Japanese Beetles

There’s a question we’ve been hearing a lot these days. “What do I do when Japanese beetles are eating all my plants?”  Japanese beetles happily consume and damage the plants […]

Flower Shows are a Rite of Spring at Lewis Ginter

Updated 2/10/22 I still remember my first flower show.  It was in 1997, and my husband pointed out that the newly opened Robins Visitor Center at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was […]

Gratitude

We may be thankful for many things in a garden, but not everything. Under the “thankful for” heading: the blazing color of spring bloom, the annual return of flirty butterflies […]

A Lover of Roses

Richmond lost an outstanding community member and supporter this week. Mrs. J. Harwood (Louise B.) Cochrane was a vibrant and vital force who supported many nonprofits and made our community […]

Rose Rosette Disease

Rose rosette disease is a funny thing.  At first it doesn’t look like there’s a problem with your roses, it just looks like there is alot of new growth, and […]

Beauty Break: Roses

I’ve seen our Rose Garden bloom more than a few times in my 8 years here. It has a flush if blooms in spring, blooms all summer (granted, with a slow down) […]

The Risk it Took to Blossom…

Those Who Bring Sunshine…..

Last Hurrah for Roses

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This year we have lucked out with no hard frost as of yet. What this means is that the Rose […]

Dance & Sing the Day Away in the Rose Garden at Rose Fest

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The roses are going crazy with blooms, just in time for this weekend’s Rose Fest. We hope you can join us! […]