Executive Director Shane Tippett's passion for plants was kindled in the early ‘90s by a Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden arborist who mentored him on the care of specimen trees. This passion underlies his firm conviction in the transformative power of gardens to re-shape and renew communities, families and individuals and this continues to direct his leadership.
by Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Thank You for Showing Us the Garden! Love, Meagan Kelly Riley is the children’s education manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. A […]
Read Moreby Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden When Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was formed thirty years ago in March, it consisted of a handful of empty, aging buildings and 73 […]
Read MoreWe witnessed two unexpected events at the Garden this past August, yet both were typical of the predictable ebb and surprising flow of our lives within nature. Mid-month, near the […]
Read Moreby Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Can you remember being 10 and hurtling up your favorite climbing tree? Can you still feel the rough bark under your hands and […]
Read Moreby Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Virginia’s streams, lakes, rivers and bays, particularly the Bay, are the common wealth of our Commonwealth. As the nation marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean […]
Read Moreby Shane Tippett, Executive Director, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden On February 1, 2012, Frank Robinson celebrated his twentieth anniversary as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s leader. Such milestones in an extraordinarily successful […]
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