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 April – August 2026
04/03/2026: Springtime Baskets (morning)
04/03/2026: Springtime Baskets (afternoon)
04/04/2026: Linoleum Printmaking: Spring Blooms
04/04/2026: Herbalism 101: Tisanes and Tinctures
04/07/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga: April (4-week course)
04/07/2026: Tai Chi in the Garden: April-May (5-week course)
04/07/2026: Creating with Water-Based Media (4-week course)
04/09/2026: Color Mixing I for Botanical Watercolor (4-week course)
04/11/2026: Blooming Success: How to Tend and Harvest a Cutting Garden
04/11/2026: Propagating Plants 101
04/12/2026: Beneficial Bugs
04/15/2026: Sogetsu Ikebana: Basic Floral Arranging
04/16/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour
04/16/2026: Locally Grown Hand-Tied Bouquets
04/17/2026: Pressed Flower Floating Frame
04/18/2026: The Botanical Body: Gardening Practices for Mindfulness
04/18/2026: Growing and Using Culinary Herbs
04/24/2026: Embracing Asymmetry
04/24/2026: Bonsai for Beginners
04/25/2026: Writing in the Garden
04/25/2026: Container Gardening with Native Plants
04/25/2026: Beginner Origami Butterflies
04/25/2026: Flower Crown Workshop
04/26/2026: The Qi of Trees
04/26/2026: Botanical Illustration Studio: Value
04/28/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour
04/29/2026: Designing a Four-Season Perennial Garden
05/02/2025: Photography in the Garden with Tom Hennessy
05/02/2026: Botanical Incense: Spring Scents
05/05/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course)
05/05/2026: Playing on Yupo Paper with Alcohol Inks
05/05/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part 1 (5-week course)
05/06/2026: Spring in Bloom: A Mother’s Day Floral Design Workshop
05/13/2026: Ink and Watercolor on Japanese Masa Paper (2-day course)
05/14/2026: Introduction to Botanical Drawing I (4-week course)
05/15/2026: Building Bonsai Skills
05/15/2026: Paint Night: Spring Bouquet
05/16/2026: Organic Vegetable Gardening
05/16/2026: Colored Pencil 1: Exploring the Possibilities (4-day course)
05/16/2026: Hummingbird Haven
05/18/2026: Gardening for Pollinators and Wildlife
05/18/2026: Introduction to Nature Journaling (2-day course)
05/18/2026: Qigong with the Trees
05/19/2026: Tai Chi Guided Practice (6-week course)
05/21/2026: Seasonal Splendor Tour
05/26/2026: Paths Around the Glass: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
05/27/2026: Wellness in Bloom: The Healing Garden Tour
05/27/2026: Intermediate Botany (3-day course)
05/27/2026: Summer Session – Drawing in Practice: Integrating Form & Fluency (4-week course)
05/28/2026: Paths Around the Glass Tour: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
05/30/2026: Grounded: Landscaping with Native Plants for Soil and Water Health
05/30/2026: Spring/Summer Curated Containers
06/02/2026: Form, Symmetry & Style: A Garden Design Walk
06/02/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (5-week session)
06/03/2026: Paths Around the Glass Tour: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
06/06/2026: Fairy Gardens: The Art of Miniature Gardening
06/06/2026: Urban Oasis: Gardening with Native Plants in Richmond City
06/06/2026: Dahlias 101 with Harvest and Storage
06/06/2026: Release Lower Back Pain
06/07/2026: Creating a Backyard Butterfly Oasis
06/09/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part I (5-week course)
06/10/2026: Seasonal Splendor Tour
06/10/2026: Beautiful Blooms and Abstract Patterns (2-day course)
06/11/2026: Paths Around the Glass Tour: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
06/12/2026: Botanical Whimsy
06/16/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
06/16/2026: Painted Ceramic Alebrijes (2-day course)
06/19/2026: Bloom Between the Pages: Pressed Flower Bookmark Workshop
06/20/2026: Grace Arents: Invisible Philanthropist Tour
06/20/2026: Guided Forest Therapy Walk in Flagler Perennial Garden
06/20/2026: Desert Biomes in the Conservatory
06/20/2026: Ecological Landscaping 101
06/20/2026: Honeybee Mythology
06/21/2026: Deep Dive with Aquatic Plants — Explore, Learn, and Take Home Living Plants!
