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Betty Ann is a certified floral designer with a true passion for flowers and sharing this joy with others. This July, she will be inducted into the AIFD (American Institute of Floral Design). She instructs many floral design classes in Northern VA and at Norfolk Botanical Garden, where she retired after 13 years as the Adult Education Director. In 2005, she launched the Floral Design Certificate Program at the Garden - the only floral design certificate program on the southern East Coast.  She has worked in several floral shops and has had her own floral wedding business; currently she is freelancing. She enters many flower shows and is an Accredited Life Judge through the National Garden Clubs. Since 2010, her floral interpretations of the arts have been displayed in Richmond during Fine Arts & Flowers, the opening of the Virginia Arts Festival at Chrysler Hall, and continually for all the Virginia Stage Company's performances. She's a member of IFDA, Floralia, Richmond Designer's Guild, Five Hills Garden Club, Thoroughgood Garden Club, and both the National Capital Area and Tidewater Judge's Council. She has a biology degree from Mary Washington College of Virginia, has been happily married for 33 years, has two grown children, and is a proud grand-mom to three granddaughters.

All classes will take place from 10:00 to 11:30 AM in the River Farm ballroom. 
Please e-mail development@ahsgardening.org with questions about classes or registration!

Please be sure to scroll down to see all available classes. Pre-registration is required and will end at noon on the day prior to the class. 

Cancellations and refunds: Registered students needing to cancel are given first option to register for a later class. Refund requests must be made at least one week prior to the class date. A $5 processing fee is retained for all refunds.