25 Years & Growing
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In what seems like one of the most unpredictable turn of events in the food movement, DC public schools are leading the way in kicking sugary milk and cereals off of their menu. While it seems like a no-brainer for health reasons, it is [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Sep 16th, 2009
By Janine Butler, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden volunteer Well, the pools are closed for the year and the kids are back in school; I guess that means that summer is officially over! But nobody informed the vegetable garden – we continue to harvest vegetables every week! However, as the weather begins to cool down, we [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Aug 10th, 2009
by Janine Butler, garden volunteer I have been working in the vegetable garden at Lewis Ginter for several months now; planting the vegetables, weeding and mulching, and harvesting along with many other volunteers. So I am pleased to bring you this ‘special report’ and show you more about what happens to the vegetables once they [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2009
Community Kitchen Garden: Home Demo Garden by Janine Butler, garden volunteer This week we spent some time tending the home demo garden. This is a small raised bed, approximately 4’ by 12’ that shows just how much home gardeners could grow in their own back yard, in a small area. It’s jam-packed with veggies [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Jun 18th, 2009
Community Kitchen Garden: Tomato Suckers and More! By Janine Butler, garden volunteer Do you know what I love about this volunteer gig? Every time I go to the garden I learn something new – this week was all about tomatoes (and yes, I say tom-ah-toe, not tom-ate-er). Tom Brinda, Assistant Executive Director of Horticulture at [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Jun 12th, 2009
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 has been growing? Yep, WEEDS! I spent a good hour or so on Saturday using a cool tool called a scuffle hoe – you move [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Jun 4th, 2009
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 couple of weeks ago are doing great. I can’t believe that they could grow so big in such a [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on May 15th, 2009
By Janine Butler, garden volunteer Today was awesome! About a hundred people participated in the celebration planting day this morning, including a group of 20 4- and 5-year-old students from New Directions Daycare. It was great fun watching the children get in the dirt and plant cabbages, bell peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. It comes so natural to children – [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on May 7th, 2009
by Janine Butler, garden volunteer In November 2007 the Oxford University Press announced locavore as the Word of the Year. No, until recently I had never heard of it either. But now it seems that I keep hearing, and reading, the word ‘locavore’ more and more often. What is a locavore? One definition from Dictionary.com: [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Apr 30th, 2009
by Janine Butler, garden volunteer Planting day has been scheduled! If you’d like to come witness the planting of the Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, mark your calendars for Thursday, May 14 from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. It promises to be a fun event, with local schoolchildren stopping by to help plant as [...]
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