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09/20/2025 10:30 am
(16-Adult) Join published poet Sherri Waas Shunfenthal and spend some time outdoors meditating on nature and the fall season. Using your senses, memories or an object found, Sherri will guide you in creating poetry. There will be discussion, writing and sharing time. Bring a journal or sketchbook to enhance with poetry.
09/20/2025 5:30 pm
(Adults) Join us after-hours in the Horticulture Center. View the glasshouse tropicals in the light of the setting sun and peruse the art exhibit while enjoying a refreshing mocktail made with herbs grown at Green Spring Gardens. In this workshop, learn about the calming and restorative properties of plants and how to blend them into a relaxing bath soak. Leave with a…
09/20/2025 5:30 pm to 09/20/2025 7:30 pm
(Adults) Join us after-hours in the Horticulture Center. View the glasshouse tropicals in the light of the setting sun and peruse the art exhibit while enjoying a refreshing mocktail made with herbs grown at Green Spring Gardens. In this workshop, plant your own mini kitchen herb garden. Learn the basics of growing herbs at home—whether on a sunny…
09/27/2025 10:00 am
(16-Adult) Many plants species are common in horticulture through legal propagation, but are rare, endangered or even extinct in the wild. Led by Green Spring's head of horticulture, Adam Bucher, take a tour of the gardens to learn about several of these “rare” plants, their ecological history and growing conditions for their care at home.
10/04/2025 9:30 am to 10/04/2025 3:30 pm
(16-Adult) Explore the wonder of fungi and the secrets of ferns using your drawing skills. Artist and instructor Caroline Hottenstein shows you how to use the media of your choice - a micron pen, watercolor, graphite or colored pencils to illustrate them. Bring specimens (non-poisonous mushrooms) or photos to work from. Previous drawing experience…
10/04/2025 11:00 am
(Adults) Create a one-of-a-kind fairy garden scene out of natural materials with the help of instructor Bailey Price. Go on a guided walk to find inspiration and collect items from nature to work with. Learn how to build miniature furniture using hot glue and natural materials such as dried plants, acorns, twigs and bark. Feel free to bring fairy garden pieces from…
10/04/2025 12:00 pm to 10/04/2025 1:00 pm
(6-12 yrs.) Join us for a magical nature walk to explore the witchy folklore of our native American Witch Hazel. Learn its enchanting history and then create a themed craft to take home. Feel free to wear your favorite witch or wizard costume and let your imagination run wild.
10/18/2025 10:30 am
(16-Adult) Native plants provide beautiful fall foliage, color and berries. Extension Master Gardeners show you perennials, shrubs and trees in vibrant colors to add glorious colors of fall to your existing plantings. With a colorful palette that’s so warm and inviting, fall is a magical time.
10/25/2025 11:00 am
(16-Adult) Hear author Paula Whyman discuss Bad Naturalist. Explore native plant restoration on a Blue Ridge mountaintop. Laugh and learn from real-life mistakes and small wins.
Connect with fellow native plant enthusiasts.
Q&A and book signing included
Praised by Douglas Tallamy as “humorous and thoroughly engaging.
