Lewis Ginter Blog Moves to LewisGinter.org/blog

Just a reminder: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s Blog has moved! You can now find us at: LewisGinter.org/blog

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When it Rains it Pours!

Did you see Sunday’s Times-Dispatch? Not only did they feature Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for how well we are using social media — but they also featured the butterflies (plus a slideshow)!  I’m so happy to be in such good company! And so honored to have made it to the front page.
Kudos to Bill Lohmann, [...]

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Butterflies and Flowers, Making Waves in Richmond: a Round-up

The flurry of activity around Butterflies LIVE! and the Garden has been incredible these past few days.  What an incredible way to kick off the summer!
I’d just like to take a few minutes to thank and round up some of the blog posts of Richmonders who decided it would be a good idea to come [...]

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The Butterflies Are Here! The Butterflies Are Here!

Wow, there is some really exciting stuff going on at the Garden! The Rose Garden is in full bloom, just in time for a packed house for tonight’s Groovin’ in the Garden concert.  Old Crow Medicine Show may be the first show of the season to sell out, and this gorgeous weather is certainly helping! [...]

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Butterflies LIVE! Featured in the RTD, First Butterfly Shipment to Arrive Tomorrow

We got a really sweet write-up in todays Richmond Times-Dispatch on Butterflies LIVE! that is opening next week (May 22nd) at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Check it out!
Butterflies seem to be a hot topic these days,  Maymont opens their new butterfly trail with a Garden Celebration this Sunday  and then our exhibit opens on [...]

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What You Don’t Mow Can’t Hurt You

By Beth Monroe, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden PR & Marketing Dir.

 I’ve always loved meadows, Maybe it’s from watching too many episodes of Little House on the Prairie when I was a child — you know, that opening scene with Laura and her sisters running through the long grass?

 Turns out unmown grasses aren’t just for the [...]

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Making a Home for Fairies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

I just spoke with Tracy Kane, author of the Fairy House Series of books. She’ll be at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, April 29th  for our No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood symposium. I was very excited to speak with her because I’ve seen with my own children how completely [...]

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Gardens Growing Families Offers Garden Plots in Lakeside

In an effort to get folks to grow more of their own food, and save some money in the process, Henrico County Extension Office is trying to encourage folks to plant their own gardens in a community plot in Lakeside.
Garden plots start at $5 and up for families in need.
As a Gardens Growing Families gardener, [...]

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Lewis Ginter to Grow 10,000 lbs of Food for Local Foodbank

What do the Obamas and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden have in common?
Easy — we are both trying to do the right thing — grow vegetables locally to help our communities lead healthier lives.  And if we can get folks excited about gardening themselves and educate them about how to do it in the process then [...]

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No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood

Recently, I’ve been spending alot of time getting the word out about Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s next symposium — No Child Left Inside: Restoring Nature to Early Childhood (April 28-29). This is a topic that is really interesting to me,  and I think it has piqued alot of people’s interest since congress approved the No [...]

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