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M&T Bank RESTORE:
The Healing Power of Nature

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

March 22 - October 31, 2021 Visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to experience 50 acres of cultivated gardens, woodland paths and wild spaces along with the interconnectedness of people, plants and water. Restore yourself through the healing power of nature. Throughout the seasons look for educational displays highlighting native plants and insects, water, ephemeral art, […]

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ALFONSO PÉREZ ACOSTA rock installation
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ALFONSO PÉREZ ACOSTA
Art Installation & Exhibition

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Art Installation  Saturday, July 31,  1-4:30 pm Artist in Residence Exhibition July 31 - Oct 31, on view daily in the Anderson Meadow Included with regular Garden admission  Join us to watch the artist in residence, Alfonso Pérez Acosta, create his art installation of your rock paintings!  Earlier this summer, visitors select and painted a […]

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Grow Native Series on Native Plants

Grow Native
Landscaping with Virginia Natives Webinar Series

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Learn about why and how to use native Virginia plants in your landscape in this series offered by the Plant Virginia Natives partnership. If you’ve heard that using native plants in your yard helps improve the environment for everyone, but are not sure why or how to do that, this series of webinars bring you […]

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Forgotten But Not Gone - Stella Jones

James River
Art League Show

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Kelly Education Center Included with Garden Admission With over 130 member artists and 55 years since its founding, the James River Art League’s mission is to encourage the creation and appreciation of the visual arts. The league brings art into Richmond community venues and partners with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as one of its exhibit […]

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Color Mixing Stephey Baker

COLOR MIXING
FOR BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

IMPORTANT: This is a hybrid class. Read the entire description for information on how the class will be conducted. It can seem watercolor painting needs only water + watercolor paint. Mix them together, apply to paper with a brush and voila! It’s not quite that simple. It helps when you can identify the physical properties […]

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River City Poets reading in the Garden
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River City Poets

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Included with Garden admission. (Rain or shine, if raining, we will move to the Lora Robins Library) Join us on select Sundays for poetry readings in the Garden celebrating nature….as part of M&T Bank: RESTORE: the Healing Power of Nature. See River City Poets from 2-3:30 p.m. on the Flagler Garden Lawn.  

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Grow Native Series on Native Plants

Grow Native Series
How To Build a Native Forest In Your Front Yard

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Learn about why and how to use native Virginia plants in your landscape If you’ve heard that using native plants in your yard helps improve the environment for everyone, but are not sure why or how to do that, this series of webinars brings you up to speed on ways to turn your home garden […]

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Reflections in the Garden community chain
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REFLECTIONS
in the Garden

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Write your own special wish, or commemorate a loved one, on a strip of paper, and link it to another person's. Special Ticketed Event -- Both members and non-members must have a pre-purchased Eventbrite ticket to attend. Children under age 3 do not need a ticket to attend.   On this evening from 6 – 9 […]

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Storytime in the Garden
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Storytime
in the Garden

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

Join in the fun each Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. as Library and Archives Manager Katarina Spears reads a few of her favorite stories to children in the shade of the overcup oak trees outside the Kelly Education Center.  Invite your friends!

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Into the Wild: Personal Journeys in Nature Writing Workshop

INTO THE WILD
PERSONAL JOURNEYS IN NATURE WRITING WORKSHOP

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond

No matter how much or how little time we spend outdoors, we have an intrinsic connection to nature. The natural world informs our sense of place and identity, helping forge our connection with ourselves and the world. Join us for a morning of exploring the myriad ways nature intersects with our personal lives. We will write […]

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