Heat and humidity loving tropical plants love Virginia summers! Change up your containers with the vibrant hues and bold shapes of tropical plants for a pop of the tropics this summer. Dean demonstrates how to plan your container and offers suggestions for appropriate containers and plant sources.

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of the Garden with one of these specialized walks featuring seasonal aspects of the collection, offered monthly except January, July, and August.  Come dressed for the weather and walking in the Garden. (Formerly Ginter in the Morning)

Our avian friends require a variety of habitats, many of which are satisfied by the Garden’s design. During this walk explore woodland, meadow and water habitats. Your knowledgeable guide will discuss the various birds you may encounter as you explore the Garden's Bluebird Trail.

Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Garden Guides lead tours of the Garden's collections of these favorite summer shrubs.   Tours are timed throughout peak successive bloom time, so take more than one!

Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Garden Guides lead tours of the Garden's collections of these favorite summer shrubs.   Tours are timed throughout peak successive bloom time, so take more than one!

No space for a traditional vegetable garden?  Is your only open space a balcony, deck, or patio?  Garden horticulturist Heather Veneziano shows you how to plan an abundant vegetable garden with containers, including best plant selections, techniques for growing up, not out, and more.

Take a handful of props, select a theme, and create a design to match. Props and floral materials provided.  Students bring sharp floral snips. Instructor: Mimi Cassick.

Experience how honey bees gather nectar and pollen from the Garden’s flowers. We see beauty; they see lunch! Garden Guide Sheri Giese will introduce you to some of the most popular “honeybee plants” and end your tour where the bees do at the Apiary (bee hives) installed in 2016. Gain a whole new understanding of […]

A good botanical watercolor should show mastery of the medium, aesthetic quality and accurate scientific information about the subject. To achieve this goal, artists should not only be able to use watercolor skillfully, but also to make decisions about what parts of the plant/s are to be depicted and how to do it. In this […]

Join Garden Guide Lorrie Lincoln as she discusses Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators and why they are important to us. Afterwards, enjoy a guided walk around the Garden. We'll end at the Conservatory with a visit to M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! This walk has been cancelled.