# Garden Artists: Thanksgiving Plates > Event for families in the Virginia Beach–Chesapeake–Norfolk area (VA / NC). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Nov 21 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM - Where: Norfolk Botanical Garden (Baker Hall Visitor Center), 6700 Azalea Garden Rd, Norfolk, VA 23518 - Ages: Recommended for ages 3+ with some chaperone assistance - Price: Members $14/child; not-yet members $22/child and $20/adult; includes daytime garden admission - Organizer: Norfolk Botanical Garden - Official page: https://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/garden-artists-thanksgiving-plates--listing-b56bf0b02168cbd959a251f0 ## About Children paint a two-piece set of decorative ceramic plates for the Thanksgiving table: a 10-inch dinner plate and a 7-inch side or dessert plate. The class is in a Baker Hall Visitor Center classroom at Norfolk Botanical Garden, with sessions at 10 am, noon and 2 pm on both days of the weekend before Thanksgiving. It is recommended for ages 3 and up with some help from a chaperone. Each child needs a paid, pre-registered ticket, and each adult chaperone needs a registered ticket. Adults who want their own plates register a child ticket. The ticket includes daytime admission to the garden but not the evening Garden of Lights. ## Similar picks in Virginia Beach - [Dominion Energy Garden of Lights](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/dominion-energy-garden-of-lights--listing-7c7d363aeded6636af85269e) — Nov 6 – Jan 3 · 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM · Norfolk Botanical Garden · All ages · From $15 · checked Oct 24. Norfolk Botanical Garden's walk-through holiday light show, running for more than 30 years and voted among the best botanical garden holiday lights in the country by USA Today… - [Holiday Trail of Lights at the Virginia Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-trail-of-lights-at-the-virginia-aquarium--listing-726f9c320c4aecfc08326a8b) — Nov 20 – Jan 3 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center · All ages · From $12 · checked Oct 24. After 31 years as a drive-through on the Oceanfront boardwalk, Virginia Beach's holiday lights move to a new 1.1-mile walking trail on the Virginia Aquarium grounds. The trail… - [Holiday Nature Ornaments Workshop](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-nature-ornaments-workshop--listing-b5ea989785230ab6bd26833f) — Sat, Dec 19 · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Norfolk Botanical Garden (Baker Hall Visitor Center) · From $20 · checked Oct 24. Children combine natural items with craft supplies to make a set of nature-inspired ornaments for the family tree. The class is in a Baker Hall Visitor Center classroom at… - [Frosty: A Musical Adventure](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/frosty-a-musical-adventure--listing-5b629301bf5c3cad9e10f8d9) — Tue, Nov 24 · 6:00 PM · Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News · From $12 · checked Oct 24. The Barter Players from Abingdon's Barter Theatre bring a new holiday musical inspired by the song 'Frosty the Snowman' to the Ferguson Center for the Arts. Catherine Bush's… - [NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet at the Sandler Center](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/nutcracker-magical-christmas-ballet-at-the-sandler-center--listing-698bf8af6ab3d527a083f981) — Wed, Nov 25 · 3:00 PM · Sandler Center for the Performing Arts · Paid · checked Oct 24. The touring NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, billed as the largest Nutcracker production in North America, stops at the Sandler Center the day before Thanksgiving. The show… - [Santa's Seaside Cinema at 31st Street Park](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/santa-s-seaside-cinema-at-31st-street-park--listing-035537151972ed0cd68ff166) — Sat, Nov 21 (+3 more dates) · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · 31st Street Park · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Free holiday afternoons at the Oceanfront's 31st Street Park with a family movie on four Saturdays. From noon there is live entertainment, visits with Santa, costume characters… ## More for families - [This weekend in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach.md)