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Resilience, Wisdom and Skill: A Life of Service at Maymont and Beyond
Online EventMaymont Honors Black History Month Learn what it was like to work at Maymont during the Gilded Age and Jim Crow eras as historical interpreters portray monologues based on the oral histories of the domestic staff. Then take a virtual tour with a historical educator to explore the Maymont Mansion and grounds from the perspective…
SOLD OUT: Sustainable
The Robins Nature CenterA Film of the Richmond Environmental Film Festival Do you know the back story behind the food on your table? Come to The Robins Nature Center at Maymont for a screening of “Sustainable,” a documentary that investigates the economic and environmental instability of America’s food system. The film profiles Marty Travis, a seventh-generation farmer who transforms…
The Vote
Online EventMaymont honors Women's History Month Just over 100 years ago, the question of women’s right to vote was hotly contested, even among leading women of the day. Then, as today, women were divided by issues of race and economic class. Hear the arguments on all sides of the women’s suffrage debate in a free virtual…
Plants & Pints Walk & Talk, hosted by Parallel Nursery
Maymont FarmExplore Maymont’s Pollinator Garden and Rain Garden with Sean Proietti, Senior Manager of Horticulture & Grounds at Maymont. Learn about container gardening with native plants by Kaity from Parallel Nursery. Questions welcome! Enter the raffle for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Maymont Garden Hub at Herbs Galore and a Parallel Nursery…