Class Schedule March – August 2025

 

03/26/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour: March 26 

03/27/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga 

03/28/2025: Embracing Asymmetry 

03/28/2025: Bonsai for Beginners 

03/29/2025: Spring Succulent Wreath  

03/29/2025: Springtime in Virginia Tour: March  

03/29/2025: Beyond Birding for Beginners  

03/29/2025: Introduction to Botanical Drawing I (4-week course)  

03/29/2025: Berry Bliss: Strawberry Container Gardening  

03/30/2025: Medicinal Plants: Traditions, Topicals & Teas  

03/30/2025: Happy Feet!  

04/01/2025: Nuts & Bolts of Floral Design (4-week course)  

04/01/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (5-week course) 

04/05/2025: Spring Migration Tour  

04/05/2025: Embracing Companion Planting  

04/08/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course)  

04/09/2025: Next Steps Watercolor Endeavors (4-week course)  

04/09/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour-April 9  

04/10/2025: Introduction to Botanical Drawing (4-week course)  

04/10/2025: Hand-Tied Bouquet Workshop  

04/12/2025: Growing and Using Culinary Herbs  

04/12/2025: Cutting Gardens: Bed Prep and Planting  

04/18/2025: Springtime Baskets (morning) 

04/18/2025: Springtime Baskets (afternoon)

04/18/2025: Making Magical Terrariums & Micro-Gardens  

04/19/2025: Container Gardening with Native Plants  

04/19/2025: Living Succulent Birdhouse   

04/22/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour-April 22  

04/24/2025: Springtime in Virginia Tour-April  

04/24/2025: Floral Design Basics, Part 1 (5-week course) 

04/24/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga  

04/26/2025: Creating a Toad Abode in Your Garden 

04/26/2025: Only You: True Love in the Bird World 

04/26/2025: Air Layering: Creating a Flooring Tree in 4 Months 

04/27/2025: Come to Your Senses 

04/29/2025: Introduction to Botanical Drawing 1 (4-week course) 

04/29/2025: For the Love of Trees Talk & Tour 

05/04/2025: Spring Planting for Pollinators 

05/05/2025: Botanical Illustration: Ruffles and Flourishes – the Magnificent Iris in Colored Pencil and Watercolor (2-day course)

05/06/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course) 

05/06/2025: Floral Design Basics, Part 2 (5-week course) 

05/06/2025: Native Plants Talk & Tour 

05/07/2025: Introduction to Alcohol Inks on Tile 

05/09/2025: Houseplants 101 

05/09/2025: Printing Plants & Pollinators (2-week course) 

05/10/2025: Photography In the Garden with Tom Hennessy 

05/10/2025: Food & Friends: Vegetable Companions for Supporting Pollinators 

05/10/2025: Botanical Drawing II: Shading & Structure (4-week course) 

05/10/2025: Plant Propagation 101 

05/13/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour 

05/14/2025: Introduction to the Sogetsu School of Ikebana 

05/15/2025: Evening Seasonal Garden Tour 

05/15/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga 

05/20/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course) 

05/21/2025: Lake Sydnor Gardens Tour 

05/21/2025: Carnation Crazy 

05/22/2025: Botanical Drawing II: Shading & Structure (4-week course) 

05/28/2025: Spotted in the Garden  

05/29/2025: Hydrangea Walk & Talk 

05/30/2025: Hand-Tied Bouquets Two Ways 

05/31/2025: Hydrangea Walk & Talk 

05/31/2025: Cutting Gardens Maintenance & Organic Fertilization 

05/31/2025: Spring/Summer Curated Containers 

06/01/2025: Relax your Neck and Liberate your Shoulders 

06/03/2025: Intermediate Botany (3-day course) 

06/03/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course) 

06/04/2025: Botany for Illustration: Ferns (2-week course) 

06/04/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour 

06/04/2025: Honoring the Light – and how it reflects on different surfaces (4-week course) 

06/05/2025: Botanical Pop-Up Cards 

06/06/2025: Colorful Kokedama 

06/07/2025: Meditation Gardening: Introduction to Practicing Phenology & Mindfulness at Home 

