CREATING NATURAL
BATH BOMBS

Create natural bath bombs in this hands-on workshop using natural ingredients; including salts, minerals, aromatic essential oils and herbs. Your bath bombs will make a lovely therapeutic treat for yourself or make a wonderful holiday gift. All ingredients and equipment are provided.

Member $45, Non-Member $50

APPLES AND CIDER:
A VIRGINIA STORY...PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Apples and cider sound like fall, and in Virginia this calls to mind the rich Shenandoah Valley orchards and the many cideries across the state. But for over 250 years, apples grew throughout the South, from Tidewater to Mississippi. In Wild, Tamed, Lost, and Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South, cidermaker and orchardist Diane Flynt tells a 200-year-old tale with anecdotes of 17th century Virginia orchards, Presidential apple grower, southern apples on the Oregon Trail emigrants, and even Queen Victoria. She also takes readers to darker side of the orchard: the apple’s relationship to slavery and the theft of Indigenous lands.

In 1997 Flynt founded Foggy Ridge Cider, the South’s first cidery. Join us to hear her journey as a grower and cidermaker, and her insights into Virginia’s complex history with this fruit. Her research and passion will enable you to never again view apples and cider with a simplistic lens. MacKenzie Smith, owner of Richmond’s Blue Bee Cider, will share additional cider commentary. Enjoy sampling three ciders from Blue Bee made with heirloom southern apples, taste heirloom apple varieties and apple themed nibbles. Select ciders from Blue Bee Cider will also be available for purchase.

Member $36, Non-Member $44

BIRDING
FOR BEGINNERS

Want to learn more about birding? Join Barb and Buz Sawyer, both birdwatchers since childhood, for a fun-filled and informative morning exploring this enjoyable hobby. We’ll talk about where to go, what to take, which birds are likely to be seen at which time, how to identify birds and how to help birds with conservation techniques. Birding is gaining in popularity—there are many apps now available to assist you, which we’ll review. This class will touch on habitat, identification, behavior, and diet of the birds you are likely to see in our area, and equipment that can aid in your enjoyment of this hobby. Class begins inside and continues into the Garden to spot any birds that happen to be visiting. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Member $40, Non-Member $48