Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2012
Guest blog by Catherine Parrish Tejnecky, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden member This summer my family was inspired by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s butterfly exhibit to take an extra step with the caterpillars who visit my herb garden this year. We decided to remove them from the garden at the point they were large enough to pupate and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2012
by Amelia Hardy, Gilliam Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Interning at Lewis Ginter has been one of the best summers of my life. The fact that a college student, from Florida, says that working all summer is better than being a beach bum should speak magnitudes about how wonderful Lewis Ginter is. I was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2012
by Laura Lee Folman, Education Registrar, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Legend tells us that when Job wept “tears unto God,” his tears fell to the ground, but were not wasted, for each drop grew into a tall, ornamental grass bearing seeds shaped like hardened tears. For thousands of years these plants have been grown with their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern I love discovering and exploring new areas, which is one reason why I’ve had so much fun interning at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden this summer! I recently went on a tour of the Garden with other summer interns and discovered aspects of the Garden [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern What do you fear? For me it’s snakes and getting stung by a bee, which makes working in the Garden an ideal place to get over my fears. I haven’t seen any snakes in Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, but I have seen a few [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2012
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Last Thursday was my first Flowers After 5 and certainly won’t be my last! This summer I’m a Public Relations intern for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and it has been an amazing experience. There is always something going on! I attended Flowers After 5 in order [...]
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 Butterflies LIVE! on May 26th, 2012
Text & photos by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern When I last visited the Garden I got a sneak preview of Butterflies LIVE! Now the exhibit is now open. It was amazing to see so many species from around the world in one place, I can’t wait to go back and [...]
Posted in Butterflies LIVE! on May 14th, 2012
Text & photos by Garrett McLees Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Intern Butterflies LIVE! doesn’t open until May 25th, but today I had a unique opportunity to see behind-the-scenes and get a first look at the arrival of the butterflies. None of the butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis yet, that made their [...]
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