Lunch with the First Lady
It’s been two weeks since Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden sent Amina Abdulkadir and Lilah Monroe to help with the season’s first harvest in the White House Kitchen Garden — yet […]
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Unearthly Delights: Sci-Fi Plants for Your Garden
Ok. I’m a nerd. A science fiction nerd. Plants, trees and vegetation have figured prominently in science fiction literature and movies for decades. As an avid garden nerd as well, I delight […]
Volunteer’s Bountiful Harvest
This week Genworth Financial sent another great group of volunteers to work in the Community Kitchen Garden. The volunteers helped harvest 159 lbs. of fresh vegetables to take to Feedmore’s Community Kitchen, […]
Reflections on Mother’s Day
Last Mother’s Day was our seventh Mother’s Day spent enjoying Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden with my family and my best friend’s family. You’ve likely read about some of our other adventures […]
And the Winner is….
The winner of our A Million Blooms Instagram Contest is Casie S. Davis you can follow her on Instagram at @casiesdavis. Congratulations Casie! Casie submitted quite a few strong photos and more […]
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 […]
Cecropia Silkmoth Makes a Big Impression
This Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) is beautiful enough to be in our Butterflies LIVE! exhibit, but actually, it’s not from the exhibit at all. Horticulturist Leah Purdy found this beauty […]
Spiderwort: Nature’s Geiger Counter
It seems like nearly every garden in Central Virginia has them, and they are plentiful here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden too — in Flagler and Grace Arents Garden. But did […]
Peony Parade!
A Million Blooms continues through June 1st. That means we have about 3 more weeks for a wonderful parade of flowers: peonies, iris, roses and more. Stay tuned for more posts with photos […]
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 […]