Create your own miniature container garden in this workshop. Following a demonstration of plants and materials for miniature gardens, create your own 'little fairy landscape'. Bring your own container (suggestions for materials and sizes are sent). Potting and plant materials are provided, along with some whimsical accessories to start you off. This class is cancelled.
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Saturday, September 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, October 15, Noon – 4 p.m. Free with Garden admission (Includes Butterflies LIVE! too.) Come help create a new and meaningful mural for Richmond! The Senior Connections Interactive Mural Project is an interactive mural focused on the positive and transformative aspects of aging. Generously sponsored by Genworth.
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Saturday, September 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday, October 15, Noon – 4 p.m. Free with Garden admission (includes Butterflies LIVE! too) Come help create a new and meaningful mural for Richmond! The Senior Connections Interactive Mural Project is an interactive mural focused on the positive and transformative aspects of aging. Generously sponsored by Genworth.
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See the exclusive world premiere documentary film screening of Pursuing the Monarchs, Directed by Anna Chahuneau and a talk, Monarchs and Pollinators: The Need for Habitat Restoration Dr. Chip Taylor. Scroll down for more detail.
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Free trolleys and extended hours at stores along Lakeside (including the Garden Shop, 'til 9 p.m. on Friday) make Holly Jolly Christmas on Lakeside Avenue a fun shopping event for all.
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Make a peace crane for veterans Share your message of peace, thanks, and encouragement with a veteran on Veterans Day. Please note on Veterans Day, we welcome active duty military, military retirees, and veterans and their families free of charge. Guests of military families are half-price admission, if not members already.
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Special Preview for Friends Level Members and Above Members of the Friends level and above are invited to an exclusive after-hours preview of the exciting new exhibit Origami in the Garden on Thursday, April 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m. as an added Membership bonus. See event details below. Check your membership card for your current level or when you next […]
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Exhibit and related activities are included with Garden admission. Join Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden both Saturday and Sunday as we welcome Origami in the Garden, a premier art exhibit of origami bronze, steel and aluminum sculptures is making its mid-Atlantic debut. We’ll kick off the weekend with family-friendly Origami fun like paper-folding with members of RVA Origami, […]
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Explore a rotating display of the art form of Japanese flower arrangement from the four schools of Ikebana: Ikenobo, Ohara, Sogetsu, and Ichiyo. Location: Lora M. Robins Library Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday – Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m.
Find Out MoreCreate magnificent artwork after journeying through the Garden to visit a variety of giant origami sculptures including one titled, Conversation Peace. Artistic inspiration will come in other forms as well including Vivaldi’s music and children’s literature about artists such as Claude Monet and Henri Matisse.
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