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 […]
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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 […]
GardenTimes Goes Online
by Jonah Holland, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator What’s better than a newsletter all about Dominion GardenFest of Lights highlighting what’s new at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden this […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ta Ta & Toodle-oo Tomatoes
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator There’s something incongruous about a chilly 50 degree, gray, wet day and the warm color […]
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 […]
Rambunctious Radish
Photos & text by Albert Brian Vick, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator This headline was a toss-up, among “Radical Radish”, “Ripley’s Radish – Believe it or Not” […]