Horticulturist Dawn Lerch and designer David Pippin help you learn how to design and execute exciting and long-lasting arrangements for church settings that are also appropriate and inexpensive. After demonstrating various formats, Dawn and David help you create an arrangement. Designs emphasize using common garden greens and purchased material as accents. Take away an arrangement […]
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Hut! Get ready to shape up your landscape in three sessions. Warm up by learning to measure, plan, and budget. Workout with techniques to install your landscape, and cool down with seasonal maintenance strategies. Please note date changes below! Registration is closed for this class.
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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, […]
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See our exhibit of botanically-themed artwork created by teachers and students. Show includes needle-felting, embroidery, watercolor and a variety of other mediums. Exhibit runs January 23, 2016 - March 13, 2016.
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As a first-time homeowner, are you unsure of what you’re doing with your new (to you) landscape? (Hint: first of all, the plants go green side up). Get up to speed on the basics in this workshop: learn how to establish curb appeal, evaluate your shade and wind break needs, and screen for privacy. Find out how […]
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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, […]
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The Five Elements Form of T’ai Chi is filled with simple and gentle movements easily mastered in a short period of time. Students study the physical movements and philosophy of T’ai Chi as well as breathwork and meditation. Benefits include increased circulation, balance, and posture. Many find an increase in strength and flexibility and a […]
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In celebration of spring, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is pleased to present 19th Century Botanical Illustrations of Orchids. Dr. Arthur Burke, an expert grower of rare and unusual orchids, has loaned to the Garden examples from his collection of the Reichenbachia—large-scale chromolithographs from the 19th century made from plantsman Frederick Sander’s 1894 compilation of hand-painted, […]
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Develop your skills in drawing plants and learn to achieve classic,elegant, dramatic drawings that can be used again and again in other works of art. This course includes some basic botany and exercises to hone drawing and observation skills. Some drawing experience is recommended. Materials are provided. Instructor: Celeste Johnston, Class times include a break […]
Find Out MoreLights, camera, action! Using the Garden as your backdrop, develop a story-line, create scenes and props using natural materials, and snap images to produce a unique nature-based stop motion animation film. At the end of the day, participants will have digital access to their finished product to share with friends and family. We strongly suggest […]
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