Upcoming
Events

KNITORIOUS M.E.G.
LOVERS LANE

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Monday, January 30 - Friday, March 31, 2023 Included with Regular Garden admission and Free for Members Experience an installation by Richmond’s own yarn bomber Knitorious M.E.G. in her first garden exhibition. Come take a stroll down Lovers Lane and enjoy the yarny web that she has spun for us. Using her vibrant yarn to […]

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T'ai Chi Guided Practice:
FEBRUARY-MARCH

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Join others to experience the grace and beauty of movement meditation through the 5 Elements Form of T'ai Chi. Learn Qigong exercises to build strength, foster mobility, and increase balance. Classes take place in the garden or inside garden buildings depending on weather. Wear weather appropriate clothing and bring water. This is a continuing, multi level class, […]

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Member Appreciation Month

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

We're grateful for our Garden members and celebrate them all year long, but especially in March! Not a member yet?  Join today for free daily admission all year long, discounts on classes and in the Garden Shop, special member previews and extra benefits throughout the month of March! See below for more details.

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BASIC FLORAL DESIGN
PART 2

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Basic Floral Design, Part 2 continues Mimi Cassick's beginning class: learn variations and improve your skills in the elements and principles of design, composition, cut flower preparation and mechanics (underpinnings) while exploring different types of arrangements, including crescent, long and low and naturalistic style. All containers and floral materials provided. Students bring sharp floral snips. […]

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INTRODUCTION TO
Nature Journaling

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

You don’t need to be an artist to create or tend to a nature journal. However, you must be a lover of flowers and plants and excited to experience the beauty of the natural world! In this four session class, Stephey Baker, local creative and avid urban gardener for bumble bees, guides you step-by-step to […]

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Intermediate Drawing
FOR BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Continue to explore line quality and expressiveness in this follow-up to "Introduction."  Students continue to develop the basic techniques and knowledge covered in Introduction to Drawing.  Complete one or more drawings of a seasonally-appropriate botanical  subject of your choice, practicing the core concepts taught in the class.  Accuracy of drawing is emphasized as well as […]

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Yoga at the Garden
APRIL-MAY SESSION

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Practice 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 have a blanket, yoga mat, water and appropriate comfortable clothing. Sessions are in person either in the Garden or in a classroom with […]

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