Oct 23rd, 2015
Butterfly Kisses
Do you know what a butterfly kiss is? Butterfly kisses are when you gently flutter your eyelids against another person’s check or arm. It tickles, and feels a bit like […]
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About Jonah Holland
Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. 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.
Oct 21st, 2015
My Life Lesson from Butterflies
Zahra Khojastehpour has been volunteering at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for over 4 years. This summer she spent time helping out in the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit. Her time here inspired her to […]
Read MoreOct 9th, 2015
Tweens in the Garden
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 […]
Read MoreOct 7th, 2015
Meet Roxana “Roxy’ Hojat
The 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 […]
Read MoreSep 21st, 2015
Evenings at the Garden & FREE Admission for VCU Students & Staff
We’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 […]
Read MoreSep 17th, 2015
Welcome World
As 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 […]
Read MoreSep 11th, 2015
Rose ‘Flight 93’
Rose ‘Flight 93’ was blooming a little bit bigger and brighter today.
Read MoreSep 5th, 2015
Recipes from The Garden Cafe
Yesterday 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 […]
Read MoreSep 4th, 2015
Meet Chef Anne Maury Haapala
Meet 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 […]
Read MoreAug 23rd, 2015
Butterfly & “Rockstar” Mina
Sometimes, 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 […]
Read MoreAug 19th, 2015
A Rare Tree Blooms at Ginter
Emmenopterys 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 […]
Read MoreAug 12th, 2015
A Beautiful, Edible Garden
Have 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 […]
Read MoreAug 7th, 2015
The Original Marshmallow
Ever 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 […]
Read MoreAug 3rd, 2015
Cycling in Richmond in 1898
Ever 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 […]
Read MoreJul 14th, 2015
Garden Times Online
Lewis 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 […]
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