Norfolk Botanical Garden

Climate change is a topic of daily conversation these days. Scientists have well-documented evidence that human activity, starting with the dawn of the industrial revolution, is the driving force behind these changes. During our November 2018 symposium, we touched on the topic of climate change and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees genuinely appreciated the …

Registration is open now for MAHSC.  Excellent sessions! Many CBLP CEUs! In addition to the regular MAHSC sessions, CBLP is hosting a special workshop, designed for maintenance crews and crew leaders, on Thursday, January 16. Send your crew or favorite contractor! Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program - ​Sustainable Stormwater BMP Management Certificate Training This one-day …

What do you do with too much water, too quickly?  How much water is your site getting?  How do you manage all that water with grace and beauty? Rain Gardens and other small-scale stormwater best management practices (BMPs) pose two major challenges in their design:  knowing how much water the site must handle, and managing …

Join us to celebrate 80 years of Horticulture with a one-day symposium in our newly renovated Administration Auditorium. Topics include a look at Norfolk Botanical Garden’s past, present and future, climate change and its impact on local plants, great garden plants for our region and natural landscape design. Added Bonus Take Home a FREE Tree. As part of …

The Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD) announces their upcoming winter meeting and seminar. Come see Thomas Rainer (co-author, Planting in a Post-Wild World) and Carol Heiser (Habitat Education Coordinator, VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries) apply Thomas’s concepts of layered plant communities to the designed landscape.  Special emphasis will be given to producing …