25 Years & Growing
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 facility events, gardenfest, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2011
by Albert Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The cauliflower and broccoli in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden have been simply stunning, despite the warm weather. We have currently donated 9,503 total pounds of freshly-grown produce to The Central Virginia FoodBank, Meals on Wheels of Central Virginia & FeedMore’s Community Kitchen for the [...]
Posted in facility events, gardenfest, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2011
by Albert Brian Vick Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Hey, I can call them nerds because a) that’s how they introduced themselves to me, and b) I’m a nerd. A team from the DLA IT function came to the CKG on Saturday to WRK. Just having a little fun with the abbreviations. These folks [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2011
By Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The air grows cooler, the days darken in late afternoon, and the trees portray nature’s brilliant autumnal portrait. Here at the Garden, the word is GardenFest and the magic it brings each year via more than a half million outdoor lights. But before all the hoopla [...]
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