Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Nov 27th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator The cauliflower in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden is maturing slowly but surely. The cooler than normal temperatures have slowed the process, but we’ve already harvested 202 lbs.* of Snow Crown curds and 116 lbs.* of cauliflower leaves for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Oct 9th, 2012
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator There’s something incongruous about a chilly 50 degree, gray, wet day and the warm color of ripening tomatoes on the vines. The stark contrast reinforces the realities of our seasonal transition. We’re about to say farewell to our last tomatoes [...]
Posted in Community Kitchen Garden at Lewis Ginter on Oct 5th, 2012
by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator There has been a large amount of insect activity here in the Community Kitchen Garden this year at Lewis Ginter, partly due to the extreme heat this summer and the mild winter temperatures. When combating pests in your [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE!, The Garden Shop on Oct 4th, 2012
Photos and text by John Laslett, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Butterflies are some of the most delicate creatures in the world. The butterfly, of all creatures, is most robbed of the power to destroy. Thousands may descend and produce little more than a fragile breeze, the likes of which delights [...]
Posted in Education on Oct 4th, 2012
by Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden At the end of October, botanical illustrators and other artists will come together for a new class, Expanding the Roots offered by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s adult education department. Instructor Celeste Johnston says, “It is a chance to place traditional botanical elements and imagery within a work [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2012
by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator It’s funny what memories people attach to when they visit the Garden. For some, a visit to the Garden is all about the plants. For others, it’s about education or quiet meditation. Still others define a great visit by dining al fresco at the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Even though the first official day of fall is not until September 22nd, the start of classes and the weather (finally) cooling off reminds me that it’s right around the corner. The library at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has recently added Michelle Obama’s first [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2012
By Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern It’s been 28 years since Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden first opened its doors to the public. It’s hard to imagine the Garden without its wonderful facilities, staff, and the 600+ volunteers who come together to make the Garden beautiful. In 2011, the Garden received [...]
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