Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden now recycles garden plastics? With the help of Strange’s Garden Center and the Henrico County Extension Office, we return our plastic garden pots to Strange’s wholesale growers where they reuse them or recycle them into new [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2010
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator & Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden My favorite recent addition to the Children’s Garden is our three bin compost system. Not only is composting an easy way to keep useful organic material out of the landfill, it results in the best soil amendment a gardener could wish for. Our [...]
Posted in No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood, Uncategorized on May 20th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As you probably know, here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden we love education. And in turn that means we love teachers too! I’ve written about it before. But I keep coming back to it, because our mission in everything we do here at the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2010
by Brenda Bartges, Buyer, Garden Shop, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden A new supply of lighted willow branch stems has arrived at the Garden Shop. Choose either the long or short stem branches, put them in your favorite vase, add some beautiful flowers and plug in. Easy, quick, instant beauty. Get ready for the compliments and [...]
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