Orchid and Air Plant Living Sculpture Workshop

A living display built around how epiphytes grow

Epiphytes do not need soil to grow, and many can be mounted on wood, stone or other natural materials. The class applies that growing habit to a specific project: a freestanding sculpture rather than a conventional potted arrangement.

The Gardens says orchids, air plants, all mounting materials, hands-on instruction and care information are included. The care guidance is a useful part of a project made from living plants; the listing does not specify the mounting materials or describe a separate lecture or demonstration.

Further reading: Orchid and Air Plant Living Sculpture Workshop | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗

Andrew Hatch works across cultivation and propagation

Hatch has spent more than 20 years growing plants and has cultivated more than 100 Tillandsia species commercially, including nine years of commercial Tillandsia growing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in soil and crop sciences from CSU and gives guest lectures at colleges and universities on orchid micropropagation.

He also owns Artifact Gardens, a rare-plant nursery and tissue-culture lab specializing in orchids, bromeliads, aroids and other tropical plants. That background provides useful context for a class combining plant display with care information, though the listing does not say that micropropagation or nursery techniques are part of the workshop.

Further reading: Orchid and Air Plant Living Sculpture Workshop | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗

For adults; prior classes are not listed as prerequisites

The workshop is for adults. Its description addresses people who have taken Air Plants 101 and Orchids 101 as well as people already familiar with epiphytes, but it does not require either course or state another experience prerequisite.

Further reading: Orchid and Air Plant Living Sculpture Workshop | Denver Botanic Gardens ↗