Butterflies: Masters of Disguise
Butterflies have mastered of the art of disguise. With so many natural predators, including birds, spiders, reptiles, insects (wasps, flies, mites), and small mammals, they have disguise themselves in order […]
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Stitching Garden Memories
When Page Robinson sent me a photo of this wall hanging via email last week, all I could think was: This is a labor of love. In the email she […]
Students Travel to White House Garden
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is honored to be part of season’s first harvest in The White House Kitchen Garden with First Lady Michelle Obama today. Amina Abdulkadir and Lilah Monroe […]
Proboscis: Zipping it Together
I find myself fascinated by butterfly anatomy more and more each day as I work with and learn about these remarkable creatures. Even though I have only been with Butterflies LIVE! […]
Garden Love Comes Full Circle
Yesterday I came across these two lovely women as they were exploring the Central Garden. Mother, Therese Wilson, and daughter, Caroline McLean, were going for a stroll on a beautiful […]
Meet the Butterflies LIVE! Staff
by Hilaire Ashworth, Assistant Butterfly Curator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We are so excited that the time has finally come for the opening of Butterflies LIVE! On behalf of all of […]
There Was a Crooked Stick…
by M. Christine Watson, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Did you ever wonder how Corylus avellana ‘Contorta,’ got its common name — “Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick?” Sir Henry “Harry” […]
“Feed me Seymour!” & the Garden’s Carnivorous Plants
by Jay Austin, Horticulturist, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden If “Feed me Seymour!” is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term “carnivorous plants” you are probably not […]
Volunteers Get HandsOn in the Community Kitchen Garden
by Hilaire Ashworth, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Today volunteers from HandsOn Greater Richmond helped Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staff prepare for the spring growing season in the Community Kitchen Garden. Since […]
A Tail-Wagging Good Time!
Kate Pyle, PR & Marketing Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden GardenFest for Fidos Benefits Richmond SPCA What could be better than touring Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden during Dominion Energy GardenFest […]