Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

GROUNDED: LANDSCAPING WITH NATIVE PLANTS
FOR SOIL AND WATER HEALTH

What if your garden could do more than look beautiful – what if it could actively protect your home, your soil, and your local waterways? Discover how your landscape can play a vital role in managing stormwater, reducing soil and pollution runoff, and strengthening soil health from the ground up. During this course, we’ll explore the innovative new landscape & stormwater management design features to observe practical, attractive strategies you can apply at home. Leave inspired and equipped with actionable project ideas that turn everyday gardens into resilient, environmentally powerful spaces.

Fees: Member $54, Non-Member $68

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.

Register Member $54

Register Non-Member $68

Date:
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Time:
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Event Details

Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather as this class will involve walking in the Garden.

About the InsKaity Bevenourtructor

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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