Photos and text by Jonah Holland , PR and Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden A cunning carnivore with an inescapable death trap silently waits for prey in some southeastern wetlands. Its […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland , PR and Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that Butterfly Education Awareness Day is today, June 7, 2014? We’re celebrating by sharing some butterfly fast facts […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland , PR and Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If you read this blog often then you know one of the reasons I love working at Lewis Ginter Botanical […]
Read MoreBy Nicki, Youth Programs Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Children’s Garden had the pleasure of hosting Vivien Fergusson of Collegiate School for her senior final project. Vivien approached me for […]
Read MoreI love this time of year — our 100-year-old red mulberry tree (Morus rubra) in the Children’s Garden is filled with kids, birds and even adults, searching for the blackest, […]
Read Moreby Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Thank You for Showing Us the Garden! Love, Meagan Kelly Riley is the children’s education manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. A […]
Read MoreText & photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Blue Sky Fund organization exists to get inner-city kids out into the great outdoors for various […]
Read Moreby Judy Thomas, Art in the Garden Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If you love plants (and we know you do!) come out and see another new exhibit of stunning […]
Read Moreby Kristin Mullen, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden For two years in a row, we’ve arrived at Explore the Outdoors with a van full of familiar, readily-available natural materials (sticks, […]
Read Moreby Katelyn “Katie” Coyle, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Children’s Garden has always worked to provide a rich environment that sustains local wildlife. This year, we are taking […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland , PR and Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When University of Richmond ethnomusicology professor Andy McGraw approached the Garden last fall to see if we had any bamboo we could spare, […]
Read Moreby Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden More precisely, Catesby prints are visiting. Mark Catesby was a British naturalist who lived from 1682 (or 3) to 1749. He came […]
Read Moreby Georgine Muc, Project Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden How does one join in on an ancient conversation? Settling down with a candle, a crude wooden writing device, and the mystifying […]
Read MoreText & photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “Cauliflorous” or “cauliflory” is the term describing the production of flowers on the trunk and branches of […]
Read MoreCan you believe Butterflies LIVE! starts in just 2 short weeks? We can’t wait! And guess what? We receive our first chrysalids today too! Stay tuned for more info on what’s […]
Read MoreBy Nicki, Youth Programs Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Check out Daniel Alonso’s Shrinky Dink portrait at the HandsOn Greater Richmond Power of Good art show! The art show celebrates local volunteers […]
Read MoreBy Nicki, Youth Programs Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This weekend we celebrated Global Youth Service Day by planting kale and lettuce transplants that we started in the Children’s Garden greenhouse earlier this […]
Read MoreBy Beth Monroe, Public Relations and Marketing Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Tulips tend to be the rock stars of the Garden. Colorful and showy, they stand out and we […]
Read Moreby Phyllis Laslett, Adult Education Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “Wait—that’s a daffodil?!” Variations on that remark were heard many times this weekend at the 21st annual Virginia Daffodil Show as […]
Read Moreby Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries celebrates Moonlight and Magnolias at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is hosting 50 […]
Read Moreby Phyllis Laslett, Adult Education Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It seems that botanical art is everywhere this very welcome spring. Right now at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden we have two […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator You’ve been hearing about the fabulous Magnolia ‘Ginter Spicy White’ for a few years now. It’s a wonderful tree, […]
Read Moreby Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is more than flowers – much more. If you are planning to visit this spring, be sure to […]
Read MorePhotos and text by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This week, Time Magazine named spending time in nature as the No. 1 thing you can do to improve […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden By now you’ve heard about our new Cherry Tree Walk, but did you ever wonder what we do with the […]
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