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Native Plants
and Why They Are Important

Walk and Talk

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Native plants are a wonderful addition to the landscape for their adaptability, ornamental value and pollinator support. Tour the Garden with experienced Guides and learn how to incorporate natives into your garden with greater confidence and success.

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Themed Walk
Asian Valley Tour

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Explore and view the Asian Valley from a different perspective. Learn how Eastern culture, tradition, and lore are fundamentals in the development of an Asian garden.

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Fall
Container Workshop

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Container gardens help you maximize small spaces and they’re easy to maintain! Garden horticulturist Dean Dietrich, responsible for the many spectacular container plantings in the Central Garden, helps you create your own container garden emphasizing color and texture combinations. Soil and plant material provided, along with a lightweight liner that students can slip into their […]

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Nature
Journaling

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Celebrate the joys and colors of autumn in the Garden by beginning a nature journal. Discover how word, line and color come together to create beautiful pages that capture your unique experience in the out-of-doors. Take home new skills, ideas, and inspiration along with a robust trove of journaling and art supplies to continue your […]

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High Heat & Low Moisture Stars
Cacti, Conifers, Grasses, Sedums

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Explore plants that are adapted to survive in more hostile conditions. Huge varieties of plants are available in "big box stores" as well as native plant nurseries. Some thrive year-round and others must be over-wintered inside. Regardless, you can transform your hostile spaces into beautiful gardens (even a Fairy Garden), travel without water worries and help the […]

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Drawing Botanicals in Silverpoint
with Kathie Miranda

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Silverpoint, a drawing medium used by the old masters, is enjoying a revival by artists today. Styluses containing a sharpened sterling silver wire produce delicate pale lines that tarnish over time to golden browns. Drawings have a lovely glow due to thin layers of silver reflecting light. Learn traditional ways to apply silverpoint to a […]

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Native Plants
and Why They Are Important

Walk and Talk

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Native plants are a wonderful addition to the landscape for their adaptability, ornamental value and pollinator support. Tour the Garden with experienced Guides and learn how to incorporate natives into your garden with greater confidence and success.

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More Holiday Entertaining
with Chef Anne

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Executive Chef Anne Maury Haapala helps you take the fear out of your holiday preparations by showing you how to entertain stylishly without stress. Anne demonstrates more easy, elegant and delicious holiday dishes using seasonal ingredients to impress your friends and family. As a bonus, Meriwether-Godsey’s General Manager Susan Hicklin provides some brief commercial breaks, […]

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High Heat & Low Moisture Stars
Cacti, Conifers, Grasses, Sedums

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Explore plants that are adapted to survive in more hostile conditions. Huge varieties of plants are available in "big box stores" as well as native plant nurseries. Some thrive year-round and others must be over-wintered inside. Regardless, you can transform your hostile spaces into beautiful gardens (even a Fairy Garden), travel without water worries and help the […]

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