Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 29th, 2011
By Beth Monroe, Public Relations Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Although we’re always focused on “what’s next” here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, at the end of the year it’s fun to take a few minutes and look back at activities and accomplishments. It’s not an exhaustive list by any means — just a quick [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2011
by Albert Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We’re only about one week away from shutting down the 2011 Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. We still have some kale and a few red cabbages growing, but it’s likely those will not contribute substantial weight to our total yield for 2011. We’ll end the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden A few words published in Sunday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch from the Garden’s President & CEO, Frank Robinson, captured it better than anything else: It seemed an improbable uniting of people and place. A strikingly beautiful refugee from Southern Sudan, mother of 10, glowingly represented the Erie Art Museum [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex,” says author Charles Fishman. Wow, never really thought of it that way. It certainly does make you stop and think before you [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights, Events, No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood, Uncategorized on Dec 8th, 2011
By Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As the song goes, It’s the Holiday Season…. For the adults, like me, there doesn’t seem to be enough time for everything – shopping, cooking, wrapping, celebrations. For the kids, like a certain one of mine (not mentioning any names — you know who you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2011
by Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I walked around the Garden today and thought I was ready to go back inside the library when I spied a glowing white mass of flowers in the distance. “I must find out what that is”, I said to myself. It was snuggled between a giant sweet [...]
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