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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2012
Photos and text by Beth Monroe, PR & Marketing Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When you work at a botanical garden, there aren’t many people exactly like you around. Usually there’s only one botanical garden in a geographic area, so colleagues tend to be far flung. If you’re lucky, you can still find like-minded organizations [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Garden Volunteers on Dec 18th, 2012
Text & photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Winter solstice, coming up on December 21st, can be associated with darkness and cold, but recognition of the winter solstice traditionally celebrates the return of light, as the amount of sunlight each subsequent day gradually lengthens. “Solace” means comfort and consolation. [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on Dec 12th, 2012
by Grace Chapman, Director of Horticulture, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Although the weather is getting chilly in Richmond, VA, I want to highlight a recent trip to a warmer place. A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida to watch the UF vs. South Carolina game (Go Gators!). While I was there, I [...]
Posted in Lora Robins Library, The Garden Shop on Dec 11th, 2012
By Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Two new Virginia-related books offer great choices for bike-lovers and plant-lovers on your gift lists. Both are available in our Garden Shop. On Richmond’s Wheel: A Timeline History of Cycling in Richmond, Virginia by Thomas Houff is a history of bicycling in Richmond and much more. It will [...]
Posted in The Garden Shop on Dec 7th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In my family we have a tradition: each year my children pick out ornaments for their grandmothers in the Garden Shop at Lewis Ginter. (Spoiler alert — for any of my kid’s grandmothers who are reading along — you may want to avert your eyes now!) This year, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Now here’s something fun! Take a virtual tour of the doll houses in the Lora Robins Library at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! During Dominion GardenFest of Lights, we have 17 doll houses on display. They range from a one-room greenhouse, to a diner, to [...]
Posted in Education, Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2012
Text & photos by Judy Thomas, Adult Education Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Earlier this month, for the first time ever, I offered a class — Needle Felting for the Botanical Artist. We had so much fun in the class, I thought I’d share a few photos with you of our work. Many of you may not [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights on Nov 15th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Our mission here at the Garden is education, so over the past few years, we’ve tried to incorporate more and more botanical education and interest into Dominion GardenFest of Lights. Hey, just ’cause it’s dark out doesn’t mean you can’t learn about nature, right!? Last year, we [...]
Posted in Education, Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has a slide presentation all about plants from the Bible? I didn’t. But when I found this fascinating presentation, I knew I had to share it! Originally this was a regular tour hosted by our Garden Guides. These days, [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights on Nov 11th, 2012
by Victoria Waiton, Membership Assistant, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The sight of an enormous rainbow chandelier dripping with strands upon strands of bright paper cranes does something to a person. Staring up at those 2,500 carefully folded works of art, I think, I want to make one. This year’s Dominion GardenFest of Lights theme, “East Meets [...]
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