The Botanical Body
GARDENING PRACTICES FOR MINDFULNESS

Gardening provides many physical and mental benefits beyond just creating a beautiful space to enjoy. Learn how to incorporate therapeutic design techniques into your space, and ways to maintain your garden that nurtures both your well-being and also local wildlife. At the end of the course we will take a walk around the garden and practice some of the mindfulness techniques outlined in the course. Students will take home a garden journal and three native perennial or medicinal plants to add to their own healing garden.

Fees: Member $59, Non-Member $71

All programs are subject to change. Pre-registration through our website is required.

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden strives to be a Garden for all and we are committed to offering diverse adult learning opportunities that are inclusive and accessible to all learners. If you would like to request an accommodation to support your participation in an adult learning opportunity at the Garden, please contact [email protected] or call 804-262-9887 x328 and we will make our best effort to help.

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Register Non-Member $71

Date:
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Event Details

Bring a notebook and pen or pencil. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for walking aroudn the Garden. In case of rain, instructor will provide an indoor option.

Kaity BevenourAbout the Instructor

Kaity Bevenour is the owner of Parallel Nursery, a native plant nursery in Richmond VA that specializes in growing pesticide free, sustainable perennial plants from the Mid-Atlantic ecoregion. A lifelong plant enthusiast, Kaity is an ecological horticulturalist trained in both classical horticulture and conservation principles. Over the last ten years she has worked in the nursery trade & landscaping industry in both southern California and Virginia. As a certified Chesapeake Bay landscaping professional, she works to merge environmental considerations with horticultural techniques to create beautiful and ecologically inspiring gardens.

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