Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2011
by Dawn Lipscomb, Children’s Garden Program Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Note: ”Stickman” is the Garden’s ambassador for Patrick Dougherty’s Diamonds in the Rough stick sculpture at the Garden. Each week, the Children’s Garden staff moves Stickman to a new spot in the Garden — so our young visitors can search for him. Dawn Lipscomb, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2011
by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern The theme for my blog posts this month has been October Oddities, the month-long display of odd and interesting items at the Children’s Garden. Each Saturday in October, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. the Children’s Garden hosts Odd October-themed events. So far I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2011
By Beth Monroe, Public Relations & Marketing Director Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is welcoming a new horticulture director today. Her name is Grace Chapman and she comes with strong public garden experience at premier gardens in the United States and United Kingdom. Most recently, she was horticulture supervisor at the Ambler Arboretum of Temple University [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Seed Play: Fiber Art by Nancy G. Cook is on display now in Ginter Gallery II through November 11. Cook is a nationally-exhibited, Charlotte-based artist, displaying fiber art exploring seeds of trees and shrubs through the traditions of quilting, botanical illustration and watercolor. While her [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Here at the Garden and across Virginia, we’ve had a lot of mushrooms popping up recently – probably because of all the rain we’ve had. Last week, you may have heard about the Northern Virginia man who became ill from eating mushrooms from his back yard. The Times-Dispatch ran [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2011
by Beth Monroe, Director of Public Relations & Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden That’s right everyone, it’s time to vote for your favorite scarecrow. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is participating in the Lakeside Avenue Harvest Scarecrow Festival, sponsored by the Lakeside Business Association. Take a minute to Vote for your favorite scarecrow and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden On October 20th, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden will host GardenRant author and New York Times best-selling author, Amy Stewart. She’ll be presenting Wicked Bugs: A Book Talk with Amy Stewart, in tandem with the launch of her new book: Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army and other [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We are very proud that last week, our accessible-to-all CWD Kids Tree House in the Children’s Garden was recognized nationally, as tree house designers James BoFer Roth and John Connell of The Treehouse Guys accepted the Barrier Free America award by the Paralyzed Veterans of [...]
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