Joan Massey: Paintings
Richmond painter Joan Massey’s lifelong love of the natural world has inspired her most recent abstract paintings, where she explores her impressions on colorful, striking canvases. From her home studio […]
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Butterfly Roundup
Now that Butterflies LIVE! is over, for this year anyway, butterfly curators are working hard to roundup all the butterflies in the exhibit. Many visitors ask us how we accomplish […]
10 Favorite Butterfly Facts
We are lepidopterists (butterfly enthusiasts) at Butterflies LIVE! and we want to share some of our favorite facts about butterflies with you! Here are our top 10 favorite facts: Butterflies help […]
Butterflies: Warming Up
It can get pretty toasty in the Butterflies Live! exhibit, especially on those hot summer days. While we (humans) might think it’s too hot, the butterflies love it and actually […]
Butterflies On Bikes!
Butterflies and bikes are two great reasons to visit the garden during September. But what about butterflies ON bikes? That’s right! We have set up tiny bikes in the Butterflies […]
Water Gardens Just for Fun
Just add water! A water garden or water feature is more than a landscape decoration. It’s a palette for artistic expression and, when well planned, an uplifting intersection with nature. […]
Butterfly Scales = Pixie Dust
When butterflies pass away in the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit, it can be a sad and difficult situation to explain to guests. So I try to use that opportunity to explain […]
New in the Kid’s Garden…
We’d like to welcome Mitra Bryant and Kevin Ratliff, new educators in the Children’s Garden. Since our Children’s Garden staff sometimes develop a bit of celebrity-status with you guys, I wanted to introduce […]
From the Executive Director
My favorite moment from the Spring at Lewis Ginter: A young mother and three little girls are walking through the Central Garden. Mom is telling a fairytale in a breathless voice. […]
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 […]