Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Grace Chapman – Director of Horticulture at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden located in Richmond Virginia.

The building you see is the conservatory that houses a collection of tropical plants such as palms and orchids but we also have some beds that we change out 4 times a year to provide seasonal interest all year round.

We just completed a bedding change out. We removed our plants from our holiday display to bring in tropical for the spring.

Some of the things we are using are Black Magic Colocasia, Bromeliads and also some butterfly attracting plants.

This is a different type of display for us and I really cant wait for the visitors to come see it for themselves.

Website: http://www.lewisginter.org

Filmed and Edited by Richmondtimelapse.com and Nick Mastro
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What a beautiful day at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for filming some video for our latest project! I snapped a couple of photos with my iPhone and wanted to share them! Stay tuned and check back for the time lapse!

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Some elves over at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens have been getting ready for some holiday fun! We were lucky enough to capturing the installation of the train display & decorating of the Conservatory tree, in this 1-minute video. Enjoy!

Here is the 30 second commercial spot created by Comcast Spotlight and editor, Barry Ridgeway.

For three weeks in May, visitors to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden witnessed the creation of a monumental, site-specific sculpture made entirely of woven sticks and twigs by internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty.

Dougherty arrived on-site of with no preconceptions as to what he will create. Using locally gathered natural materials and drawing on inspiration from the surrounding environment, he designed a larger-than-life sculptures that may remind visitors of a nest, cocoon, or even a fairy dwelling.

Dougherty leaves the Garden a distinctive architectural element that will remain in the Anderson Meadow for as long as it survives in the natural environment.

To date, Patrick Dougherty has completed more than 175 works at gardens, universities, and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

Patrick Dougherty’s website:
http://www.stickwork.net/

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden:
http://www.lewisginter.org

Music:
Pistons (Instrumental) – Election Night
Used with permission!
Website: http://www.reverbnation.com/electionnight

More than half way done, the tops are starting to take form and the volunteers have been so much help getting the sticks ready to be placed!

The sculpture, will stand as long as nature allows and is here to be enjoyed for years to come.

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

Watch as see how they bend and shape the sticks into the shape needed with strings and a bit of elbow grease. Once the shape is in place, its reinforced with other branches and sticks, then the string is removed but the shape is not compromised!

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

Watch as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden artist-in-residence Patrick Dougherty builds a large-scale, temporary sculpture of woven sticks and saplings in the Anderson Meadow; we are calling the process “Meadowmorphosis.”

Here in our second video you can see Patrick Dougherty, his assistant Andy Lynch, and volunteers from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden mowing the site, laying out the sculpture in hose, drilling holes with an auger and placing the first sticks. The sculpture is made of young red maple saplings harvested in Chesterfield County and sweet gum saplings from Hanover County.

The sculpture, will stand as long as nature allows and is here to be enjoyed for years to come.

To learn more about Patrick Dougherty & the Meadowmorphosis, please visit our website: http://tinyurl.com/stickwork

If you have 2 minutes, treat yourself to some beauty & watch a blooming lotus time lapse movie! catch a few of the last lotus blooms if you visit the Garden soon!

We just got back from checking the cameras at Lewis Ginter since its crunch time and the blooming has started. We have posted a few still shots for you and we are editing the beginning of the time lapse. Check back soon for the movie.

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