Pretty Poppies Popping
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator I don’t know the exact variety of these oriental poppies, but they’re marvelous. These are part of a […]
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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 […]
Spring Plant Sale Features Plants Grown with Love by Garden Volunteers
by Kristen Ablamsky, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden It’s impossible to miss the smiles that quickly emerge when you mention the Spring Plant Sale at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. […]
Potatoes in Progress
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator With the help of volunteers Laurel & Yevonne on Saturday, the potato patch in the Lewis Ginter Community […]
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 […]
From/To
by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Things are rapidly getting in gear at the 2012 Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden. We mentioned a small […]
Botanical Illustration and the "Slow Art" movement
by Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If the “slow food” movement is about being mindful of what you eat and appreciating it more, then botanical illustration might be considered […]
Lewis Ginter Library Volunteer Has Big Plans to Help RVA Enjoy Nature
by Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Paul Keefer is a man in a hurry to take a walk. A long walk from Rockett’s Landing to the western tip of […]
By Hook or by Crook: The Plunder of Orchids from the New World
by Victoria Waiton, Membership Assistant, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden On my most recent trip to the Conservatory, I tried to remember what it was like to see a […]
Inchworms, and more….
By Frank Robinson, President & CEO, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Let me begin by saying that there are pockets of the region, specifically in Mechanicsville and Hanover County, where extreme populations […]