Archives for the "Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden" Category

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 […]

Butterflies are Coming!

by Janet Woody, Librarian, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Excitement is building for Butterflies LIVE! We can’t wait for the May 25 opening of this display. If you haven’t visited it before, you […]

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. […]

Institute of Museum & Library Services Video with Frank Robinson, Lisa Watts & Chris Corsello

by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, PR & Marketing Coordinator The Institute for Museum & Library Services released a video last week featuring the 2011 National medal winners. We thought you’d […]

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 […]

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 […]

Work Like a Bee

by Janice Hunter, Children’s Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Does this remind you of anything? Could it be the flight path of a honeybee? a firefly? a ladybug? I […]

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 […]