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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