Updated: 1/4/2012
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden strives to bring you the best in horticultural display for each season. The more than 30 acres of gardens includes the Henry M. Flagler Perennial Garden, one of the largest and most diverse perennial gardens on the East Coast; the Grace Arents Garden, an elegant Victorian-style garden restored by The Garden Club of Virginia; Asian Valley, an exotic garden setting; the Martha and Reed West Island Garden, a wetland environment with a stunning display of pitcher plants, water irises and lotuses; a Children's Garden with colorful and interesting plants to attract butterflies and birds; the Lucy Payne Minor Garden, a study garden with an extensive collection of daffodils and daylilies (including the Stout Medal daylily collection); and the Margaret Streb Conifer Garden featuring dwarf conifers.
public education, horticultural display and applied botanical research
The site of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was at one time an Indian hunting ground, a recreation center, a children's hospital, and a residence. The Garden is named for Lewis Ginter, a prominent Richmond businessman who owned the property during the late 1800s. His niece Grace Arents, an avid gardener, bought the property after Ginter's death. Arents' will stipulated the foundation of a botanical garden in her uncle's honor. This wish was realized in 1984 with the foundation of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
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