Welcome to the Garden Gab Blog (say that fast three times!) When we here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden were approached about doing a garden blog, we were a little apprehensive at first. But we realized at the root of it all (no pun intended)—people who like to garden also like to share—and blogs are a great way to do that.

Three times a week, we plan to treat you to some visual feasts of what’s blooming, show you “behind-the-scenes” what our staff is up to, and share tidbits of useful information. In return, we want your comments, your photos, your stories about gardening!

So, who is going to write the blog?A variety of staff members here at the Garden—so you’ll never get tired of the same point of view.

What are we going to say? It depends—we are going to let the gardens, the seasons, and your comments be our muse!

Will people be interested? That’s up to you to decide. We hope this blog will spark discussion about how important plants and gardening are in our everday lives—even if you are not a gardener.

So, tell us—is gardening important to you? Why?

Beth Monroe is public relations director at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. While not “certified” in anything gardening-related, she keeps hoping some knowledge is rubbing off on her.

What fun this is going to be. My garden is sort of like Topsy--it just grew without any particular plan.  If the grass doesn’t grow, spread the mulch and plant the flowers, bushes, shrubs, vines, trees.

Betsy

This sounds exciting.  It would be the first local gardening blog that I know of.
Gardening is a very important part of my life.  The first thing I do after New Years is pour over the seed catalogs planning the years garden.  I have a vegetable garden as well as an herb garden and flower and shrub borders.  There are many gardening sites on the net, but a local blog would be terrific.

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