Norfolk Botanical Garden
Who among flower lovers in Norfolk, Chesapeake and even Virginia Beach have not visited the Norfolk Botanical Gardens? And if you haven’t been, now’s the time to go!
The Garden is located at 6700 Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, and you can get driving directions from their website, http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/. The Garden offers classes on a variety of subjects… such as leaf casting, one stroke casting, making collages…even creating floral designs, wreaths, and table arrangements.
As a professional florist, we’re not afraid of the Garden creating competitors for us! When you need a beautifully arranged bouquet of flowers delivered to that special someone, professional florists are the way to go, and there are plenty of such shops in Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
Floral design is much more than simply sticking a bunch of flowers in a vase, as you doubtless know, or will soon realize one you take a class at the Garden! It requires a skilled eye, an imagination, and a knowledge of what flowers and greenery look well together.
So let’s get back to discussing what the Botanical Garden has to offer.
If you haven’t been to the Garden since June, you’ll want to go before October 12, so that you’ll be able to visit the Mutambo, an outdoor stone sculpture exhibit, imported from Zimbabwe, to honor the 70th Anniversary of the Garden’s creation by 220 local African Americans…way back in 1938. The figures were not sculpted especially for the occasion, but come from Zimbabwe’s famous Shona Sculpture Park.
Now that school is in session, you’ll be sure to see some kids their making their field trips, which can add an extra enjoyment to the day if you like seeing young children running around entranced by the nature all about them.
There are a dozen gardens in the Garden, called Signature Gardens:
Bicentennial Rose Garden
Bristow Butterfly Garden
Hofheimer Camellia Garden
Flowering Aboretum
Kaufman Hydrangea Garden
Renaissance Garden
Sarah Lee Baker Perennial Garden
Statuary Vista
Virginia Native Plant Garden
World of Wonders – A Children’s Adventure Garden
And there are 28 gardens called Themed Gardens. I won’t list them all, but they include the peaceful Japanese Garden, the Hummingbird Garden, and the Colonial Herb Garden.
And of course, you can rent various locations in the Garden to hold a wedding, or a conference meeting, or any kind of festive occasion, and what better setting can there be?
The Garden is open from 9 am to 7 pm until October.
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