Posted in Butterflies, Butterflies LIVE!, Education, Events on May 11th, 2013
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Guess what!?! Here at Lewis Ginter we are counting down the days ’til Butterflies LIVE! In fact, it starts less than 2 weeks from today! Chrysalides are already arriving at the Conservatory and we are setting them up in our emergence room. What’s new this [...]
Posted in Flagler Perennial Garden, Horticulture on May 2nd, 2013
By Frank Robinson, President & CEO, & Lynn Kirk, PR Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, reprinted with permission from the Richmond Times-Dispatch Accept it, gardeners — change is the norm for gardens and landscapes. Nature alters growing conditions through ever-changing weather and seasons, as does the interaction of plants, insects and wildlife. Man creates modifications each time he [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE!, Events, garden, The Garden Shop on Apr 19th, 2013
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s that time of year again when Richmond Magazine helps RVA decide the Best and Worst of Richmond. Last year, The Garden Shop was voted “The Best Place for Unusual Garden Ornaments” – but did you know, we have so much more than that! Why [...]
Posted in Children's Garden, Education on Apr 5th, 2013
Photos & text by Kristin Mullen, Early Childhood Program Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden While teaching in the Children’s Garden, I always have an ear out for that moment when the children ‘get it.’ And I don’t mean checking the box when they can identify the parts of a plant, list the things that plants need to [...]
Posted in Garden History on Apr 3rd, 2013
by Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We will have something new on display in the Lora Robins Library beginning with Heritage Weekend. We received a generous donation of Allen & Ginter cigarette cards from Ben and Maureen Field. I am pleased to report that our talented and capable museum studies intern, Erica Borey, has [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Horticulture, Volunteers on Apr 2nd, 2013
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Wondering what we’ve been up to lately in the Community Kitchen Garden? POTATOES! Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Brian Vick, made a 2-minute movie featuring the potato planting. Thanks to volunteers Jeff Curtis, John Jamieson & Gary Pantaleo for helping to grow food for Richmond’s neediest [...]
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 [...]
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 Adult Education, botanical illustration, Education, Lora Robins Library on Mar 10th, 2013
Text & photos by by Susie Kowalik, Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Years ago, I came across a book by Claire Walker Leslie called Keeping a Nature Journal. It was my introduction to journaling… and the discovery of a wonderful gift, both for myself and those that I have had the privilege of teaching over the [...]
by Buz Sawyer, volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When you visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden you are probably here to see what is in bloom or see one the many exhibits. I’ll bet that seeing bluebirds is low on your priority list. So you might be surprised to learn that we have a Bluebird Trail [...]
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