Welcome
The Library will be open for regular hours, Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Storytime has ended for the season. Thank you to everyone who came to read and sing with us! Please visit our Children’s section to find great books to read over the break and stay tuned for the 2025 opening dates of Storytime.
**Please Note: Admissions is required to visit the Library, including the Seed Library.
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Women’s Work: The Lee Park Collection
Step into history with this never-before-seen exhibit from the Lee Park Collection, which includes 325 preserved herbarium specimens and 238 botanical watercolor illustrations. This selection also tells the story of and is a tribute to the female laborers, many of them Black, without whom the sanctuary that would not have been possible.
About the Lora Robins Library
The Lora M. Robins Library is Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s resource for horticulture, botany, botanical art and history, and landscape design. Visit us or search our catalog to unearth thousands of horticultural and botanical resources.
Our children’s library includes hundreds of children’s books, puzzles, and games that inspire a love of learning about the natural world.
Library hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Library Collections
The Lora M. Robins Library collection includes books on the subjects of gardening, horticulture, botany, landscaping, Virginia native plants and much more. The children’s collection (picture books through middle grade) features books that inspire an appreciation for nature, gardening, and the natural sciences.
Library Programs
Storytime is hosted by the Lora M. Robins Library Friday and Saturday mornings at 10 a.m from mid-January to early November. We enjoy reading outside under the Oak tree on the corner of the Kelly Education Building, weather permitting. After reading two of our favorite books about plants and nature, there will be a craft activity in the Library that everyone can enjoy. Join us and other families to engage in nature literacy!
Library Resources
Discover how the Library can assist you with horticultural questions and research. Garden members can borrow books for up to eight weeks and the seed library is open to all visitors.