Posted in Horticulture, Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2012
Photos & text by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Recently, I’ve been struck by how beautiful the Garden is even in winter. I’m sure it happens each year, that as the light dims, and the days get colder, I notice the lovely things I come across more deliberately and appreciate them more, because [...]
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 9th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Does your family hide a pickle on your Christmas Tree? You don’t? Maybe it’s time to start a new tradition! The person who finds it gets an extra present or a year of good fortune. What a fun way to start out Christmas morning! [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Dec 9th, 2012
by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Here in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden we increased the diversity among our crops this season, and we experimented with many different root crops. We grew beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, white potatoes and sweet potatoes. We [...]
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 Dec 6th, 2012
by Lynn Kirk, Public Relations Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The ways in which Japanese gardens were introduced to America are as intriguing as the gardens themselves. The exchange of ideas began in the late 19th century and pivoted around wealth, world fairs and world power. During this era of industrial revolution, international trade flourished. [...]
Posted in Dominion GardenFest of Lights, Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2012
Editor’s note: This blog post was originally published on Raising Richmond a parenting blog on RVAnews.com by Valerie Catrow, guest blogger, via Raising Richmond I tend to get a bit weepy when I think about Lewis Ginter this time of year–the garden, not the guy. Now you might find it odd for a grown woman to tear up at the [...]
Posted in Children's Garden, Education on Nov 21st, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s easy to get in the holiday spirit when you work at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. With our desire to make Dominion GardenFest of Lights even better than the year before — each year — we sometimes get a little over-the-top when it comes holiday [...]
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