06/23/2026: Paths Around the Glass Tour: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
06/23/2026: Fantastical Florals: Alebrijes-Inspired Floral Design
06/23/2026: Sipping the Sun: A Masterclass in Mediterranean Terroir
06/24/2026: Seasonal Splendor Tour
06/24/2026: Ikebana for Early Summer
06/25/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
06/25/2026: Dream Creatures of Mexico: A Walking Tour of Alebrijes
06/25/2026: Locally-Grown Hand-Tied Bouquets
06/26/2026: Painting Florals with Gouache
06/27/2026: Dream Creatures of Mexico: A Walking Tour of Alebrijes
06/27/2026: Building Mini Planted Aquariums
06/27/2026: Xeriscaping for Central Virginia
06/27/2026: Organic Composting 101: Building Living Soil from the Ground Up
06/27/2026: Colorful Kokedama
06/27/2026: Moth Observation Night
06/30/2026: T’ai Chi Guided Practice (7-week course)
07/07/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
07/07/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course)
07/08/2026: Grace Arents: Invisible Philanthropist Tour
07/08/2026: Arranging to a Prompt: Designing with Intention & Imagination
07/08/2026: Creating a Sense of Depth in Illustrations: Methods and Strategies (6-week course)
07/11/2026: From Garden to Color: The Art and History of Botanical Dyeing
07/11/2026: Mediterranean Landscapes Under Glass
07/11/2026: Relax Your Neck and Liberate Your Shoulders
07/12/2026: Butterflies Bloom Backstage Pass
07/14/2026: Botanical Illustration: Farmer’s Market Finds in Colored Pencil on Stonehenge Kraft Paper
07/16/2026: Beginning Botany — Learn the Plant Families Every Virginian Should Know!
07/18/2026: Succulent Wine Bottle Arrangement
07/18/2026: Tropical Landscapes Under Glass
07/21/2026: Paths Around the Glass Tour: A Tour of Resilient Beauty
07/21/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part 2 (5-week course)
07/22/2026: Grace Arents: Invisible Philanthropist Tour
07/22/2026: Botanical Escape: Designing with Tropicals
07/23/2026: Dream Creatures of Mexico: A Walking Tour of Alebrijes
07/23/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
07/25/2026: Botany for Botanical Illustration: Tropical Fruits (2-week course)
07/25/2026: Plant Propagation 101
07/25/2026: Nightlife at Home: Creating Firefly Habitat
07/26/2026: Butterflies Bloom Backstage Pass
07/26/2026: Botanical Illustration Studio: Roots
07/28/2026: Introduction to the Perpetual Journal and Field Sketching
07/30/2026: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes (2-day course)
08/01/2026: Waterlilies 101
08/01/2026: Bloomistry Wellness: Mushrooms 101
08/01/2026: Alebrijes-Inspired Linoleum Printmaking and Collage (2-week course)
08/04/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (4-week course)
08/06/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
08/07/2026: Reach for the Sun: Upright Floral Design Workshop
08/08/2026: Botanical Incense: Summer Scents
08/08/2026: Habitat to Houseplants: A History of Indoor Gardening & Greenhouse Technology
08/09/2026: Butterflies Bloom Backstage Pass
08/12/2026: Edible History: Plants of the Mediterranean
08/13/2026: Dream Creatures of Mexico: A Walking Tour of Alebrijes
08/13/2026: Locally-Grown Summer Centerpiece Workshop
08/15/2026: Meditative Botanical Drawing
08/15/2026: Floral Portraits with Tom Hennessy
08/15/2026: Herbalism 101: Oils & Salves
08/16/2026: Butterfly Pinning 101
08/18/2026: Worlds Under Glass: Desert to Rainforest Tour
08/19/2026: Garden To Glass: Beyond the Margarita: Tequila Cocktails
08/21/2026: Guided Forest Therapy Walk in Flagler Perennial Garden
08/22/2026: No Soil Needed: Epiphyte Mounting, Care, and Display Design
08/22/2026: Fall in the Kitchen Garden
08/22/2026: Meadow Creation for Beginners
08/23/2026: Butterflies Bloom Backstage Pass
08/27/2026: Tea – A 5,000 Year Tradition at the Queen’s Library Tea Room
08/28/2026: Don’t Be a Chicken of Chicken Wire: Creating Sustainable Designs
08/29/2026: Our Little Feathered Friends – A Bird Photography Workshop (2-day course)
08/29/2026: Living Succulent Candlestick Topiary
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