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Botany and Journaling with Lara Call Gastinger: Fall
Explore botany and art together. Join botanical artist Lara Call Gastinger to learn how to use a sketchbook to observe the ways plants change each month. Explore strategies to condense the natural world within the pages of your sketchbook. This class meets once a month for three months to document seasonal changes.
Find out moreBotanical Cyanotype: Studio Two Three Exhibition
If you love plants and art, this botanical cyanotype exhibition may be for you! We are proud to partner with Studio Two Three, a Richmond’s non-profit workspace that provides artists the space, tools and knowledge they need to make their voices heard, in an exciting project to create cyanotypes, or photographic blueprints, of plant materials and botanical matters sourced from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Cyanotype is a 175-year-old monochrome photographic printing process which gives a distinct cyan-blue color. Anna Atkins, a British scientist, brought the…
Find out moreTuesday Yoga in the Garden: September-October Session
Learn yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement, and posture in a tranquil Garden setting. Small class sizes enable instructor Jacqueline Gooding to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience. Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate layered clothing for the season. Classes take place in the Garden or inside Garden buildings, depending on weather.
Find out moreBasic Floral Design, Part 1: Fall Session
Learn how to create the basic shapes and styles of floral designs—the building blocks for true creativity. This course will introduce you to techniques and styles commonly used by professionals. Learn preparation techniques, how to create basic shapes, and how to prepare flowers for long-lasting arrangements. A section on cut flower care and handling is included, along with a text. All materials provided; students need to bring sharp floral snips. Instructor: Mimi Cassick.
Find out moreWedding Floral Design
Make a wedding truly unique by creating your own floral decorations! Instructor Mimi Cassick will cover the basic types of wedding arrangements from centerpieces to altar pieces, with tips for keeping your creations fresh for the big day. All floral materials provided.
Find out moreThursday Yoga in the Garden: October-November Session
Learn yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement, and posture in a tranquil Garden setting. Small class sizes enable instructor Jacqueline Gooding to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience. Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate layered clothing for the season. Classes take place in the Garden or inside Garden buildings, depending on weather.
Find out moreEvening Yoga in the Garden: October-November Session
Learn yoga’s calming rhythms of breathing, movement, and posture during this evening offering in a tranquil Garden setting. Small class sizes enable instructor Jacqueline Gooding to offer individual pointers and address multiple levels of experience. Please bring a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate layered clothing for the season. Classes take place in the Garden or inside Garden buildings, depending on weather.
Find out moreHome Landscape Design for Beginners
Instructor Trevor Buckley guides you in analyzing your property for its landscape potential and acquiring the technical knowledge and creative tools to develop a design. Study sustainable practices for building soil, managing and conserving water, and creating habitats for pollinators and native species. Finish with a design that nurtures plants, wildlife, and people. Home Landscape Design for Beginners includes plenty of hands-on exercises and takeaway information. Tools and techniques learned in this course can be applied to a small urban lot,…
Find out moreMore Perennials
More Perennials follows “The Beginner’s Perennial Garden” and focuses on the next wave of tough, high-impact perennial selections. Instructor Beth Burrell discusses how variety in color, shapes, sizes, textures and cultural needs factor into the overall design. Discover strategies for season-long pizzazz through foliage impact and long-lasting blooms. Learn how to attract beneficial insects and plan for deer resistance and low maintenance. Beth includes lots of extra tips to ensure success. Pre-requisite: “The Beginner’s Perennial Garden” or equivalent. Intermediate level.…
Find out moreAdvanced Watercolor for Botanical Illustration: Fall Session
Williamsburg-based botanical artist Juliet Kirby leads this four-day advanced watercolor workshop for botanical artists. Participants bring a plant of their own choosing. Focus is on composition, accuracy, and direction of light. Students provide materials: a list of recommended materials is sent after registration. Lunch is on your own each day. Pre-requisites: Introduction to Drawing for Botanical Illustration, Intermediate Drawing for Botanical Illustration, Introduction to Watercolor for Botanical Illustration, Techniques for Watercolor for Botanical Illustration, Botany for Botanical Illustration. Also open…
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The at-a-glance Garden calendar includes highlights from the year including Plant Sales, Flowers After 5 in summer; Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights during the holidays & many more!
Learn MoreThe Garden’s celebration of spring! A parade of blooms unfurls as the weather warms: daffodils, tulips, peonies, roses and many more.
Learn MoreGet up close and personal as hundreds of tropical butterflies feed, flutter and take flight all around you.
Learn MoreBring your dog to Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights on select nights.
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