Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern As the summer months stretch on, you may be looking for something new to do to really enjoy the fact that it’s summer. There’s so much to do at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! In the Garden Café, we’ve left some spiral notebooks looking for [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on Jun 29th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern As soon as I walked into the Conservatory’s North Wing I felt like I was in a tropical oasis. There are lots of green plants at every height that add to the beauty and make you feel like you have just walked into a [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter, Garden Volunteers, Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Last Monday we had another great visit from Christa Vidonic and her Dominion Power co-workers in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. Last Fall Christa and team came twice to help clear out the fading tomato vines to get ready [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s mission is education and our passion is bringing people and plants together to improve our community. We hope that Garden Times does just that — teaching you something, connecting you to plants, and inspiring you to visit us. As a non-profit [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3rd, 2012
by Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Excitement is building for Butterflies LIVE! We can’t wait for the May 25 opening of this display. If you haven’t visited it before, you are in for a real treat. We will be planting both host and nectar plants to attract and support all of the free-range butterflies that [...]
Posted in Garden Volunteers, Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2012
by Kristen Ablamskyy, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s impossible to miss the smiles that quickly emerge when you mention the Spring Plant Sale at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Volunteers and staff are buzzing around the Garden preparing for next week’s sale and sharing stories from years past. Volunteer, Jane Hartough, is in charge of plant [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2012
by Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If the “slow food” movement is about being mindful of what you eat and appreciating it more, then botanical illustration might be considered part of the “slow art” movement. It doesn’t offer the instant gratification of digital photography, but rather the rewards of patience that come with truly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In the heat of August, It’s hard to imagine, that the annual Fall Plant Sale is just around the corner, on Sept. 17 &18. This is an event that many avid gardeners look forward to all summer. Our volunteers have been working hard planning [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 13th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Some really wonderful gardening events are sprouting up in Richmond this spring! Of course, each year Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden volunteers hold the annual Spring Plant Sale — this year April 29 – 30th and May 1st. Lewis Ginter’s plant sale is still a [...]
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