Archives for the "outdoor education" Category

Worms! How to Make a Wormery

Last week we talked about how worms can build healthy soil. It’s an amazing and complicated process that these small earthworms take to transform our soil. Wouldn’t it be cool […]

Collaborative Learning for and by Teachers

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Photos by Jonah Holland and Laurel Matthew Did you know that Thomas Jefferson held a contest with his neighbors every […]

Fieldtrip! Seeking Creatures, Flying Like Birds & Pretty Treasures Like Leaves

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I had an amazing time in the Garden last month with these fine young folks from Richmond Public Schools’ Chimborazo Elementary […]

Blue Sky Partners with Ginter to Make Hands-On Science Education Fun

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We were delighted to have Blue Sky Fund and Richmond Public Schools‘ Bellevue Elementary School 5th graders back at the Garden this […]

Kids Learning Science & Math Outdoors in Nature

by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden As part of a partnership with Blue Sky Fund, 5th graders from Richmond Public Schools’ George Mason Elementary School learned […]

Garden Partners with Blue Sky Fund to Provide Programming to 5th-7th Graders

by guest blogger Amanda Godbold Payne, Blue Sky Fund Editor’s Note: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was honored to be a part of Blue Sky’s pilot program for 7th grade Explorers program, […]