A few weeks ago we asked what sorts of classes you all would like to see at Fern and overwhelmingly you answered, “Yoga!” Well we heard you loud and clear and we are kicking off what we hope will be a monthly series of YOGA + PLANTS with various instructors from the Cincinnati area.

We invite you to join us for YOGA + PLANTS with Andrea Kern on Saturday, June 29th at 10am.

This class is designed to be enjoyable for all levels of yoga lovers. Whether you are a beginner on the mat or you have been doing it for years, we hope to bring mindfulness and relaxation to the start of your day! Class will be one hour long and all participants will receive 20% off in the shop that day.

Participants should bring their own mat in preparation for this class.

Space is limited.

Deep Sale Sunday, June 2nd from 12pm-4pm

It's that time again... our twice yearly massive plant sale. We’re combining it with our 5 year anniversary celebration and throwing a lot party!

We’ll be doing things a little differently this year, with a flat discount on all plants in the store.
Take an extra 20% OFF sale merchandise.
Additional discounts and giveaways in the store that day.

We will have a kids corner with games and activities for kids, our neighbors Brink Brewing will be serving up their award winning beer, and Kiki will be there giving us a taste of whats to come down the block in a few months.

Get your holiday shopping started! Fern is teaming up with some of our favorite local businesses for another Holiday Market. Plants and handcrafted goods from Fern, wreaths from Una Floral, small batch preserves from Prospect Jam Co., fiber art and contemporary embroidered gifts from Shop Terraa, coffee and tea from Felix Coffee Co., raclette from The Rhined, signature cocktails by Aaron Strasser, and wine pairings from Matty Colston.  

Small Business Saturday is one of our favorite days of the year and a really important one for our shop and community. Shopping locally generates 3x as much wealth for the local economy and when you support this small business you are also supporting over 30 independent artists and makers!

We're so excited to be a part of Women of Cincy's Small Business Saturday Merchgiving celebration this year! Drop by Saturday for plants, handcrafted goods, and gifts, enjoy free coffee and pastries, and get $5 off a Women of Cincy tee while you're at it. When women support each other, incredible things happen. Check out the full list of participating stores at www.facebook.com/events/222557478438052/.

10% OFF all weekend and continuing our tradition of giving back we will match it by donating 10% of sales to the ACLU.

We are joining our friends, Fat Ben’s Bakery, The Rhined, Harvest Pizzeria, Coffee Emporium and more at Rookwood Pottery’s annual holiday open house featuring new releases, tours, artist demos, music, and more! 

Friday and Saturday from 9am-4pm

Join us for a warm and cozy fall night in at the CAC.

What to expect:
• FERN and UNA FLORAL for a plant and bouquets pop up 
• Warm spiced (spiked) cider and treats form the bar
• Plants and lots of art supplies for drawing with
• Take a Moment Project on the 6th floor showing you how to pull prints as part of the Artist in Residence program
• A building full of beautiful art to inspire you – check out No Two Alike 

So put on the fall flannel, pick up a PSL and grab your friends and head to the CAC for the perfect fall evening. Sorry no hayrides :)

Join fiber artist Dani Ives for this fun and super informative needle felting workshop! We’ll explore the art of Painting With Wool and learn lots of two-dimensional needle felting techniques that you’ll be able to apply to your own tastes and style.  Kits will be provided (that you’ll use and take home after class) and will include everything you need to finish multiple projects: felting foam pad, felting needles in two sizes, various fabric for backgrounds, a 6” embroidery hoop and lots of wool.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st at 10AM

Join us at the 2018 Ohio Explored Autumn Maker Mart at 21c Museum Hotel! This curated craft market features makers & artists from all over Ohio. Admission is free for all guests.

Join Patricia of Una Floral as she guides us in creating a fall inspired wreath using eucalyptus, foraged branches and greens, and a few interesting focal elements. 

Class size is limited to 12 people.

Registration will open Friday, September 14th at 10am.

Deep Sale Sunday, September 30th from 12pm-5pm

It's that time again... our twice yearly massive plant sale! 

Markdowns on all plants with up to 60% OFF select houseplants. 
Succulents and cactus: buy 2 get 1 free!
Take an extra 20% OFF sale merchandise.
Additional discounts, giveaways, and a raffle in the store that day.

We are teaming up with MadTree Brewing to offer a succulent and cactus garden design class in their taproom. You'll be able to sip on a beer or some wine while learning all of the tips and tricks for design, planting, and care. The class fee includes all materials necessary to complete your own low maintenance succulent and cactus arrangement to keep or gift to the plant lovers on your list.

Plus, beer and wine will be available for purchase from a private bartender all night as you and your friends design some Instagram-worthy arrangements!

Join Patricia of Una Floral in celebrating the fall flower season. You will learn the fundamentals of floral arranging as well as how to compose a floral arrangement in a low, lush, and loose style using local dahlias, seasonal blooms, and other unique flora. 

Class size is limited to 12 people. 

Registration will open Friday, September 7th at 10am.

Join Megan for a Terrarium Building Workshop at The Taft Museum of Art to coincide with the Ansel Adams exhibit. Learn the art and craft of terrarium building, with tips and tricks for design and techniques for assembling and caring for your terrarium.

Participants will also be able to tour the special exhibition for inspiration.

$50 for Taft members; $62 for non-members (includes all workshop materials, as well as Museum and special exhibition admission).

Saturday, August 25th at 1pm

Join us in celebrating “The Future is Female” exhibit, which leaves 21c Museum Hotel at the end of August. Through contemporary art, admire the female form and feminist experiences with live entertainment and local vendors (including Fern) who truly make Cincinnati the Queen City.

