What’s Happening at the Botanical Conservatory in October
Fort Wayne, Ind. –The Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory at 1100 South Calhoun Street presents the following events and programs this month.
Featuring:
Botanical Brew
Friday, October 6, 4:00 – 9:00p.m.
Meet your friends downtown at the Botanical Conservatory for a sampling of all things brewed. Your taste buds are sure to relish local favorites as you sample coffee, tea, cider, craft beer, and wine. Wander the gardens and enjoy featured food truck fare and entertainers busking throughout. Packaged beverages will also be available for purchase. No outside food or beverage is permitted. Sponsored by: 89.1 WBO1, WANE 15, and Fort Wayne Metals. All ages are welcome! Admission is $10 per person.
Pumpkin Path Display
Tuesday, October 3 to Sunday, October 29
Enjoy fall surroundings in the outdoor Exploration Garden decorated in its seasonal best. Throughout this scenic display, you are invited to pose for festive photo ops! Also, help yourself to a fall-inspired activity where there is more to discover along on the way. The Pumpkin Path Display is included with regular Conservatory admission. Sponsored by: Majic 95.1 WAJI.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday, October 21, doors open at 7:00 p.m., Movie begins at 9:15 p.m.
Join the Botanical Conservatory in its 15th season screening of the time warp! Weather permitting, this cult classic movie is enjoyed outdoors in the Terrace Garden in conjunction with the Downtown Improvement District’s Fright Night. Lawn chairs are welcome and encouraged. Food and beverage will be available for purchase from Mad Anthony Brewing Company; no outside food or beverage will be permitted. Please no rice or confetti during this participatory movie event. The movie is rated R with content not suitable for younger audiences. Attendees 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Sponsored by: ALT 99.5 FM & 102.3 FM and Mad Anthony Brewing Company. Admission: $10 for all ages.
Garden Trick-or-Treat
Saturday, October 28, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Just in time for Halloween, round up the kiddos for family-friendly festivities at the Botanical Conservatory! All are invited to wear their favorite costumes while scouting out tricks and treats in the garden. Also, snap boo-tiful photos together, as you make your way through the tricked-out Pumpkin Path Display. Regular Conservatory admission applies. Sponsored by: Majic 95.1 WAJI, Fox 55 and Koester’s Body & Frame Shop.
An Herban Garden Showcase Exhibit
Until November 12, public hours
Digest the community impact of urban gardening and see herbs that flourish, mushrooms that thrive and rooftops that grow. Forage some more to discover dynamic graffiti art and container gardens accompanying uptown views from your local stoop. It’s a beautiful season in the neighborhood at the Botanical Conservatory’s own herban garden. Included with general admission. Sponsored by: the English Bonter Mitchell Foundation, Waterfield Foundation and WANE 15.
Also Happening:
$1 Thursdays
Thursdays, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
The Conservatory admission is just $1 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. every Thursday. Plus, Civic Center Garage parking is validated for free.
Daniel Dienelt: Relearning to Draw My Judgement
Until November 12, public hours
Daniel Dienelt draws creative inspiration from his reading of public space in the city. Dienelt is a deaf multi-disciplinary artist who applies recognizable day-to-day elements to unfamiliar situations in which the viewer is confronted by their own conditioning and perception. Growing up in Fort Wayne, listening through Beltone hearing aids and lip reading the phrase “don’t go downtown” was confusing especially considering where his grandparents lived and the street his audiologist was located on. Dienelt further recalls his experience touring the city via a JJR disability van service when he found himself spying on wonders of architecture and landscape. He later experienced the urban environment through skateboarding, which offers a whole new perspective allowing one to engage differently with architecture in a contemporary landscape. Relearning to draw his own judgement, Dienelt is retracing the steps of these profound moments and creating pieces that exalt experiences within them. This collaboration between natural and man-made environments creates compositions with questionably sublime messages.
