Pound and stitch

This two-for-one project demonstrates both flower pounding and embroidery to create floral patterns on fabric.

If you’ve flower pounded with us before, or done our embroidery class, or are looking for a multi-step project this is for you. We will provide a primer on both flower pounding and basic embroidery. We will demonstrate how together these techniques can use pounded flowers to accent embroidered ones and the reverse also. Designed for those 18+.

General Information:

We recommend navigating to the Observatory Drive and Babcock Drive corner. Plan to head north on Babcock Drive. The entrance to the garden is on Babcock Drive. You are welcome to drop off in the circle but we are not allowed to park there. Google maps will sometimes confuse the garden’s address (620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706) and navigate to Leopold Residence Hall.

Street parking can be found for free on the weekends near the Garden on Babcock Drive (lot 34), near Porter Boathouse on Babcock Drive (lot 35), and near Babcock Dairy (lot 40). There also ticketed by not paid parking in the Observatory Drive Ramp next to Steenbock Library (lot 36). Always refer to posted signage.

More information about parking on campus can be found here: https://transportation.wisc.edu/visitor-parking/

Workshops are held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, we will move inside the DC Smith Greenhouses and do things there. Should this need arise before the start of our program, then participants will be notified via email two hours prior to the event. If the weather looks unfavorable please check your email before heading out. All the needed plant materials will be brought to DC Smith Greenhouses (465 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706).

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