Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on Jul 13th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Grant Howell – head butterfly honcho for the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – was unhappy to see a swarm of yellow aphids attacking a milkweed plant being groomed for the butterfly habitat. It wasn’t all gloom [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on Jun 29th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern As soon as I walked into the Conservatory’s North Wing I felt like I was in a tropical oasis. There are lots of green plants at every height that add to the beauty and make you feel like you have just walked into a [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on May 26th, 2012
Text & photos by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern When I last visited the Garden I got a sneak preview of Butterflies LIVE! Now the exhibit is now open. It was amazing to see so many species from around the world in one place, I can’t wait to go back and [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on May 15th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Yeah, from the title you immediately knew this post would be about butterflies. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is installing its 2012 Butterflies LIVE! exhibition in the Conservatory. The exhibition doesn’t start until next week — May 25 — but [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on May 14th, 2012
Text & photos by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern Butterflies LIVE! doesn’t open until May 25th, but today I had a unique opportunity to see behind-the-scenes and get a first look at the arrival of the butterflies. None of the butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis yet, that made their [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights on May 8th, 2012
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator I don’t know the exact variety of these oriental poppies, but they’re marvelous. These are part of a cutting garden grown by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staff and volunteers. The items in this garden are specifically grown to be dried and used in [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights, Garden Volunteers, Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2012
by Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; Photos by Don Williamson Photography A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure [...]
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 Dominion GardenFest of Lights on Nov 18th, 2011
by Garrett McLees, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I arrived at Lewis Ginter in early September, and even though it was months away, it didn’t take long for me to hear about Dominion GardenFest of Lights, or GardenFest, as most folks call it around here. For some, GardenFest is the most anticipated event [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights, Events, Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2011
by Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Last week we told you all about our new addition in the Conservatory – “The Old Tree”. We are happy to announce that volunteers Nancy Butler and Alexandra Slusher have created a masterpiece. The Old Tree is ready for holiday visitors! The inhabitants have [...]
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