Jonah Holland is PR & Marketing Coordinator at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, specializing in social media. She's been known to go for a walk, and come back completely inspired to write a blog post on her newest found adventure.
This week we posted our first Steller story! This is the first time I’ve been excited about a new social media platform in a while and think it’s a perfect venue for the Garden to showcase not just Butterflies LIVE!, but blooms too. We though you might like to see our first Steller story, so here […]
Read MoreThe winner of our A Million Blooms Instagram Contest is Casie S. Davis you can follow her on Instagram at @casiesdavis. Congratulations Casie! Casie submitted quite a few strong photos and more than one of hers made it to the finals. “I am a member of the Garden, and have been for a few years. My family’s […]
Read MoreWe’ve had so much fun with our #MillionBlooms Instagram contest this year. We’ve had nearly 800 submissions! A few weeks ago we featured some of our favorite #MillionBlooms contest submissions, and here are a few more finalists. Stay tuned, we’ll announce the winner later this week. Be sure to check your Instagram inbox if you are a finalist. […]
Read MoreWhen Page Robinson sent me a photo of this wall hanging via email last week, all I could think was: This is a labor of love. In the email she said, “My grandson Denver is 2 and we love all of the blooms and butterflies. I took a picture of him which shows his pure joy seeing […]
Read MoreLewis Ginter Botanical Garden is honored to be part of season’s first harvest in The White House Kitchen Garden with First Lady Michelle Obama today. Amina Abdulkadir and Lilah Monroe were chosen to represent the Garden and Let’s Move Museums & Gardens nationwide. Both Amina & Lilah have attended the Garden’s Green Adventures Summer Camps […]
Read MoreBeing a volunteer at the Garden means you sometimes get the best view of the blooms. Plus, you have an insider’s perspective on the Garden. When horticulture volunteer Hillary Liddick emailed me earlier this week she was so cute. “My husband got me a way-too-fancy camera for my birthday this month, so I’m trying to put […]
Read MoreThis Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) is beautiful enough to be in our Butterflies LIVE! exhibit, but actually, it’s not from the exhibit at all. Horticulturist Leah Purdy found this beauty outside on a winter Daphne on the North Terrace, just outside the Robins Visitor Center. Believe it or not, the wingspan can be over 6 inches across. […]
Read MoreOrnamental onions like Allium ‘Ambassador’ are great late-spring to early-summer flowers. Both kids and adults love them, and we often hear visitors say they look like “Dr. Seuss flowers.” There are many different types and sizes of ornamental onions — white, yellow, lilac, and blue. So if you plant a variety of colors and sizes, your […]
Read MoreUpdate: the date of Free Admission for Military Personnel & First Responders changes each year, and is on Memorial Day. For this year’s date and other event details please see our website event. On Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015, (only) the Garden will offer FREE admission for military personnel and/or their dependents, with valid military […]
Read MoreArlington-based artist Pam Rogers is innately drawn to the natural world. The paintings in her new show: Field Investigations, on display at Ginter Gallery II, spring from that fascination. Rogers uses handmade plant and soil pigments, traditional inks, graphite, and water-based media. She collects materials for her paintings wherever she goes to use in her paintings […]
Read MoreI’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) and has another large flourish of blooms in the fall. In fact, our annual rose festival, Rose Fest, is in fall. But this year’s spring display may […]
Read MoreA Million Blooms continues through June 1st. That means we have about 3 more weeks for a wonderful parade of flowers: peonies, iris, roses and more. Stay tuned for more posts with photos of these beauties! Photos by Shannon Smith, Senior Horticulturist.
Read MoreYesterday I came across these two lovely women as they were exploring the Central Garden. Mother, Therese Wilson, and daughter, Caroline McLean, were going for a stroll on a beautiful morning. I noticed that they were taking much more interest in the cultivars of specimen than many of our guests – examining the botanical tags, smelling each […]
Read MoreMother’s Day is THE day to show appreciation, whether it’s for your mom or another nurturing caregiver. I always want to find a special gift, but end up procrastinating. Now here we are, the week before Mother’s Day. If you’re like me and need help, here are 5 gift ideas from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s […]
Read MoreHave you entered our A Million Blooms Instagram contest? You still have time! We have a great prize package from VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Blooms at the Jefferson Hotel, and passes to come see Butterflies LIVE! at Lewis Ginter. Here are a few of our favorite submissions so far. Best of all, follow […]
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