Nov 15th, 2011
Nerds for the Needy
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. […]
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Every Day is a Play Day at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
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 […]
Read MoreNov 11th, 2011
Still Truckin’
by Albert Brian Vick Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We’re still truckin’ along in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. Although it’s now nearly a week into November, the […]
Read MoreNov 11th, 2011
Adventures in Moving… with Bees!
by Grace Chapman, Director of Horticulture, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Note: We recently welcomed Grace Chapman, our new director of horticulture, to the Garden. This blog post is about her […]
Read MoreNov 10th, 2011
Power in the Garden
by Albert Brian Vick Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The last Saturday in October, a group of seven Dominion associates worked at Lewis Ginter’s Community Kitchen Garden. What started out as a […]
Read MoreNov 8th, 2011
Almost Time for Some Greens
by Albert Brian Vick Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator That’s folksy talk referring to the fall vegetable garden. At Lewis Ginter’s Community Kitchen Garden we have all […]
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Out with the Old, Again
by Albert Brian Vick Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator It was a gorgeous morning at Lewis Ginter’s Community Kitchen Garden. We took a day off from pampering […]
Read MoreNov 5th, 2011
Young People Learn & Volunteer at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator & Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden You probably know that Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has hundreds of volunteers, who work thousands of hours each year, […]
Read MoreNov 4th, 2011
"The Old Tree" in a New Light – A GardenFest-ful
By Nancy Turnage, Public Relations & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I know what it means … saw through my telescope … woodsmen … sawing down trees … with […]
Read MoreNov 3rd, 2011
Osmanthus Surprise
I was taking pictures today in the Asian Valley near the Robins Tea House when a sweet fragrance washed over me. I looked all around to see what it might […]
Read MoreOct 28th, 2011
Where's Stickman? On Saturday meet Cameron, the man Behind Stickman
by Dawn Lipscomb, Children’s Garden Program Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Note: “Stickman” is the Garden’s ambassador for Patrick Dougherty’s Diamonds in the Rough stick sculpture at the Garden. Each […]
Read MoreOct 21st, 2011
Goblins & Gourds Festival Rounds out the Weekend
by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern The theme for my blog posts this month has been October Oddities, the month-long display of odd and interesting […]
Read MoreOct 18th, 2011
Welcoming LGBG's New Horticulture Director Grace Chapman
By Beth Monroe, Public Relations & Marketing Director Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is welcoming a new horticulture director today. Her name is Grace Chapman and she comes with strong public […]
Read MoreOct 13th, 2011
Seed Play Continues at Ginter Gallery II Through November 11
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Seed Play: Fiber Art by Nancy G. Cook is on display now in Ginter Gallery II through November 11. Cook […]
Read MoreOct 12th, 2011
Mushrooms are Popping up all Over & Milk Thistle to the Rescue
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Here at the Garden and across Virginia, we’ve had a lot of mushrooms popping up recently — probably because of all the rain we’ve […]
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