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Open-Hearted
DESIGNS

Explore the beauty of contemporary floral arranging through the graceful shape of the heart. In this workshop, instructor Kate Hugo Vernon will focus on open design principles — using space as an element of style — while creating arrangements that feel both modern and deeply expressive. With flowers as your medium, you’ll learn how to balance form, line, and negative space to craft a heart-shaped design that breathes with elegance and emotion.

Fees: Member $75, Non-Member $90

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 x320 and we will make our best effort to help.

Register Member $75

Register Non-Member $90

Date:
Friday, February 6, 2026
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Event Details

Participants will need to bring their own clippers as well as a compote or bowl no greater than 7″ across. Although not required, frogs (AKA Kenzans) strongly encouraged.

GES: FD, 2, elective*

*This class offers 2 hours of elective credit toward the Garden Education Series: Floral Design Certificate. Non-certificate students are welcome. All levels welcome.

About the Instructor

Although surrounded by flower arrangements and cutting gardens from childhood, Kate Hugo Vernon did not expect her degree in 3-D Art to lead to a career in floral design. She worked as a software consultant and mother of five before launching The Arranger’s Market, her online shop, and then her floral design business. Kate’s passion for color and imaginative design soon became apparent in her work for events, in her workshops, and in demonstrations. “This should be easy: Mother Nature has already done the hard part” became her motto, as she shared tips on how to simplify the arranging process without sacrificing creative possibilities. In addition to working as a floral designer and proprietor of The Arranger’s Market, Kate now shares floral design tips on social media, where she posts novel ways to display local flowers, greens and veggies and models an approach to arranging that is both sophisticated and fun.