Posted in central garden, Collections, Education, Horticulture on Mar 28th, 2013
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Today, Shannon Smith, Senior Horticulturist, met with staff and volunteers during a “15 Minutes in the Garden” session where we learned about a new section of plants for this very special garden — the George Bragdon Daffodil Garden. The Bragdon memorial garden will show a spectacular [...]
Posted in Collections, Education, Horticulture on Mar 20th, 2013
by Grace Chapman, Director of Horticulture, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that botanical gardens are actually museums? The big difference is that instead of having collections of artwork or historical objects, we have living collections. All of our plants are documented, numbered, and tracked, just like other museum collections. The Garden combines various types [...]
Posted in Collections, Horticulture, Knockout Blooms on Mar 7th, 2013
Text and photos by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The daffodils are starting to bloom all over the Garden. For me one of my favorite things is to find a new type of daffodil every time I turn around. According to the American Daffodil Society there are between 40 and 200 different [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2012
by Janice Hunter, Children’s Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “Did you see anything yet? Have they hatched …?” This was the way my teammates welcomed each other to the Garden last week when we met as volunteers in the Lewis Ginter Children’s Garden. Of course, I had not seen, but was anxious to hear what they were [...]
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