Just in time for Mother's Day, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is hosting a makers' market in the Linneman Family Lobby. There will be kid-friendly art activities with Cincinnati Art Museum, a pizza truck from Fireside Pizza Walnut Hills, a gin & tonic bar from Watershed Distillery, a braid bar from AV Beauty Bar, custom letterpress stationery from Paperreka, and plants and bouquet ordering from Fern and Una Floral. Artisan vendors include Too Legit to Quilt, Luvkt, Four Eyes Ceramics, Spruce Nail Shop, H+B , Posy Prints, wooden hill, Queen City Shrub, and Straydear Jewelry.

Dye with us on Sunday, April 15th from 2-5pm. Explore the surprising bursts of colors offered up by the most humble of flora, experiment with the variety of colors given from one dye pot, and create your own dye journal to document the process and chronicle the colors of the day. We'll use both everyday dye stuffs such as avocado pits and yellow onion skins as well as dye extracts found in the midwest and beyond. You'll walk away with a dyed silk scarf and fabric samples from each dye pot, a 3-ring binder with printables, and a sample dye extract to take home and explore. Aprons will be provided in class but please wear clothing and shoes that you wouldn't mind accidentally getting some color on. Gloves will be provided. 

Class will include light refreshments and the best kind of company. Come with a friend and make it even more fun!

$115

Partial refunds (50%) are available up to 2 weeks prior to the class. 

Come learn the art of indigo dyeing using Shibori techniques on Sunday, April 15th from 10am-12:30pm! Students will dye and take home their own 100% cotton, Turkish towel as well as a dye kit and printable to practice with at home. Aprons and gloves will be provided in class but please wear clothing and shoes that you wouldn't mind accidentally getting some color on. May I suggest something denim.All students are invited to bring one small/medium item from home made of natural fibers to be dyed. For example, a t-shirt, baby onesie, light sundress, pair of dish towels. Probably not a curtain panel or duvet cover, though. 

Class will include light refreshments and the best kind of company. Come with a friend and make it even more fun!

$110

Partial refunds (50%) are available up to 2 weeks prior to the class. 

Join us on Saturday, April 14th from 2-5pm for an Intermediate Weaving workshop! You'll get three hours of instruction and immediate feedback as you learn to create vertical stripes, color gradiation, how to weave a twill pattern, weaving curves, and tackling a semi-circle. 

Your purchase includes:

-one hardwood lap loom, handmade in the Ozarks

-one weaving sword

-one wooden needle

-one tapestry needle

-warp

-dowel

-tote bag

-a wide selection of natural fibers in color ways that work well together

-full color .pdf workbook to reference at home

Class will include light refreshments and the best kind of company. Come with a friend and make it even more fun!

$150 

Partial refunds (50%) are available up to 2 weeks prior to the class. 

Join us on Saturday, April 14th from 9am-12pm for a Beginner's Weaving workshop! 

You'll get three hours of instruction and immediate feedback as you learn to warp your artisanal loom, plain weave, rya knots, soumak, how to avoid the dreaded hourglass shape, and how to achieve a variety of designs using the stitches taught in class. 

Your purchase includes:

-one hardwood lap loom, handmade in the Ozarks

-one weaving sword

-one wooden needle

-one tapestry needle

-warp

-dowel

-tote bag

-a wide selection of natural fibers in color ways that work well together

-full color .pdf workbook to reference at home

Class will include light refreshments and the best kind of company. Come with a friend and make it even more fun!

$160 

Partial refunds (50%) are available up to 2 weeks prior to the class. 

Come make your own macrame planter hanger, led by Sarah of Sarah Harste Weavings! In this 2-hr class, you'll learn three basic macrame knots and design your own unique piece. 

All materials are provided, including optional wooden beads and copper accents. Workshop also includes a potted plant from Fern so that your plant hanger will be ready to hang! Light refreshments will also be available.

Registration will open on Friday, February 23rd at 10am. 

One of our most popular classes at Fern is back for spring, Beginner's Calligraphy with artist and calligrapher, Lindsey Buck of The Hive Studio. Join us as Lindsey guides us through the basics of holding and understanding the anatomy of the pen, dipping ink, and scribing the alphabet. Each student will receive the Hive Studio Kit, a beautifully crafted calligraphy starter kit to use in class and to take home to practice.

There will be 2 classes, 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm

Registration will open on Friday, February 9th at 10am.

Join local watercolor artist Joya Logue of Rajovilla for an intro to watercolor painting.  This workshop is perfect for all levels and covers everything from supplies to technique, in a relaxed environment.  Joya has put together some of her favorite supplies for your practice and to then take home. Each participant will receive a watercolor kit which includes: a watercolor basics booklet, 2 brushes, watercolor paper, paint, palette, sketch pencil and kneaded eraser.

Just in time for gifting! Come create a succulent and cactus garden while learning all of our tips and tricks for design, planting, and care. The class fee includes all materials necessary to complete your own low maintenance succulent and cactus arrangement to keep or gift to the plant lovers on your list. 

Light snacks and drinks will be provided. 

Join Patricia of Una Floral as she guides us in creating a fall inspired wreath using eucalyptus, foraged branches and greens, and a few interesting focal elements. 

Class size is limited to 12 people.

Registration will open Monday, September 18 at 10am.

Join Patricia of Una Floral in celebrating dahlia season and our own local, Mockingbird Hill Flower Farm. You will learn the fundamentals of floral arranging as well as how to compose a floral arrangement in a low, lush, and loose style using dahlias, seasonal blooms, and other unique flora. 

Class size is limited to 12 people. 

Registration will open Tuesday, September 5th at 10am.