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by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Things are rapidly getting in gear at the 2012 Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. We mentioned a small […]
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Big News for the 2012 Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden
by Albert Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The winter indoor planning stage is complete and work has begun in the Community Kitchen Garden (CKG). Here are the […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Stinky Tomatoes and More Chores!
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The growing season may be over, but there’s still plenty to be done in the Community Kitchen Garden and a little bit […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Two-Thirds Towards the Goal!
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We are two-thirds of the way to our goal of donating 10,000 pounds of vegetables to FeedMore! (FeedMore is the umbrella organization […]
Community Kitchen Garden: A Special Report "The Vegetable Food Chain"
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I have been working in the vegetable garden at Lewis Ginter for several months now; planting the vegetables, weeding and mulching, and […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Home Demo Garden
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This week we spent some time tending the home demo garden. This is a small raised bed, approximately 4’ by 12’ that […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Tomato Suckers and More!
By Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Do you know what I love about this volunteer gig? Every time I go to the garden I learn something new […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Weeds and Bugs – Two Guaranteed Occurrences in Gardening!
by Janine Butler, garden volunteer In last week’s blog, I commented on how well all the plants had been growing over the last couple of weeks. Well guess what else […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Look What's Growing!
By Janine Butler, garden volunteer What a difference a couple of weeks can make! Look at these pictures that were taken this morning: The squash seeds that we planted a […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Girl Power Gets it Done!
By Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Under the watchful eye of Tom Brinda, Assistant Executive Director of Horticulture & Education, the first team of vegetable garden […]