25 Years & Growing
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2012
by Kristen Ablamsky, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know there is a holiday, native to Israel, that celebrates a new year in honor of plants? It’s called Tu B’shevat (TOO-bish-VAHT). It’s sometimes called Jewish Arbor Day. This agricultural holiday began in ancient times as a way to keep track of [...]
Posted in Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2012
by Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden A few months ago, while on a mission to capture some fun photos for my Every Day is a Playday blog, I encountered a little friend. He was so cute — set amidst the foliage and ornate shrubbery. He was so completely out of place. He [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2012
by Scott Hornby, Development Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Has anyone ever said something to you that was so funny, so gripping, so moving or so powerful that you wished your mind had a big, red record button? It’s a sad comment on the state of my mind that I can recite, word-for-word, the dialogue to hundreds [...]
Posted in gardenfest, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Uncategorized, volunteer 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 Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2012
by Albert Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden is now shut down for the winter. Volunteers in the garden produced 9,913 pounds of high quality produce for FeedMore’s Community Kitchen. Weight distribution by type: Tomatoes – 5,594.5 lbs. Zucchini/ yellow squash – 3,035.5 lbs. Cauliflower – 460 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 4th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Award-winning author, Leonard M. Adkins, will speak at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden tomorrow night (Thursday, January 5) at the Virginia Native Plant Society (Pocahontas Chapter) meeting. Adkins, profiled by Backpacker Magazine, and referred to as the “Habitual Hiker,” will present Wildflowers of the Blue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 3rd, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that you could buy plants and seeds with food stamps? Over 46 million Americans use food stamps — nearly 15 percent of the population — but many don’t know they use food stamps to buy plants that will produce food for [...]
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 [...]
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