25 Years & Growing
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2010
by Frank Robinson, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I write the following to document and interpret the impact of our weather on the Garden, but more so to commend the horticultural, operations, maintenance and volunteer staff for the superb job you have done under really difficult conditions in recent weeks, with special thanks to [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2010
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest, Joan Maloof, asks us to reflect on our childhood memories of trees. “It turns out that many people have a very specific memory of a particular plant species, a memory of wonder….” she says. I was born and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2010
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden My husband came home from work the other day, telling me I had to listen to this story on NPR — about trees. NPR was interviewing Diana Wells, author of the new book, Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History, exploring people’s relationship with [...]
Posted in Green Tonic on Oct 28th, 2009
By Jonah Holland PR and Marketing Coordinator It looks like Richmond is looking at its trees and its parks more seriously these days. Ever since our symposium, Green Tonic: Urban Gardening for Health & Wholeness back in August, I’ve been thinking more about the city’s parks and trees and apparently so has the rest of [...]
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