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  • Bites Around the World: Mexico

    Culinary Evening
    Bites Around the World: Mexico

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    So much more than tacos and burritos, authentic Mexican cuisine has a rich and complex history with wonderful regional variety. Learn about the delights of the cuisine of Mexico with Executive Chef Anne Maury Haapala as she demonstrates how home chefs can create regional favorites at home using tried and true techniques and fresh ingredients.  […]

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  • HoneyBee Tour

    Bee Tour

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Join your Garden Guide on a quest for nectar and pollen. Explore the Garden to see its beauty and find the nectar the bees see as lunch. The tour will end at the apiary where our in-house beekeeper will be available for your questions (subject to weather and staff availability).

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  • Member Night
    Display your own LEGO®
    brick-building skills!

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    A Special, After-Hours Evening for Members Only at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Bring your LEGO® brick creations and compete with fellow members for prizes. Explore the wildly popular Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks exhibition. Enjoy special members-only access, activities and games. Not interested in the LEGO®  brick competition? That's okay! This will be a […]

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  • Importance of Monarchs and Butterflies

    The Importance of Monarchs
    Walk and Talk

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Your Garden Guide discusses monarch butterflies and other pollinators and why they are important to us. Enjoy a guided walk around the Garden looking for pollinators and exploring the Garden's pollinator initiatives. Families welcome.  No more than two children ages 6-12 per accompanying adult. Fees: Member Adult and Member Child $0 / Non-Member Adult $17 […]

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  • Working with Awkward Containers

    Container Challenge:
    Working with Awkward Containers

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Have a container you love but just can’t make it work for a floral design? Bring your most irritating container (restrictions apply) and work with David to outsmart your design blues. This class is cancelled.  

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  • Celebrate the Shenandoah
    Wine Dinner

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Feel the cool air and warm sunshine of an early Fall evening. Celebrate the Shenandoah! This wine dinner series is designed to showcase the important work that Ginter Urban Gardeners are doing in our community to support local non-profits. Reservations and menu are available at teahouseevents.com. Tickets on sale June 1, 2019.

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    $85

  • Tea and Blooms

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Bring a pretty teapot or two tea cups from home and work with Laura Flournoy of Flowernoy Farm to create a gorgeous vintage-inspired, English Garden style arrangement in your container. Once you’ve created your arrangement, enjoy a delicious authentic English afternoon tea complete with tea sandwiches, scones and clotted cream.

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  • Water Lily at Toro Nagahi Events
    Featured

    Tōrō Nagashi Week
    Events

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Tōrō Nagashi Week Activities and Events; September 16-22, 2019 In the spirit of the Japanese ceremony, Tōrō Nagashi, please join us for a weeklong festival as we take time to reflect and commemorate those that came before us. Traditionally, this late-summer Japanese ceremony honors the memory of loved ones. During the festival of Obon, it […]

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  • Water Lily at Toro Nagahi Events

    Tōrō Nagashi Workshop
    Remembering, Reflecting and Rediscovering You: Nurturing Yourself through Nature

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    What is your first memory of nature? What were the sounds, smells, and feelings you remember? What and who made you the person you are today? How does it make you feel to walk through the gardens at Lewis Ginter? Join us for an interactive activity to reflect about something we tend to ignore: ourselves! […]

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  • Hors d' Oeuvres for a Crowd

    More Hors d' Oeuvres for a Crowd
    with Chef Anne

    1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

    Learn to impress your friends at the next party or potluck! Join Executive Chef Anne Maury Haapala as she demonstrates how to create delicious hors d’oeuvres that are easy to prepare in advance and produce in bulk for a crowd.  Anne’s hour and a half demonstration is followed by a delectable lunch featuring some of the […]

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