by Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I’ve always said that if I’d known the trees in my back yard were sweet-gum trees, I would have never […]
Read Moreby Sue Key, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Volunteer Garden Guide …..That the small blue flowering tree on the side of the Healing Garden opposite the Fountain Garden is called a […]
Read Moreby Kendra Norrell, Assistant Butterfly Curator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden In case you didn’t know, this week is National Moth Week. Here at the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit, we are known for […]
Read MoreI always thought that the blackberry lily, Belamcanda chinensis, got its name from the blackberry colored-specks on the flower petals. But one day I was strolling through the Asian Valley and […]
Read MoreText & photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Common buckwheat is sometimes used as a “honey crop,” because bees love it, especially in September when […]
Read MoreBy Caitlin Puffenberger, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Recognize this fruit? It’s a pomegranate from a tree that’s been with the Garden for more than a decade! Horticulturalist […]
Read Moreby Lynn Kirk, Public Relations Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, reprinted with permission from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Photos Don Williamson Photography A cunning carnivore with an inescapable death trap silently waits for […]
Read Moreby Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Butterfly Team Butterfly wings are covered in many tiny scales that overlap like shingles on a roof. Scales come in many different shapes and in […]
Read Moreby 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 […]
Read MoreBy Caitlin Puffenberger, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Identifying butterflies can be a challenge when so many look similar, but the differences can make it tricky, too. Some […]
Read Moreby Lynn Kirk, Public Relations Writer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, reprinted with permission from the Richmond Times-Dispatch Twisting, turning, twining and twirling – vines navigate the landscape in creative ways. While some cover […]
Read Moreby Phyllis Laslett, Adult Education Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Porcelain butterflies by New York City artist Nancy Blum flutter on the walls of Ginter Gallery II in the Education and […]
Read MoreText & photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This week we harvested 204 lbs. of turnips, zucchini, red potatoes, beets, celery, and cherry tomatoes from […]
Read Moreby Jonah Holland, PR & Marketing Coordinator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If you haven’t heard, admission to the Garden and to Butterflies LIVE! is free on July 4, so come on […]
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