Learn the step-by-step process of creating a free-flowing, organic-style bouquet, paying special attention to shape and movement. Design your bouquet using the best locally grown blooms and foliage available. Svetlana will share helpful tips and tricks on flower handling and care, choosing a color palette, and creating a well-rounded design. You'll leave this class with […]
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Celebrate springtime and join us for a special Storytime in the Garden followed by a Pollinator Parade on Friday April 17th. Storytime is at 10 am and the Parade will begin around 10:25 am. Feel free to dress up as your favorite pollinator or whatever you choose.
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Cultivate creativity and appreciation for the history of the ancient pressed-flower art form with instructor Conner Parrish of Bloomistry, a local farm in Ashland. After diving into the history of pressed flower art, we’ll create a stunning pressed flower glass floating frame using a 5×7 black glass-on-glass floating frame and real pressed flowers from the […]
Find Out MorePlease join the Richmond African Violet Society for their 2026 show and sale. Saturday Sale Hours are 9 am – 5 pm (African Violets and other gesneriads will be sold) Judging is 9:30 am to completion of judging (around 1 pm) Show Hours are 1 pm – 5 pm Sunday Sale Hours are 9 am – […]
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Gardening provides many physical and mental benefits beyond just creating a beautiful space to enjoy. Learn how to incorporate therapeutic design techniques into your space, and ways to maintain your garden that nurtures both your well-being and also local wildlife. At the end of the course we will take a walk around the garden and […]
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Fresh herbs add flavor to your favorite dishes and beauty to your garden, patio or deck. Avoid extra expense at the grocery store by growing your own often used culinary herbs. Join foodie, world traveler, and herbal expert Mark Ragland and learn how to successfully grow herbs in your garden. Then, explore exciting and delicious […]
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This exhibition features artwork by Swift Creek Middle School students, celebrating observation, research, and creative risk-taking through the study of insects. Inspired by the vibrant illustrations of French artist E. A. Séguy, visual art teacher Sheila Donahue guided students in exploring pattern, color, and texture across drawing and fiber-based media. Eighth grade students researched insects […]
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In this hands-on course, led by Kate Hugo Vernon, owner of The Arranger’s Market, students will break out of their traditional boxes and triangles and create dynamic, asymmetrical designs. Using seasonal materials such as budding branches and blooming bulbs, the course will focus on how to construct arrangements that are balanced without being symmetrical and […]
Find Out MoreJoin us for a special local author Storytime! Christina Shawn will be reading her book And Then Came You, When families grow, love grows too. After storytime, she will be available to sign copies of her books which will be available for sale.
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In this workshop, Horticulture Section Leader Jayton Howard will dive into the origins and history of bonsai, how to care for and plant a bonsai, and teach some basic bonsai training techniques. We’ll learn these techniques through the planting and training of your very own starter bonsai that you will get to take home with […]
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