Archives for the "Art in the Garden" Category

Enjoy a Show of Nature Journals in the Library

Text & photos by by Susie Kowalik, Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Years ago, I came across a book by Claire Walker Leslie called Keeping a Nature Journal. It was my […]

Botanical Dye & Weaving at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Garden volunteer Judith Towers volunteering today educating about botanical dye and weaving. Can you believe that the eucalyptus plant dyes […]

Needle-Felting with Botanical Subjects

Text & photos by Judy Thomas, Adult Education Instructor, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Needle felting is an old craft, but it is on the cutting edge in botanical art. I […]

Lindsay Cowles: Signature Artist for Cheers to Art

by Lindsay Cowles, guest blogger, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Cheers to Art! Silent art auction fundraiser for Children’s Garden is Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. Cheers to Art! is A chance […]

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 […]

Bending Sticks & Mother Nature's Child Featured at RVA Environmental Film Festival

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Boy is Richmond in for a treat! This year the RVA Environmental Film Festival at the Byrd Theatre in Carytown, will feature a selection […]

Kid-Decorated Trees at Dominion GardenFest of Lights are a Win-Win!

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s easy to get in the holiday spirit when you work at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. With our desire to […]

Expanding the Roots, Advanced Workshop for Artists

by Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden At the end of October, botanical illustrators and other artists will come together for a new class, Expanding the Roots offered by […]

Extreme Makeover: Reichenbachia, Imperial Edition

Text & Photos by Erica Borey, VCU Museum Studies Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As you may have read in our early summer blog post on Reichenbachia, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden holds one […]

Mary Lincoln: Art + Service = One Amazing Young Woman

by Kristen Wolenberg, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern This summer while I’ve been a Public Relations and Marketing Intern at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden my passion has […]