Garden Summer Camp: Greatest Hits
by Kristin Mullen, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Summer camp! Don’t those words just make you smile? Rest assured, the 4- and 5-year-olds in the Growing Minds and Wow Your […]
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The Tastiest Field Trip Ever
Photos & text by Kristin Mullen, Early Childhood Program Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden While teaching in the Children’s Garden, I always have an ear out for that moment when the children […]
Cheers to Art Benefits Important Children's Garden Programming
by Scott Hornby, Development Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When Loreen Hitch dropped off her kindergarten-age son Ethan for his first day of Green Adventures Camp at the Garden, little did […]
Mushrooms: A Super Food
by Lynn Kirk, Public Relations Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Your favorite recipes probably don’t call for a cup of roasted fungi or a half-cup of sliced decomposers, but that’s precisely […]
Eat Your Greens! Broccoli Leaves That is
Photos & text by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I know this is going to sound crazy. But I have two new favorite vegetables — and […]
It’s Buckeye Season!
Photos & text by Kristin Mullen, Early Childhood Program Developer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I have a confession. One of my favorite homemade sweet treats of all time are buckeye balls. But […]
Let the Harvest Season Begin!
by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Even though the first official day of fall is not until September 22nd, the start of classes and the […]
More Fan Mail — and a Wife — for StickMan
by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Here’s an excerpt from our weekly staff update — aptly named: The TWIG (This Week in Ginter) written by the […]
Happy International Compost Week!
by Erin Wright, Children’s Garden Educator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Erin Wright is passionate about food and plants. This post was originally published on Erin’s blog, the Richmond Food Collective. Whether […]
Pinwheels in Motion
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has a new installation in the Children’s Garden: 4,000 blue & silver pinwheels. It’s […]