Archives for the "Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden" Category

Origami Cranes for Beauty & Luck

by Victoria Waiton, Membership Assistant, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The sight of an enormous rainbow chandelier dripping with strands upon strands of bright paper cranes does something to a person. Staring […]

Best Friends Forever

by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Plants have relationships in the same way that people have relationships. Like […]

Instagram: My New Favorite Toy

by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator Recently, I’ve been having fun playing with Instagram. I’ve been using to for some time here at the Garden […]

Jack-o-Turnip?

Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Jack-o-Lantern carving may date back to an old story involving a turnip. Look it up. […]

Batata Boom Boom

Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator Ipomea batatas that is – sweet potatoes. We started the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden […]

A Not So Sweet Surprise

by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator As we’ve mentioned on this blog, in July volunteers planted 250 sweet […]

Wondering "What's That?" We're Going Brown to Go Green

by Grace Chapman, Director of Horticulture, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by PR & Marketing Coordinator Jonah Holland In an effort to reduce the chemicals that we use at Lewis Ginter […]

Friend or Foe?

by Laura Schumm, Community Kitchen Garden Research Intern, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden; photos by Brian Vick, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator There has been a large amount of insect activity here in the […]

The Butterfly: A Study of the Ephemeral

Photos and text by John Laslett, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Intern Butterflies are some of the most delicate creatures in the world. The butterfly, of all […]

Expanding the Roots, Advanced Workshop for Artists

by Paula Blair Dabbs, Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden At the end of October, botanical illustrators and other artists will come together for a new class, Expanding the Roots offered by […]