Jun 9th, 2010
Leaves from the Library: a Garden Haven
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Summer seems to have moved into the Garden, but it is June after all. There are many shady spots to get […]
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May 27th, 2010
Lewis Ginter Recycles Garden Plastics
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you know that Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden recycles garden plastics? We send our plastic garden pots and trays […]
Read MoreMay 26th, 2010
Lewis Ginter Children's Garden Adds New Compost System
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator & Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden My favorite recent addition to the Children’s Garden is our three bin compost system. Not only is composting […]
Read MoreMay 20th, 2010
A Social Network for Nature Teachers & All Kinds of Stick Sculptures
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As you probably know, here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden we love education. And in turn that means we […]
Read MoreApr 23rd, 2010
Leaves from the Library: Communing with the Glass
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Last week I decided to take a short stroll to look at some of my favorite pieces in the Hans Godo […]
Read MoreApr 8th, 2010
Springtime in the Children's Garden is Full of Activities
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Everything changes in the spring. Suddenly, the garden is a riot of color and activity. The birds are building nests, […]
Read MoreMar 2nd, 2010
Floral Arranging at Lewis Ginter Brightens Winter Days
By Maggie Southwick, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Laura Anne Brooks of Designs From Dunluce taught a seasonal Ikebana flower arranging workshop at the Garden this morning – “Winter into […]
Read MoreFeb 24th, 2010
Leaves from the Library: Trees that Capture the Love of Children
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest, Joan Maloof, asks us to reflect on our childhood memories of trees. “It […]
Read MoreFeb 23rd, 2010
Young Buds Program Brings Children to Nature
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The other day, I was walking through the Garden and I saw the longest, cutest, snake of a line […]
Read MoreFeb 19th, 2010
“Cheers to Art!” Popping up in April
By Melissa Miller, Stewardship Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.” Sir Walter Scott A Garden is a not only a work […]
Read MoreFeb 16th, 2010
Gallery 1 at Lewis Ginter Offers an Opportunity for Young Artists
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden For eight years, the Children’s Garden at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has partnered with Henrico County Public Schools to bring […]
Read MoreFeb 4th, 2010
Snow & Shortys Take the Garden by Storm
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s been a whirlwind week at the Garden. First, almost a foot of snow, which until this year, hardly EVER […]
Read MoreJan 28th, 2010
Winter Entertainment in the Children's Garden: The Birds
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden One of the favorite wintertime activities of the Children’s Garden staff is bird watching. We hang feeders outside of our […]
Read MoreJan 26th, 2010
Leaves from the Library: You Can’t See the Forest Without the Trees
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Each year, the Pocahontas Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society makes a donation to Lewis Ginter’s Lora M. Robins Library. […]
Read MoreJan 15th, 2010
NPR Features Lives of the Trees; Lewis Ginter Features…Trees
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden My husband came home from work the other day, telling me I had to listen to this story on NPR […]
Read MoreJan 6th, 2010
The Spirit of Movement in the Garden
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden One of the things I really like about working at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is that the Garden is always […]
Read MoreDec 4th, 2009
At Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We Love to Teach!
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Here at Lewis Ginter, one of the causes nearest to our heart is education. Education of children, education of parents, […]
Read MoreNov 19th, 2009
Douglas Reed, FASLA, The Gillette Forum Podcast
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Now that you’ve seen some of our reflections from The Gillette Forum, I thought I’d bring you some audio. This […]
Read MoreNov 16th, 2009
What's "Happening Now" in the Children's Garden
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator & Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Here is the inside scoop on what’s “Happening Now” in the Children’s Garden right now! Persimmon fruit in the […]
Read MoreNov 12th, 2009
The Gillette Forum: My Reframed Beauty
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I came away from the Gillette Forum completely in awe of the job that landscape architects who are committed to […]
Read MoreNov 11th, 2009
The Incredible Power of One Sustainable Yard at a Time
by Adele MacLean, Program Developer/Special Projects & Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The Gillette Forum, the last of Lewis Ginter’s four-part 25th anniversary symposia, was filled […]
Read MoreNov 4th, 2009
Come Visit our Human Sundial in the Children's Garden
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator and Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Working in the Children’s Garden at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is always a lot of fun — the […]
Read MoreOct 2nd, 2009
Green Tonic: Urban Gardening for Health & Wholeness Podcast — Final Edition, Rachel Flynn & Leni Sorensen
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I’m pleased to release the last two podcasts featuring Rachel Flynn and Leni Sorensen, who spoke recently at our symposium: […]
Read MoreSep 23rd, 2009
Explore the Grand Saga of the Monarch Butterfly Saturday, September 26, 9 a.m. – 10:30 am
by Phyllis McLeod Laslett, Adult Education Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When I was about ten (never mind when that was) I was playing in a neighbor’s yard when a […]
Read MoreSep 18th, 2009
Moth Month at Lewis Ginter Means Lunas, African Moon Moths, Atlas Moths & More!
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s Moth Month at Lewis Ginter! I’ve always been a fan of Luna moths, because they are so beautiful, especially […]
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