Botanical Illustration Sunday Studio: June
Mentors and students work on certificate projects together in an informal setting in this Sunday Studio. Open to BI certificate candidates only. Attendee $25
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$25
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
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Lunchtime Lecture: Tips from Chef Anne: Summer Family Dinner
Chef Anne Maury Haapala, creative guide and planner for the Garden Café and Lora M. Robins Tea House offers tips to create an easy, delicious dinner with summer’s produce; please see menu below. Lunch included in class fee! Registration is closed for this class.
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$27 – $40
Walk and Talk: Hydrangeas: June 16
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! The June 16th walk is full. Spaces remain available in the other Hydrangea walks.
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$17
Stop Motion Animation with LEGO® Pieces Summer Camp – June Session – Ages 6 – 8
1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United StatesLights, camera, action! Using the Garden as your backdrop, develop a story-line, create scenes and props using natural materials, and snap images of your LEGO® minifigures as they complete an outdoor adventure. At the end of the sessions, participants will have digital access to their stop motion animation film to share with friends and family. […]
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Advanced Watercolor for Botanical Illustration: Summer Session
Williamsburg-based botanical artist Juliet Kirby leads this four-day watercolor workshop for advanced botanical artists. Participants bring a plant of their own choosing. Focus is on composition, accuracy, and direction of light. Students provide materials: a list of recommended materials is sent after registration. Lunch is on your own each day. This class has been cancelled. […]
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$175 – $224
Building STEAM with LEGO® Bricks
May 27-Sept.18, 2016 Display Your LEGO Sculpture Build your own home-crafted LEGO® Brick sculpture, based on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) theme, and submit it for display during the Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks exhibition. You’ll be entered to win great prizes! LEGO […]
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Green Adventure Summer Camp: Garden Safari – June Session – Ages 6 – 7
Calling all nature enthusiasts! Explore pond, stream and forest habitats this summer, where getting mucky and investigating wildlife go hand-in-hand. Pursue your natural curiosity through bird-watching, fort building, toad catching and berry hunting, then reflect on your adventures in your own woodland-crafted journal. This camp is full. Call 804-262-9887 x322 to be added to the […]
Find Out MoreStop Motion Animation with LEGO® Pieces Summer Camp – June Session – Ages 9 – 12
Lights, camera, action! Using the Garden as your backdrop, develop a story-line, create scenes and props using natural materials, and snap images of your LEGO® minifigures as they complete an outdoor adventure. At the end of the sessions, participants will have digital access to their stop motion animation film to share with friends and family. […]
Find Out MoreWalk and Talk: Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks: June
Join your expert Guide for a tour of discovery and experience the 14 displays of playful sculptures crafted from nearly half-a-million colorful LEGO® bricks. Hear fun facts about the toy shared across generations as you enjoy making connections in the growing garden. Find out how the giant swallowtail butterfly and six-foot bison both illustrate stories […]
Find Out MoreGreen Adventure Summer Camp: Bricks and Sticks – July Session* – Ages 4 – 5
By following clues to a different set of Nature Connects sculptures built out of LEGO® bricks each day, campers discover that plants, animals and people are all connected! Inspired the exhibit, campers use their imaginations and natural materials such as leaves, flowers, sticks, and clay to design and create their own nature-inspired artwork. *This is […]
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