June 13, 2026 @ 9:30am – 1:30pm (Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes)
Vertical Gardening
Register Now:Leave with a beautiful vertical garden in this hands-on workshop. Designers Cheryl Tyler and Jen Dunlap will guide participants through a step-by-step process of building and planting an 18″x 14″ framed planter. A palette of ferns and foliage plants will be available for outdoor and indoor applications. Students are encouraged (but not required) to bring a craft glue gun, gloves, clippers (not scissors), a craft apron, and a small tarp or liner to protect their vehicle.
Instructor Bio(s)
Cheryl Tyler of TerraFlora designs green walls, vertical gardens with living plants, and moss-scapes using preserved moss and other organic materials. She is grateful that she gets to work with plants and people and believes that bringing nature inside is not only good for the interior environment, but good for the soul. You can contact her with questions or to set up a visit to her Brunswick studio at www.terrafloramaine.com.
Jen Dunlap is a Horticulture Program Manager at the Gardens, whose designs and horticulture practices are centered on ecological principles, such as the gardens she designed at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, including the gardens of the Lerner Visitor Center & Parking Lots, and the Pond Gardens. Raising two young children alongside a bountiful herb and vegetable garden, Jen finds the balance between organized chaos and small muddy footprints.