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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Rare Book Display
Enjoy this new exhibit of rare books from the Archive! This festive display features a 
1903 edition of Flora and Sylva open to a stunning illustration of red and white Camellia flowers, a book of children’s literature with the delightful title of Trees Worth Knowing, and two tree books from the early 1900s with beautiful covers. This small exhibit will rotate materials and themes.
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.