Adult Learning Programs by Date
Explore adult learning opportunities at the Garden in order by date. Courses that include multiple sessions will be listed by the date of the first session and will indicate the number of sessions. All programs are in-person unless otherwise noted as virtual or hybrid.
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Class Schedule December 2024 – April 2025
12/06/2024: Holiday Tablescape
12/06/2024: Behind-the-Scenes of Gardenfest Tour
12/07/2024: Soils, Part 3: pH and Fertilization
12/07/2024: Holiday Wreath Workshop (morning)
12/07/2024: Holiday Wreath Workshop (afternoon)
12/11/2024: Gardenfest Interiors: Featuring Nature Tour
12/12/2024: Tea: 5,000 Years of History at Queen’s Library Tea Room (off-site class)
12/14/2024: Botanical Illustration Workshop: Focus on Fungi
12/20/2024: Behind-the-Scenes of Gardenfest Tour
01/05/2025: Smartphone Photography at Night: Gardenfest!
01/07/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course)
01/07/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (5-week course)
01/07/2025: Basic Floral Design, Part 1 (5-week course)
01/11/2025: Basic Residential Landscape Design (6-week course)
01/15/2025: Fruit-Full Designs
01/15/2025: Mas que Medios Chiles
01/15/2025: Translating Colors into Grayscale Values (4-week course)
01/18/2025: Pen & Ink for Botanical Illustration (4-week course)
01/18/2025: Ecological Garden Clean-up & Spring Prep
01/21/2025: Winter Botany (2-day course)
01/22/2025: Abstracted Winter Landscapes and Still Lifes
01/23/2025: Conservatory: Beyond its Timeless Beauty Tour- January
01/23/2025: Basic Floral Design, Part 1 (5-week course)
01/24/2025: Introduction to the Ohara School of Ikebana
01/25/2025: The History of the Black Garden
01/25/2025: Cutting Gardens: Prep, Planning and Seed Starting
01/27/2025: Colored Pencil II (4-week course)
01/31/2025: Tricks with Sticks
02/01/2025: Meditative Botanical Drawing
02/01/2025: Exploring Cacao & Chocolate
02/01/2025: Conservatory: Behind its Timeless Beauty Tour- February
02/04/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (3-week course)
02/08/2025: Arranging for the Altar
02/08/2025: How to Grow and Prune Roses
02/08/2025: Edible Gardens: Regenerative Seed Starting for the Vegetable Gardener
02/09/2025: Lower Back Pain, Canceled!
02/18/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour: February
02/18/2025: Basic Floral Design, Part 2 (5-week course)
02/19/2025: Botanical Art History – Becoming Part of an Enduring Tradition
02/20/2025: Produce Aisle Botany for Botanical Illustration (2-week course)
02/21/2025: Introduction to Basic Drawing
02/22/2025: Introduction to Basic Drawing
02/22/2025: Birding for Beginners
02/22/2025: Beekeeping for Beginners (3-week course)
02/23/2025: Spring Planting for Pollinators
02/25/2025: Garden to Glass: Savory Cocktails
02/25/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course)
02/26/2025: Multi-Colored and Pattern-Colored Objects Rendered in Colored Pencils (4-week course)
03/01/2025: Spring Dried Flower Wreaths Workshop
03/04/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course)
03/05/2025: Spring Ceramic Luminaries (2-week course)
03/06/2025: Garden Entrance/Glen Stream Tour
03/07/2025: European Style Design
03/08/2025: Introduction to Basic Drawing
03/08/2025: Mushroom Cultivation
03/11/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour-March 11
03/13/2025: Watercolor Experimentation and Card-Making (2-week course)
03/14/2025: Painting Florals with Gouache
03/15/2025: Beginner Native Perennials for the Home Garden
03/15/2025: Botanical Art History – Becoming Part of an Enduring Tradition
03/15/2025: Creating a Kitchen Garden
03/15/2025: Pressed Flower Floating Frames
03/16/2025: Butterflies 101
03/18/2025: Garden to Glass: Modern Classics
03/18/2025: Hysteranthous Tree & Shrub Tour
03/19/2025: Conservation & Sustainability Talk & Tour
03/19/2025: Springtime Victorian Splendor
03/26/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour: March 26
03/27/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga
03/28/2025: Embracing Asymmetry
03/28/2025: Bonsai for Beginners
03/29/2025: Spring Succulent Wreath
03/29/2025: Springtime in Virginia Tour: March
03/29/2025: Beyond Birding for Beginners
03/29/2025: Introduction to Botanical Drawing I (4-week course)
03/29/2025: Berry Bliss: Strawberry Container Gardening
03/30/2025: Medicinal Plants: Traditions, Topicals & Teas
03/30/2025: Happy Feet!
04/01/2025: Nuts & Bolts of Floral Design (4-week course)
04/01/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (5-week course)
04/02/2025: Family-Friendly Tree Tour
04/05/2025: Spring Migration Tour
04/05/2025: Embracing Companion Planting
04/08/2025: Tai Chi in the Garden (6-week course)
04/09/2025: Next Steps Watercolor Endeavors (4-week course)
04/09/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour-April 9
04/10/2025: Introduction to Botanical Drawing (4-week course)
04/10/2025: Hand-Tied Bouquet Workshop
04/12/2025: Growing and Using Culinary Herbs
04/12/2025: Cutting Gardens: Bed Prep and Planting
04/18/2025: Springtime Baskets
04/18/2025: Making Magical Terrariums & Micro-Gardens
04/19/2025: Container Gardening with Native Plants
04/19/2025: Living Succulent Birdhouse
04/22/2025: Seasonal Garden Tour-April 22
04/24/2025: Springtime in Virginia Tour-April
04/24/2025: Flow & Bloom Yoga
04/29/2025: For the Love of Trees Talk & Tour
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Updated Adult Learning Cancellation Policy
As of April 12, 2024, the Garden has an updated cancellation policy for Adult Learning programs.