Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden managing social media, the blog, and website. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.
You can imagine how thrilled I was when my son’s middle school English teacher told me they were coming to Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for a field trip that would combine reading and science. I decided to tag along for the morning to see how “tweens” experience our Garden. The students’ summer reading project was “Surviving […]
Read MoreThe Garden welcomes Roxana “Roxy” Hojat, our new Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Assistant/Exhibit Coordinator, a two-year appointment during which she will curate the exhibit program in Ginter Gallery II (located in the Kelly Education Center hallway, outside of the Robins Library. Roxy is pursuing her MFA in photography and film at VCU, and holds a BFA […]
Read MoreWe’re super-excited to continue celebrating the UCI Road World Championships and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s cycling history all-week-long! And with VCU students out of class all week, we’ve got a special treat for them too! First, the Garden will be open late — ’til 8 p.m. Monday through Friday “Flowers After 5-style,” as we enjoy the […]
Read MoreAs the world comes to Richmond, we’d like to give a warm welcome to the world! Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is honored to be the start venue for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships. It’s a natural fit for us. 120 years ago this same location was the heart of cycling in Richmond — the […]
Read MoreRose ‘Flight 93’ was blooming a little bit bigger and brighter today.
Read MoreYesterday on the blog, you got to meet the Garden Cafe’s Chef, Anne Maury Haapala. Today, you get to see the recipes she shared with me! We get many, many requests for recipes from the Garden Cafe each year. I’d say these two are the most frequently asked for. Enjoy! Meriwether Godsey Pimento Cheese Ingredients: 1 Cup […]
Read MoreMeet Anne Maury Haapala, Café Lead at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Garden Café by Meriwether Godsey. Meriwether Godsey is the exclusive caterer for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and also operates both the Garden Café and the Robins Tea House. Take it away Anne Maury! Q: Tell us about your job, what do you do? A: I oversee the Garden […]
Read MoreSometimes, you just get lucky with the camera. That’s what happened earlier this week when we had our staff “huddle” (a weekly 15-minute stand-up staff meeting) next to the Community Kitchen Garden. My colleague Lucy Coggin and I were geeking out about the Spanish flag (Ipomoea lobata). I was giddy at what she was whispering to […]
Read MoreEmmenopterys henryi is a tree made famous by the legendary botanist, Ernest Wilson, who described the tree as “one of the most strikingly beautiful trees of Chinese forests.” The first time this species bloomed in North America was in 1994! Lucky for you, this beauty blooms early every August Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. You’ll notice the funnel-shaped […]
Read MoreHave you seen our Edible Display Garden along Lake Sydnor? It’s newly planted, and we’re continuing to add more specimen as we go. So far, we’ve planted everything from strawberries to hazelnuts (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’) to mulberries (Morus alba), but there’s so much more to come! Did you know daylilies are edible? You’ll see them there, and we’ll […]
Read MoreEver wonder where marshmallows came from? Here’s the plant that started it all: Althaea officinalis. It grows right here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in our new Edible Display Garden! Egyptians first discovered its healing properties over 2,000 years ago. Most commonly the plant sap was combined with honey and it was used to treat sore […]
Read MoreEver wonder what cycling was like in Richmond in 1898? In preparation for hosting 2015 UCI Road World Championships we made this video to give you an idea of what it was like when cyclists rode from the Jefferson Hotel out to the Lakeside Wheel Club (now called Bloemendaal House at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden). Built in […]
Read MoreLewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s mission is education and our passion is bringing people and plants together to improve our community. We hope that Garden Times does just that — teaching you something, connecting you to plants, and inspiring you to visit us. As a non-profit working toward more sustainable practices — we’ve uploaded a digital […]
Read MoreOne of the best things about working at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is our staff. Recently we hired several new horticulturists and interns, and as we are getting to know them, we thought you’d enjoy getting to know them too. Today, meet Chelsea Mahaffey, our new Conservatory Horticulturist. I’ve known Chelsea for a few weeks now. She […]
Read MoreRose 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 the foliage is more pliant, more red, and almost furry, instead of prickley. (Did you know that roses have prickles, not thorns? Botanically speaking, thorns […]
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