of neighbors, and farmers markets, all of which will compose a mole sauce. Together, the two acts propose a framework for investigating and critiquing a range of conflicts in our local foodways. For this program, Rudy and Alyx will mill the corn and mole paste, make and cook tortillas, and talk about their food work. Chatting encouraged! Samples will be served at the end.

About Open Kitchen
Open Kitchen (OK) is a Milwaukee-based art collective founded in 2017. OK stages events, installations, and a residency program that engages the public in critical cross-cultural conversations on food, identity, and ecology. Each of the programs takes shape through regional and seasonal food-related research projects, gastronomic gatherings, interdisciplinary collaborations, and site-specific happenings. In early 2022, Open Kitchen became stewards of Lynden’s Cultural Garden, a space that reflects Lynden’s work with refugee and displaced communities. As stewards of the garden, OK will produce a field guide to amateur gardening, drawing on a year’s worth of planning, preparing, and maintaining a sustainable food ecology.

Fee: $25/$20 members
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

Release: The Fire
Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and collaborator Sevan Arabajian for the final sound bath and labyrinth walk of the season, this one in the energy of the new moon. Like a prairie after an annual burn, we are invited to see potential in the release and the blank slate that the new moon provides. Use this energy to release and imagine what needs to be rebirthed through the ash. Take some time out of your week to relax into a healing sound bath and identify what needs to be cleansed in the flame. Then, channel your intention into the candle for a sunset candle walk through the labyrinth.

Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds playing in a space where you can hear and feel their vibrations. Your sound healer for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian, initiated by Akhilanka of the Temple of Singing Bowls in Mysore, India, when he was traveling in the U.S.

The sound bath lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes ahead of time to give yourself time to set up and prepare. Please bring something to rest on and to cover yourself with (if you think you’ll want that) for the duration, and dress appropriately for the weather. The sound bath takes place on a hill so please consider comfortable footwear as well. A little insect repellent may be in order, too. Candles are provided and you are invited to bring your own.

2022 Sound Bath schedule
Tuesday, June 21
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 28
Friday, August 12
Sunday, September 25

Fee: $25/$20 members

According to artist Daniel Minter, “by sharing space, you make it larger.” At Lynden, we share space—and make it larger--by creating the conditions for thoughtful production, fruitful collaboration, a

Fee: $25/$20 members
Registration: Registration is closed.

Grow: The Seed
Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and collaborator Sevan Arabajian for an evening of new moon ideation and imagination. The new moon marks the first lunar phase and can symbolize new beginnings in our life. You can use the energy of the new moon to set intentions, imagine the successful completion of your goals, or seed a new idea. Take some time out of your week to relax into a healing sound bath and identify your intention for this new beginning. Then, physically plant your intentions in the native Wisconsin prairie by participating in a meditative seed walk where you'll support the growth of the labyrinth's walls with your powerful intentions.

Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds playing in a space where you can hear and feel their vibrations. Your sound healer for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian, initiated by Akhilanka of the Temple of Singing Bowls in Mysore, India, when he was traveling in the U.S.

The sound bath lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes ahead of time to give yourself time to set up and prepare. Please bring something to rest on and to cover yourself with (if you think you’ll want that) for the duration, and dress appropriately for the weather. The sound bath takes place on a hill so please consider comfortable footwear as well. A little insect repellent may be in order, too. Seeds from the native plants growing in the labyrinth will be provided for you to cast into the walls of the labyrinth on the walk.

2022 Sound Bath schedule
Tuesday, June 21
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 28
Friday, August 12
Sunday, September 25

Fee: $25/$20 members
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register by phone at 414-446-8794.

Nourish: The Soil
Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and collaborator Sevan Arabajian for an evening of full moon nourishment. The full moon is a time for releasing and cleansing so we can promote growth in our lives. Just as the garden is illuminated differently under a full moon, so are any obstacles or interferences that are keeping us from our dreams. In their second collaboration of the season, Jenna and Sevan will guide you through an evening of metaphorical tilling and symbolic fertilizing so you can nourish your dreams, desires, and delights. First, Sevan will lead participants through a sound journey to help illuminate any obstacles or interferences in our lives. Once we recognize our blocks, it becomes easier to let go of what is no longer serving us. Enjoying that space as it starts to clear, Jenna will lead a labyrinth walk where participants will be invited to nurture the garden itself by casting fertilizer: taking care of the land, as it holds us in our healing.

Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds playing in a space where you can hear and feel their vibrations. Your sound healer for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian, initiated by Akhilanka of the Temple of Singing Bowls in Mysore, India, when he was traveling in the U.S.

The sound bath lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes ahead of time to give yourself time to set up and prepare. Please bring something to rest on and to cover yourself with (if you think you’ll want that) for the duration, and dress appropriately for the weather. A little insect repellent may be in order, too. Fertilizer will be provided in cups for easy casting in the labyrinth.

2022 Sound Bath schedule
Tuesday, June 21
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 28
Friday, August 12
Sunday, September 25

Fee: $25/$20 members

Fee: $20/$16 members
Registration: Register in person day-of or by phone at 414-446-8794.

Join horticulturist Justine Miller on a plant walk through Lynden's grounds with a primary focus on Wisconsin native spring ephemerals. These plants are the earliest flowers to bloom and keep their growing season brief as they take advantage of full sunlight in the bare woods. Participants will learn about their ecology, cultivation, and how they can promote these beautiful species in their own yards.

About Justine Miller
Justine Miller is a horticulturist with a background in landscape design and public gardens. As a designer her emphasis is on the utilization of Wisconsin-native plants, recreating natural communities or in combination with nonnative specimens, to create beautiful and ecologically functional gardens. She currently works as the Desert Dome Horticulturist at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy.

Fee: $20/$15 members. Space is limited; advance registration required. Click here to register. This workshop takes place via Zoom.

Learn about using native plants to design for four-season interest and year-round wildlife benefit. Landscape designer Justine Miller will teach design fundamentals and introduce you to great native plants for the home landscape. Different garden styles and planting methods will be covered, as well as texture, color, form, and seasonal interest. Combine art and ecology to create a beautiful, functional yard for yourself and your environment.

About Justine Miller
Justine Miller is a horticulturist with a background in landscape design and public gardens. As a designer her emphasis is on the utilization of Wisconsin-native plants, recreating natural communities or in combination with nonnative specimens, to create beautiful and ecologically functional gardens. She currently works as the Desert Dome Horticulturist at the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy.