Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden celebrates its new Rose Garden with rose-related activities and performances at Rose Fest.
Since opening this spring, the Rose Garden has flourished and grown with a peak bloom time anticipated in early October. The weekend is also a culmination of the Garden’s “A Feast for the Senses” exhibit with experiences designed to engage the senses. RoseFest activities are free with Garden admission and will include:
Sight: Enjoy informal tours of the Rose Garden featuring its more than 1,800 roses planted in a colorful scheme. A special display will offer a “photo opportunity” for guests.
Smell: Tables will be set up with rose blossoms in vases to allow “smellings”; fragrances can vary from lemony to musky to spicy.
Taste: Guests will be able to sample rose-flavored foods. While supplies last.
Sound: A strolling classical guitarist will create soothing sounds in this romantic garden; demonstrations and lessons of rose-related dances (such as the tango) will engage the audience on multiple sensory levels.
Also showing during this time-frame is a special art exhibit “Paintings by Louise Cochrane” in Ginter Gallery 2 of the Education and Library Complex (runs September 5 – October 12). These floral paintings celebrate Rose Garden donor Louise Cochrane’s abiding interests in art and gardens.
A related adult education program “Rose Pruning with Peggy Singlemann” is planned on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9:30 – 11 a.m. Singlemann, Maymont’s director of horticulture, will demonstrate proper pruning techniques. This class requires advance registration [(804) 262-9887, ext. 322 or www.lewisginter.org] and the cost is $20 for Garden and Maymont members; $30 for non-members.
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden offers year-round beauty with more than 40 acres of spectacular gardens and the mid-Atlantic's only classically styled Conservatory open to the public. See video and photo tours. (Full review)