06/07/2025: Smarter Smartphone Photography 

06/07/2025: Growing Microgreens 

06/08/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga 

06/10/2025: Wedding Floral Design (5-week course) 

06/10/2025: G2G: Pollinator Power Cocktails 

06/12/2025: Locally-Grown Summer Centerpiece Workshop 

06/12/2025: Hydrangea Walk & Talk 

06/14/2025: Hydrangea Walk & Talk 

 06/17/2025: Pollinators & Pollinator Habitats Talk & Tour 

06/18/2025: Botanical Whimsy 

06/20/2025: Balmy Weather Brings the Conservatory’s Tropical Plants Outside Tour 

06/20/2025: Illustrating Pollinators for Botanical Art: Butterflies (3-day course) 

06/21/2025: Honeybee Mythology 

06/21/2025: Cutting Gardens: Pest Management & Harvest Practices 

06/21/2025: Building Good Garden Soil 

06/22/2025: Sound Bath Session: Harmonize your Mind, Body and Spirit 

06/24/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour 

06/26/2025: Evening Seasonal Garden Tour 

06/26/2025: Plants, Cuisine and Culture: Memi’s Egyptian Kitchen 

06/27/2025: Pollinator-Inspired Polymer Clay Earrings 

06/27/2025: Leaf Manipulation in Design 

06/29/2025: The Power of Pollinators 

07/08/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course) 

07/08/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course) 

07/09/2025: Edible History: Spotlight on Spices 

07/11/2025: Pressed Flower Resin Jewelry Workshop  

07/12/2025: Botany for Botanical Illustration: Insectivorous Plants 

07/12/2025: Fairy Gardens: The Art of Miniature Gardening 

07/15/2025: Native Moths and Butterflies Talk and Tour 

07/15/2025: Nature-Inspired Ceramics: Petite Pots & Vases (2-week course) 

07/16/2025: Pretty as a Picture: Framed Arrangements 

07/16/2025: Botanical Illustration: Farmer’s Market Finds in Colored Pencil on Stonehenge Kraft Paper (2-day course) 

07/16/2025: Fundamentals of Graphite Shading (4-week course)  

07/18/2025: Balmy Weather Brings the Conservatory’s Tropical Plants Outside Tour 

07/19/2025: Floral Portraits with Tom Hennessy 

07/19/2025: Is it an Open Top Terrarium or Self Watering Pot? 

07/19/2025: Aquatic Plant Care Basics 

07/22/2025: Floral Design Basics, Part 1 (5-week course) 

07/23/2025: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes (2-day course) 

07/24/2025: Organ Awareness: Lungs 

07/25/2025: Moth Observation Night 

07/25/2025: Some Like it Hot 

07/27/2025: Sound Bath Session: Harmonize your Mind, Body and Spirit  

08/01/2025: Introduction to Nature Journaling (2-day course) 

08/02/2025: Worm Composting Like a Pro: Turn Scraps into Black Gold 

08/02/2025: Mushroom Cultivation 

08/05/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course) 

08/09/2025: Tropical Food Plants: Coconut 

08/09/2025: Herbalism 101: Oils & Salves  

08/09/2025: Fall in the Kitchen Garden  

08/13/2025: Think Small: Mini Arrangements 

08/14/2025: Locally-Grown Hand-Tied Bouquets 

08/15/2025: Marble Paper with Garden-Inspired Colors 

08/16/2025: Pressed Flower Resin Jewelry Workshop 

08/16/2025: Succulent Driftwood Centerpiece 

08/19/2025: Ink and Watercolor on Japanese Masa Paper (2-day course) 

08/19/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course) 

08/21/2025: Tea Culture at the Queen’s Library 

08/22/2025: Summer Harvest: Floral Design with Fresh Blooms & Vegetables 

08/22/2025: Balmy Weather Brings the Conservatory’s Tropical Plants Outside Tour 

08/23/2025: Nightlife at Home: Creating Firefly Habitat 

08/24/2025: Sound Bath Session: Harmonize your Mind, Body and Spirit 

08/26/2025: Basic Floral Design, Part 2 (5-week course) 

08/26/2025: G2G: Garden Fresh Cocktails