Saturday, August 29
5pm - 10pm
 
5pm Cocktails, Hors d'oerves and Tours
6:30pm Late Summer Feast 
Dancing afterward until 10pm 
 
Please join us in celebrating great seasonal food and wonderful wine while supporting the programs, collections and education opportunities of Klehm Arboretum.

Enjoy an elegant yet relaxed open air evening in Klehm's beautiful gardens with a five-course gourmet meal with wine pairings prepared by Chef Rich Johnson, Hoffman House.

Raffle Tickets  $5 or five for $20.
Beautiful items from Urban Farm Girl, Roxy Carmichael, Elements Salon and more.  Plants and Gift Certificates from Didier Greenhouses, Northwind Perennial Farm, Klehm Song Sparrow Farm and Nursery, Beaver Creek Nursery, Pinnon's, The Olympic and more.  You do not need to be present to win. 
 
$100 per person
 

Last Woodsong Concert of the Year
Classical Blast!
Sunday, August 16
6pm-8pm

"Classical Blast! is a unique band dedicated to bringing the classical arts to mainstream rock & pop music. They are classically trained musicians who love to rock.  Classical Blast'
s style, technique and tools breathe new life into rock music as well as the classics. From Bach to classic rock to metal to pop, we hope you'll find their approach to music a refreshing. We close at 3pm that day and reopen at 4pm for picnicking.
 
Pack up a picnic basket and drinks and get here early to save your spot in the Fountain Garden.!    Alcohol is permitted.  Members | $5   Public  |  $10     Under 16 are free. 


Generously Sponsored By
Pierce Distribution Services
Loaded Brush at Klehm
Saturday, August 15
1pm-4pm

Get creative and learn to paint in the great outdoors with Klehm and the expert instructors of 317 Studio & Gallery. The classes will take place in the Children's Garden gazebo and feature brand new painting - Klehm's very own 300-year-old Bur Oak. We'll provide everything you need - just bring your friends and a bottle of wine!

Admission: $30 for members | $35 for non-members

 

 Registration closes August 13

 

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Bumble Bees and Other Pollinators

Saturday, August 15 

1pm - 4pm

  

Barbara Williams will lead this talk and has been bee hunting with a camera for five years in the Rockford area. She's been a fan of natural history and an avid birder for many years.

  

We'll start with a short session on bumble bee identification and how to pick out the different species. Then we'll go to the gardens and look for bumble bees and other types of pollinators that might be active. Warm summer days are a good time for bee hunting and Klehm is lovely place to watch them.

 

Members: Free
Non-Members: Included with admission

 

 

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Saturday, September 12  10am-12pm
Native Plants of the Midwest - Alan Branhagen - Powell Gardens, Missouri - John Cook Lecture Series

Friday, September 28  7pm - 9pm
Wine Tasting & Luminary
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"The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of august, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many." 
  

2015 Summer Appeal

Help Klehm raise funds for more comprehensive advertising.   Many Rockford residents have never been here or know that we are here.  We plan to change that. 

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