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Classes and course catalog

curly kale for kitchen gardens at Lewis Ginter Botanical GardenClasses, workshops, and lectures through December, 2010 are listed below. For detailed information and to register online click on the class title or view the calendar. Download a catalog, or you can request a mailed copy of the catalog.

View thumbnail biographies of instructors in the late summer / fall 2010 session.

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EDUCATION CALENDAR (through December, 2010)

Classes are listed chronologically under subject area.  Look for these abbreviations to select tracks and learning levels:

AB: Absolute Beginners.  For those who don’t know where to start

PG: Practical Gardening.  Applicable to all garden projects

SB: Sustainable Basics.  Emphasizes sustainable practices

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Symposia and Seminars

Gardening and Garden Design

Floral Design

Art in the Garden

Photography in the Garden NEW SERIES

Interesting Garden-Related Topics
Includes yoga, retreats, lectures, and more

Especially for Teachers

Plant Shows and Sales

Garden Tours and Travel

Children’s Garden Family Activities

Symposia and Seminars 

Watch this space for announcements of professional development and advanced gardener programs.

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Gardening and Garden Design PG, SB           

Plant It Now!  Fall Vegetable Gardens the Organic Way  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  August 5

Amy Hicks of Amy's Garden discusses techniques and varieties for growing a fall vegetable garden in the Richmond area

Composting Basics   Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  August 17

Learn the basics of successful composting to recycle garden waste to rich soil

Fall into Spring:  Plant Now for Spring Flowers   September 2

Amy Hicks of Amy's Garden discusses organic methods of growing flowers for cutting gardens and best varieties to plant in the fall for spring color.

Vines and Groundcovers Workshop  Â  September 9
Learn how to use in the landscape, how to choose, and how to care for these garden workhorses

The Beginner’s Perennial Garden  Â Â Â Â Â  September 16
Learn the basics of how to assess your garden, plan, and plant a year-round garden of long-lasting plants

Dividing Plants Successfully  Â  October 2 NEW

Learn which plants can be divided and how to do it succ

Planning and Designing a Kitchen Garden  Â Â Â Â  October 4 and 7
Learn the basics of planning and designing an attractive kitchen garden

Building Good Garden Soil  Â Â Â Â Â  October 9
Learn the characteristics of healthy soil, how to analyze your garden soil and site, how to take a proper soil sample, and which amendments, like compost, to add

Fall Pruning for Shrubs  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 16
Learn how proper fall pruning can help prevent winter damage to ornamental shrubs

Seed Saving Techniques  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 16 NEW
Learn proper techniques for keeping harvested seeds viable until next year's planting

The Life Cycle of Trees  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 30 NEW
Learn how trees grow and interact with other ecosystems during their yearly life cycle

Exciting Evergreens for Low-Maintenance Landscapes  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  November 6
Learn about the incredible variety of evergreens for our area and how to use them in your garden design as hardy, low-maintenance elements

Organic Soils for Kitchen Gardens  Â Â Â Â  November 18
Find out the chemical and organic characteristics of organic soils and how they affect what you grow  Â 

Holiday Decorations from Your Summer Garden  Â Â Â Â Â  December 2 NEW
Make a holiday ornament from Garden-harvested botanical material and review tips for drying plants from your own garden for next year

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Floral Design

Wedding Floral Design   Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 12
Learn basic forms to create a whole wedding's worth of floral decorations, or supplement on the big day

MORE Working with Glass Containers  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  September 16 NEW
More ideas for working with these deceptively simple vessels

Seasonal Ikebana Workshop:  Summer into Fall  Â Â Â Â Â September 29
Work with seasonal elements to create calming arrangements

Basic Floral Design  Â Â Â  October 19, 26, November 2, 9
Learn the building blocks of floral creativity!

Ikebana Lecture and Demonstration by Sogetsu School Riji Master Kika Shibata  Â Â Â  November 4 NEW
A spectacular demonstration of a master artist at work!

Creative Holiday Floral Design  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  November 11 NEW
Stretch your imagination for clever holiday arrangements.  Take one home

Seasonal Floral Designs  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  November 16 NEW
Beautiful and imaginative designs for everywhere in your home! Take one home

Holiday Decorations from Your Summer Garden  Â Â Â Â Â  December 2 NEW
Make a holiday ornament from Garden-harvested botanical material and review tips for drying plants from your own garden for next year

Great Greens!  Holiday Designs with Garden Evergreens  Â Â Â December 4

A free demonstration before the Great Greens Sale

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Art in the Garden

Photographs by Jon Phillip Sheridan   Exhibit in Ginter Gallery II  July 19 – September 6

What’s Your Flower?   Â  August 17, 19, 24

Explore one plant and its history through your art

Plants and Pollinators for Botanical Artists  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  September 8, 15, 22, 29 NEW

Study the interaction of plants and pollinators while creating a work of art

Nature Journaling  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  September 11 NEW FALL CLASS
Learn to draw and note observations in a fun and portable way.  THIS CLASS IS FULL

Landscape Drawing in the Garden September 13 - 17
Presented in cooperation with the Visual Arts Center of Richmond

Beginning Botanical Art and Illustration  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10
The basics of accurately delineating plants in an artistic manner

Anatomy of a Flower for Botanical Artists, part 2  Â Â Â Â Â Â  December 1, 8 NEW
Learn the parts of Monocotyledonous plants and draw them

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Photography in the Garden

An Introduction to Photographing Butterflies and Other Cool Bugs  August 12, 14, 19, 21, 24 with Lynda Richarson THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED

Photographing Colors, Patterns, and Textures  September 9, 11, 16, 18, 21

with Lynda Richardson THIS CLASS IS CANCELLED

Learn to Use Your Digital Camera with Lynda Richardson September 23, 25, 30, October 2, 5  THIS CLASS IS FULL

Photographing the Garden with Mark Ragland September 25 NEW
A morning workshop in composition

An Introduction to Photographing Birds with Lynda Richardson  October 7, 9, 14, 16, 19 NEW

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Interesting Garden-Related Topics

Yoga in the Garden  Â Â Â Â Â Â  6-week sessions or drop in for single sessions

Beginning Birding  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 1, 2

Meditation and Movement in the Garden: Harvest and Autumnal Closings  Â Â  October 23

Here’s to Your Health!  Understanding the Benefits and Varieties of Tea  Â Â Â Â Â  November 6

Attracting Bluebirds to Your Garden  Â Â  November 13

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Especially for Teachers

Dinner in the Garden for Teachers  Â Â Â Â  September 23

Using the School Grounds as a Classroom (a three-part series)  Â Â Â Â  October 21, February 17, 2011, May 19, 2011

Project Learning Tree   November 13

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Plant Shows & Sales 

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Fall Plant Sale September 17 & 18 

Great Holiday Greens Sale  December 4

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Garden Tours & Travel    

Ginter in the Morning Seasonal Garden Tours:  September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7

Summer Walk and Talk Tour Butterflies:  September 15 (featuring Monarch butterflies)

Group Tours Information

Garden Travel

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Children’s Garden Family Activities     

Nature Works! Monthly Family Workshops            through October

Goblins & Gourds  Â Â Â Â Â Â  October 24

Families after Five  Â Â Â Â Â  through August

Family Programs  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  through October

 

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