Workshops
All workshops are for age 12 and older unless otherwise specified. Parents must come inside to fill out a minor liability waiver for children under 18 (unless previously filled out). Some workshops have limited seats available, see descriptions for details.
Pre-registration is required, and payment is due at the time of registration. Virtual workshops will send out room links 24-48 hours before a class. Virtual workshops with kits will coordinate pick-up of kits. Please direct any questions to contact@bloominglabs.org.
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April 2021
Rain Barrel Workshop
Sunday, April 11th, 2021 -- 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
In cases of weather postponement, workshop may be moved to April 18th.
- Format: In-Person, outside
- Cost: $50 for the public, or $40 for Bloominglabs members
- Maximum Class Size: 3 students
During the summer months, lawns and gardens account for an average of 40% of household water usage. Water barrels can help to reduce water usage and bills by allowing you to tend to your lawn and garden using naturally harvested rain water.
Plant Tower Workshop
Sunday, April 11th, 2021 -- 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
In cases of weather postponement, workshop may be moved to April 18th.
- Format: In-Person, outside
- Cost: $50 for the public, or $40 for Bloominglabs members
- Maximum Class Size: 3 students
Plant towers are a vertical garden that can house 50+ plants in 4 sq ft of space. Plant towers also contain a composting tube to allow users to easily return their vegetative waste back to their plants.
Participants will build their own plant tower and compost tube from a recycled food grade barrel. 2 hour class.
Build an Outdoor Gym: Parkour Edition
Sunday, April 18th, 2021 -- 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Format: In-Person
- Cost is one of:
- Parkour Vault: $75 ($65 for members)
- Precision Jump Trainers: $30 ($25 for members)
Bored of the usual home fitness routine? Always wanted to learn how to make sturdy, interesting, wooden structures? Why not both! In this workshop, you’ll learn the principles of how to build your own sturdy, reliable, workout equipment so that you too can start integrating Parkour into your daily routine! By the end of the workshop, you’ll be going home with either: A set of convenient, portable, precision jump trainers that can be used anywhere OR Your very own vault box (will need to transport a box with footprint 3'x3' home)! All built with your own two hands!
A collaboration between Bloominglabs and Bloomington Parkour.
Lock Picking for Sport
Saturday, April 24th, 2021 -- 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Format: Virtual, pick up kits
- Cost: Cost: $25 ($10 for members), plus a lock picking kit
- Kits:
- PRO-10 (10-peice kit with snap case): $35
- FOOLS Basic (6-peice basic kit with tube case): $25
- Borrow-a-Kit Deposit: $10
- Kits:
- Maximum Class Size: 10 students (and up to 10 more at a future date)
Picking locks is a fun pass-time and we’ll show you how it’s done in this virtual workshop. We’ll start with our code of ethics and then dive into the picking. Lockpicks will be available for sale and delivered ahead of the virtual workshop. Locks will also be provided.
May 2021
Security Seals
Saturday, May 1st, 2021 -- 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Format: Virtual
- Cost: $15 for the public, or $10 for Bloominglabs members
- Maximum Class Size: 15 students
A close cousin to locks are security seals and defeating them can be just as much fun as lock picking. If you need to detect if something has been tampered with in your absence then you want to understand what makes some seals better than others. We’ll cover many types of seals along with their pros and cons. We’ll also get into ink technology, chemistry, and how this relates to counterfeit product detection among other areas. Virtual workshop includes a seal practice kit delivered ahead of time.
Hosting Workshops
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