OUT OF THE HOUSE
HOME AND GARDEN EVENTS
GARDEN Apple Holler: Pick your own apples or visit the Country Store filled with seasonal and Wisconsin items available for purchase. 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, (262) 884-7100; appleholler.com Boerner Botanical Gardens: China Lights: The Magic Returns, (through Oct. 22). $10/$15. Workshops, special events and activities for all ages. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. Information: (414) 525-5653; boernerbotanicalgardens.org
BREWtanical Series: Black Husky Brewing. Oct. 12. $10/$15. Daylily Society of Southeast Wisconsin: Meeting and annual photo contest and auction, 1 p.m. Oct. 1. Auction open to the public. Boerner Botanical Garden, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. Info: Ted Haasch, (414) 425-7465; dssew.org The Elegant Farmer: Autumn Harvest Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (through Oct. 22). Pick apples, make your own carmel apples, enjoy family-friendly corn maze, tractor-pulled hayride, pony ride or train ride. Highway ES and J, Mukwonago. (262) 363-6770; elegantfarmer.com Garden District Neighborhood Association: Fall Festival, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 7. The Gardens, 6th St. and Howard Ave. Information: Dawn, (414) 379-2450; milwaukeegdna.com Homestead Animal Farm: Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat-Sun. (through Oct. 29). W320-N9127 Highway 83, Hartland, (262) 966-3840; homesteadanimalfarm.com
Tips on Thinning and Transplanting Perennials. Oct. 7. Milwaukee Bonsai Society: Lynden Sculpture Garden Bonsai Exhibit open to the public Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, (through Oct. 31). Admission is free to Lynden members or with admission to the sculpture garden. 2145 W. Brown Deer Road. lyndensculpturegarden.org/Bonsai
Introduction to Bonsai: A Tour of the Bonsai Exhibit. Oct. 1. Minor’s Garden Center: Free classes on a variety of gardening topics, 9 a.m. Saturdays. 7777 N. 76th St., (414) 354-4830; minors gardencenter.com
■ Plants for Shade. Oct. 7. Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory: “Flower Power” Fall Floral Show celebrates the 1960s (through Nov. 5). Colorful flowers and a psychedelic mural will make you feel groovy. 524 S. Layton Blvd. (414) 257-5600; milwaukeedomes.org
A Celebration of Color guided tour. Oct. 7. Monches Farm: Autumn Open House with visiting artists, music in the gardens, and a farm market, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 1. 5890 Monches Road, Colgate, (262) 966-2787. Schlitz Audubon Nature Center: Explore six miles of trails through 185-acres of varied habitats, including forests, wetlands, prairies, and Lake Michigan Shoreline. 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Bayside, (414) 352-2880; schlitzaudubon.org
Fall Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 15. Tippecanoe Library: Time to Veg: Autumn Sampler vegetarian cooking demonstration and recipes, 6 p.m. Oct. 2. 3912 S. Howell Ave., Registration: (414) 286-3011.
Green Home: Lifelong Gardening. Oct. 9. Urban Ecology Center-Riverside Park: Year-round educational programs for kids, families and adults of all ages that foster ecological understanding and provide outdoor science education at three locations: 1500 E. Park Place, (414) 964-8505; urbanecologycenter.org Community Vegan Potluck. Oct. 3. Native Landscape Series: Why Native Plants? Oct. 4. HOME Hawthorne Hill Farm: Halloween & Harvest Market features home and garden décor, antique and vintage items, quilts, furniture and accessories, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 6-7; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 8. 16370 W. Small Road, New Berlin. hawthornehillfarm.com Interiorscapes by the Plant Market: “Air Purifying” Interior Green Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 7. 5600 W. North Ave. (414) 871-7444. Milwaukee NARI: Home & Remodeling Show, noon-8 p.m. Oct. 13; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 14; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 15. Daily presentations and demonstrations by home improvement specialists. $8 online; $10 at the door. Wisconsin Exposition Center, State Fair Park, 640 S. 84th St., West Allis. (414) 771-4071; milwaukeenari.org Milwaukee Vintage Glass Show: 40th Annual Show features elegant glass, mid-century and Depression-era glass, kitchen glassware and American dinnerware, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 1. Free seminars about collectible glass. Knights of Columbus Hall, 1800 S. 92nd St. Info: (414) 551-2017. North Point Lighthouse: Public tours of maritime and lighthouse museum including tower with views of the harbor, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 2650 N. Wahl Ave., $8/$5, (414) 332-6754; northpointlighthouse.org
Lectures at the Lighthouse with Matthew Prigge: Milwaukee Mayhem. Oct. 11. Polish Center of Wisconsin: Historian and author John Gurda discusses “Milwaukee: City of Neighborhoods,” 7 p.m. Oct. 12. $5 admission. 6941 S. 68th St., Franklin. (414) 529-2140. Wade House Visitor Center: Autumn Celebration, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 14-15. $12 adult; $10 senior/student; $6 child. Learn about the origins of American Halloween customs, play seasonal games of the period, enjoy hot cider, and take a horse-drawn wagon ride. W7965 Highway 23, Greenbush. (920) 526-3271. Wauwatosa Historical Society: “What’s Cookin’ on Warren Avenue?” Tour of Homes features six homes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 7. $17 advance ticket; $20 day of tour. Information: (414) 774-8672;
Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Association: Fall Show & Sale, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 6; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7. Affordable, family-friendly antiques, from quality dealers in midwest. Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road, Waukesha. WisconsinAntiques Dealers.com Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: Lectures and classes for all adults, beginner to advanced, on a variety of fiber arts topics. N50-W5050 Portland Road, Cedarburg. (262) 546-0300; wiquilt museum.com Fall University Day: Stories in the Stitches. Oct. 7. Please send information about your event three weeks before the event or the registration deadline to Fresh calendar, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, P.O. Box 371, Milwaukee WI 53201 or email to jsfeat@journalsentinel.com, with “Attention Fresh calendar” in the subject line.