Posted in Education, Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2012
by John Laslett, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern After spending an afternoon listening to him, I can tell you: Jaret Daniels, Ph.D, Head of Programs and Exhibitions at the Florida Museum of Natural History, wants to talk about Lepidoptera. In 2004 the museum opened up the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. The building was attached [...]
Posted in Garden Volunteers, The Garden Shop, Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator Garden volunteers are resourceful. They love what they do, and they do it with pride. I hate to say it, but many of them know alot more about plants than I do. Often, they are the ones I go to with questions about a [...]
Posted in Orchids, Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2012
Text & Photos by Erica Borey, VCU Museum Studies Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As you may have read in our early summer blog post on Reichenbachia, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden holds one of the only known copies of the Imperial Edition of Reichenbachia, a collection of late-19th-century chromolithographs depicting various orchid specimens. Unfortunately, due to years of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2012
by Mabel Baldwin, volunteer & guest blogger, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When is the last time you stopped to watch a flower open? We are all so wired with electronics today and have access to see photos and movies on the Internet. Still, to experience a bloom unfolding in front of you in the natural world [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator It’s funny what memories people attach to when they visit the Garden. For some, a visit to the Garden is all about the plants. For others, it’s about education or quiet meditation. Still others define a great visit by dining al fresco at the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Even though the first official day of fall is not until September 22nd, the start of classes and the weather (finally) cooling off reminds me that it’s right around the corner. The library at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has recently added Michelle Obama’s first [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2012
By Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern It’s been 28 years since Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden first opened its doors to the public. It’s hard to imagine the Garden without its wonderful facilities, staff, and the 600+ volunteers who come together to make the Garden beautiful. In 2011, the Garden received [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2012
by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden So far this season here in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden, the squash vine borer has been one of our most destructive pests. These pesky insects can cause major damage in your garden before you realize what’s going on; and they are gradually [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator We have a test bed for Sugar Baby watermelons in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. We haven’t tried melons before because melons are generally space hogs. The vines are sprawling and need elbow room to roam. Our test involves [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator A peek at the 2012 edition of the secret garden… a shady spot illuminated by tropical color. The underside of a discarded leaf from a Victoria Amazonica water lily… only slightly tweaked to enhance the natural tropical colors. Victoria [...]
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