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Themed Walk: Seeing the Garden Like a Honeybee: June

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

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

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Lunchtime Lecture: All Abuzz About Honey

Learn tips and tricks for the many ways in which honey can be incorporated into your diet during a demonstration of delicious honey-infused recipes with Executive Chef Anne Maury Hapaala from the Garden’s Caterer, Meriwether-Godsey.  Fee includes a light lunch featuring demonstrated recipes.

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Garden to Glass: Summer Shandies

While shandies and radlers (beer mixed with lemonade, fruit juice, or fizzy drinks) have been popular in Europe for years, they have recently gained popularity in the States, especially during the hot summer months.  Learn from a local mixologist how to create your own refreshing summer shandies using your favorite craft beer, fresh local produce […]

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First Fridays Plein Air Painting

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, United States

Join us for First Fridays Plein air watercolor painting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the First Friday of every month, all summer. We provide the easels, the paper, paint and all the supplies you'll need. Drop in program, no registration needed. Check with Admissions when you arrive for each week's location.

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Thursday Yoga in the Garden: July-August Session

Learn yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement, and posture in a tranquil Garden setting.  Small class sizes enable instructor Jacqueline Gooding to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience.  Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate layered clothing for the season.  Classes take place in the Garden or inside Garden buildings, […]

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Evening Yoga in the Garden: July-August Session

Learn yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement, and posture during this evening offering in a tranquil Garden setting.  Small class sizes enable instructor Jacqueline Gooding to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience.  Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate layered clothing for the season.  Classes take place in the Garden […]

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Themed Walk: Seeing the Garden Like a Honeybee: July

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

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

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Techniques for Watercolor: Mixing Color, Painting Leaves

See how light falling on leaves reveals structure, form, and texture. Use the paints in your palette to make nature’s colors.  Explore warm and cool colors to find just the right mix. Make four small, detailed leaf paintings on watercolor paper.

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