Enjoy an evening out in the Garden! Enhance your understanding and appreciation of featured seasonal aspects of the collection. Come dressed for the weather and walking in the Garden. Fees: Member $0, Non-Member $22 All programs are subject to change. Pre-registration through our website is required. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden strives to be a Garden […]

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden with this specialized garden tour featuring seasonal aspects of the collection, offered monthly except December, January, July and August. Come dressed for the weather and touring the Garden. Fees: Member $0, Non-Member $22 All programs are subject to change. Pre-registration through our website is required. […]

Despite Shakespeare's gruesome language - wool of bat and gall of goat - there are some familiar, and even beneficial, plants in his recipe. Join Garden Guide Julia Cothron to learn about these plants as well as others used in medicine, tires, insect repellants and as unusual sources of food or clothing. Fees: Member $0, […]

Do you love trees and want to learn more about the role you can have in their survival? Come join Garden Guide, Lorrie Lincoln for a talk about the hidden life of trees and their importance in our ecosystem. Then enjoy a walk around the Garden to see our magnificent and beautiful tree collection. Meets […]

Venture with your Garden Guide Harriet Coalter to the Streb Conifer Garden to see the many varieties of conifers suitable for Richmond’s plant hardiness zone. The walk will include other areas of the Garden to highlight the varied shapes, textures and colors of conifers and how they can be used in garden design. Fees: Member […]

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden with this specialized garden tour featuring seasonal aspects of the collection, offered monthly except December, January, July and August. Come dressed for the weather and touring the Garden. Fees: Member $0, Non-Member $22 All programs are subject to change. Pre-registration through our website is required. […]

Native plants are a wonderful addition to the landscape for their adaptability, ornamental value and pollinator support. First meet in the Lab of the Kelly Education Center for the talk and then tour the Garden with Guide Lorrie Lincoln to see what native plants are growing at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and which ones might […]

Join Garden Guides Buz and Barb Sawyer, both birdwatchers since childhood, for a walk in the Garden to learn about how birds use our 80 acres to rest, refuel, and continue the journey south for the winter. Fall migration can be an exciting happening in the Garden where we provide an oasis for our travel-weary […]

Venture with your Garden Guide Harriet Coalter to the Streb Conifer Garden to see the many varieties of conifers suitable for Richmond’s plant hardiness zone. The walk will include other areas of the Garden to highlight the varied shapes, textures and colors of conifers and how they can be used in garden design. Fees: Member […]

Are you curious to know what really goes into creating Gardenfest at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and especially how the themed light forms are created? Join Garden Guide, Bob Lincoln on an excursion to the basement of the Kelly Education Center to see how and where the magic happens.  View pictures of the forms in various stages of development and hear how […]