by Buz Sawyer, volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Since my last post, Linda Chaney and I have started our monitoring of the Lewis Ginter Bluebird Trail in earnest. If you should happen to see one of our boxes you will notice a label on the front. These have been added so each box can be referred [...]
by Kristi Orcutt, Children’s Garden Program Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Thank you, everyone, for braving cold rain and mixed snow on Saturday to help us with the Great Backyard Bird Count. We had 7 adult participants. Thanks, also, to Sue Ridd of Richmond Audubon, for sharing her birding knowledge and experience with all of us. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2012
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator The previous post on poppies promoted the value of color. This post proves the value of camouflage. Kildeer birds have been building nests at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. The first nest we saw was in the middle of a gravel parking lot, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2011
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When I think of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s Lora M. Robins Library, I think of a great resource for books (both children’s and adults); I think of a dedicated volunteer staff of over 20 volunteers; I think of our warm and cozy reading room [...]
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