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Tree house at Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights Image by James Loving
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2022 Dominion Energy
GardenFest of Lights

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Buy your GardenFest tickets here 2022 Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights is a holiday tradition featuring lights, decorations, model trains, holiday dinners, hot chocolate (for purchase); & more. The region’s ultimate holiday extravaganza! To learn more details about Lewis Ginter lights, including dining and shopping, see our main Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights page. GardenFest […]

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Librarian Kat Spears reading to children for Storytime at the Garden
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Storytime
in the Garden

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Join the fun each Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. as Library and Archives Manager Katarina Spears reads a couple of her favorite stories outside in the Garden (or in the Library during inclement weather)! Stick around after the reading for a new craft every week. All ages and abilities are welcome.

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heart shaped hands expressing gratitude outside conservatory in front of sunset
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LOVE,
THE GARDEN

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Love, the Garden is a seasonal Garden-wide experience throughout the months of February and March. Enjoy bonsai, orchids, and a yarn bombing installation, all included with regular Garden admission and free for members. We invite you to connect with nature during the winter months as we gear up for an abundant spring. Included with regular […]

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Child and Pinwheels for Prevention

Pinwheels for
Prevention Garden

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Pinwheels for Prevention In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, 3,000+ pinwheels will be "planted" in the Terrace Lawn (adjacent to the Cochrane Rose Garden). Thanks to Families Forward and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia for partnering with us on this project.

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Em White Photography

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Included with regular Garden admission, free for members. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Photography Exhibition Em White is an American photographer and visual artist specializing in vintage photographic processes and large-format work. Raised in rural Virginia, much of her work emphasizes personal relationships to land and the ways in which environment informs the emotional self. Drawing […]

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Butterflies LIVE!
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M&T Bank
Butterflies LIVE!

Please note: We will not have our Butterflies LIVE! exhibit in 2024 and 2025 while we expand the Conservatory to include a permanent butterfly house. Learn more about the Garden’s expansion project. Included with Garden admission; open 9 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Learn more about visiting M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! Experience the wonderful world of […]

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Humans in the Landscape: Heal the Land, Heal Ourselves image of the Garden with a rainbow showing the beauty of the natural world.
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Pride
ILLUMINATION IN THE GARDEN

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Experience Flowers After 5 in a new light! We're celebrating LGBTQ Pride all month long! On June 1, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden will illuminate the Conservatory dome in Pride colors to celebrate Pride Month. Join VA Pride and our community partners for this historic event! The dome will be lit nightly through June 30.

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Lucy Kilpatrick Fabric Art

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

With the recent onset of Covid, and being gifted with time and fabric, Lucy Kilpatrick began to explore creating pictures with bits of quilt scrap fabrics— to get rid of them. Many trips later to fabric stores and sending for more scraps, as well as gifts of scraps, it went from a hobby to a […]

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Woman meditating PYR image by Oluremi Adebayo
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Juneteenth Commemoration
Acknowledging & Honoring OUR Freedom

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

This class is pay-what-you-can. Registration details to follow. Join J Miles of Maha Vira Yoga, Ashley Williams from BareSoul Yoga, Shanna Latia and Dr. Ram Bhagat in partnership with Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, for a Juneteenth event celebrating the life, liberation and the legacy of enslaved people. Juneteenth, also known as Black Independence Day, is […]

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Kids Activities in the Children's Garden are fun and include self-guided activities. photo by Scott Elmquist

Father's Day

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA, United States

Spend time with the family in the Children’s Garden on Father's Day. Discover a weekend of family fun in the Garden! Enjoy the stunning sculpture exhibit Incanto: An Oasis of Lyrical Sculpture and the exciting and engaging M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE!  A special Father's Day cookout will also offer food available for purchase. The location […]

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