Why Gardening Makes Me Happy
Before I had kids, whenever I felt grumpy, regardless of the season, I started work on my garden. In no time, my grumpiness floated away into the sky or down […]
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Leaves from the Library: Beauty for Sale
by Jane Hockaday, Library Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden “Ah, yet, ere I descend to the grave May I a small house and large garden have! And a few friends, […]
Artful Renewal in the Conservatory
These gorgeous Fräbel glass creations, born from both nature and the creative spirit, exemplify the melding of the real and the imagined. As both an artist and a gardener, […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Stinky Tomatoes and More Chores!
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden The growing season may be over, but there’s still plenty to be done in the Community Kitchen Garden and a little bit […]
Community Kitchen Garden: So Long Summer, Hello Fall!
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Well, the pools are closed for the year and the kids are back in school; I guess that means that summer is […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Two-Thirds Towards the Goal!
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden We are two-thirds of the way to our goal of donating 10,000 pounds of vegetables to FeedMore! (FeedMore is the umbrella organization […]
Community Kitchen Garden: A Special Report "The Vegetable Food Chain"
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden I have been working in the vegetable garden at Lewis Ginter for several months now; planting the vegetables, weeding and mulching, and […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Home Demo Garden
by Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden This week we spent some time tending the home demo garden. This is a small raised bed, approximately 4’ by 12’ that […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Tomato Suckers and More!
By Janine Butler, Garden Volunteer, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Do you know what I love about this volunteer gig? Every time I go to the garden I learn something new […]
Community Kitchen Garden: Weeds and Bugs – Two Guaranteed Occurrences in Gardening!
by Janine Butler, garden volunteer In last week’s blog, I commented on how well all the plants had been growing over the last couple of weeks. Well guess what else […]