Container gardens help you maximize small spaces and they’re easy to maintain! Garden designer Beth Burrell shows you how to plan your container garden, from soil mixes and planting techniques to design tips and succession planting for seasonal color. She includes maintenance tips and plant suggestions.
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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!
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Take advantage of a special opportunity to watch Artist Noah Scalin at work at the Garden on Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17, as part of pop-up art related to the Wild Art: A Journey Off-Canvas exhibit. Scalin, creator of the Webby Award winning project Skull-A-Day and the first artist-in-residence at the Virginia Commonwealth University […]
Find Out MoreExplore the Garden grounds in this guided hunt for our current Wild Art exhibit’s installations of large-scale art created from materials found in the natural environment. Your Guide will ensure that you encounter even the most ephemeral displays in our “living tapestry of natural art”. Tours the garden’s seasonal exhibit; expect some uneven terrain.
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This course provides an in-depth overview of the tools and techniques used by botanists to identify plants to the species level, with a strong emphasis on family characteristics. Attendees are exposed to concepts in plant classification, nomenclature, habitat, distribution, and of course, vegetative and reproductive characteristics - all of which can be used to help identify […]
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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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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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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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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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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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