Designer David Pippin helps you learn how to design and execute exciting arrangements for religious settings that are also appropriate and inexpensive. After demonstrating various formats, David helps you create an arrangement. Designs emphasize using common garden greens and purchased material as accents. Take away an arrangement and a wealth of ideas! Our Garden continues […]
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Create a unique living wreath for summer with Melissa Tebbenhoff of Rusted Rabbitt in Williamsburg. Using air plants and exotic succulents of your choice in summery pink and purple hues, create a living work of art. Melissa guides you through the process of designing your wreath with an assortment of live plants and dried flowers. […]
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What are some of our native moths and butterflies? What do their caterpillars look like? What do they need for survival? Come talk and see pictures of some of our native moths and butterflies and learn what their host foods are. Then enjoy a walk around the garden to see what we can find. We will […]
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Miniature arrangements bring their own set of challenges to floral design. Instructor David Pippin helps you understand how scale and proportion are affected by the surrounding space and container for the arrangement, and how to choose flowers appropriate for these tiny delights. Bring your own very small containers and spend some time in a whole […]
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Garden Guide and hydrangea enthusiast Rich Waiton leads tours of the Garden's collections of these favorite summer shrubs. Tours are timed throughout peak successive bloom time, so take more than one! Come dressed for the weather and walking in the Garden.
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You’re either on the bus or off the bus. What awaits ye merry pranksters are palate-tingling whites and nose-tickling bubblies, all with bracing acidity. Elbow-deep In the mayo-soaked midst of Virginia tomato sammich season, join us to further your appreciation for untamed, unoaked wines that add unapologetic fun, pucker, and zip to your summery sips. […]
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Take a journey of self-discovery and connection with others and the natural world through a guided tour of Incanto! Explore the monumental sculptures of the premiere exhibition of New York City-based sculptor Kate Raudenbush. We'll discuss how each piece is designed to be in dialogue with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's landscape. Learn details about the […]
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Join horticulturist and Virginia Home Grown host Peggy Singlemann at the Garden for information sessions on a variety of seasonal gardening topics. Peggy offers timely tips for your garden and all programs include a walk in the Garden with Peggy to illustrate examples. Just when the annuals are starting to wilt from the heat and […]
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Practice yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement and posture in a tranquil Garden setting. Small class sizes enable instructors Jacqueline Gooding and Iffet Aranti-Davis, who alternate teaching classes, to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience. This is a gentle yoga class with a therapeutic approach. Please have a blanket, yoga mat, water […]
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Plants are intimately linked to our cultural identities and food traditions. Plants tell us where we are, and who we are in how we use them to feed ourselves. When we migrate, we carry our culture and cuisine with us. In this series, renowned chefs, culinary historians, and authors from cultures around the world discuss […]
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