Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Blog

Apr 23rd, 2009

Community Kitchen Garden: Plans for Planting

by Janine Butler, garden volunteer I went to a local store at the weekend with my neighbor, Susan, who was buying a few plants for her own home vegetable garden. […]

Apr 21st, 2009

What You Don't Mow Can't Hurt You

By Beth Monroe, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden PR & Marketing Dir. I’ve always loved meadows, Maybe it’s from watching too many episodes of Little House on the Prairie when I […]

Apr 16th, 2009

Community Kitchen Garden: Breaking Ground

by Janine Butler, Garden volunteer You may have already heard some of the buzz about an exciting new project here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden — the plan is to […]

Apr 15th, 2009

Making a Home for Fairies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I just spoke with Tracy Kane, author of the Fairy House Series of books. She’ll be at Lewis Ginter Botanical […]

Apr 1st, 2009

No "Dirt Babies" Left Inside

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden My 8-year-old daughter came home from school this week incredibly excited about a dirt-baby she created. After imagining her sneaking […]

Mar 27th, 2009

Gardens Growing Families Offers Garden Plots in Lakeside

In an effort to get folks to grow more of their own food, and save some money in the process, Henrico County Extension Office is trying to encourage folks to […]

Mar 25th, 2009

Lewis Ginter to Grow 10,000 lbs of Food for Local Foodbank

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden What do the Obamas and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have in common? Easy — we are both trying to do […]

Mar 21st, 2009

Groovin in the Garden Returns to Lewis Ginter

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Two years ago, I saw that one of my favorite bands, Son Volt, was playing an outdoor concert in Richmond […]

Mar 8th, 2009

No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood

Recently, I’ve been spending alot of time getting the word out about Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s next symposium — No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood (April 28-29). […]

Feb 26th, 2009

Henrico Co. Extention to Host Lawn Care Seminar

If you are going to garden you might as well know what you are talking about and do it in an environmentally sensitive way. Why not want to take advantage […]

Feb 18th, 2009

Free Trees! Yes Free!

Two years ago, I participated in the Henricopolis free tree giveaway. It was great, I came home with 10 new shrubs and trees and they are doing really well — […]

Feb 17th, 2009

Gardening for Love and Nostalgia; Podcast with Felder Rushing

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden What struck me most about Felder Rushing’s presentation last week at our Gardening in an Era of Climate Change symposium […]

Feb 12th, 2009

Allan Armitage Podcast: Gardening is a Four-Letter Word

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I’m happy to announce Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s first ever podcast. Last week we brought Allan Armitage to the Garden […]

Feb 3rd, 2009

The White House — The Ultimate Urban Garden

Everybody seems to have their own favorite pick for the White House Farmer. Mine of course is Charlie Collins, who happens to be a good friend and the farmer at […]

Jan 27th, 2009

Allan Armitage and Felder Rushing on Gardening in an Era of Climate Change

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I just got off the phone with Allan Armitage, one of our keynote speakers for our anniversary symposium, Gardening in […]