Dozens of unionized workers at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden protested outside the gates of the attraction all day Wednesday in a one-day "unfair labor practice" strike. Ginter Botanical Garden Chief Marketing and Experience Officer Mary Heather Parch wrote in an email to the Citizen that the Garden is open for normal business and operations. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden remains committed to the bargaining process with the IAM Union and continues to negotiate in good faith. – Mary Heather Parch, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden chief marketing and experience officerAs the staff continued chanting ‘Workers On Strike!“ The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Workers United staffers also are asking the public to join their pickets in support.