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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA

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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Stroll more than a dozen themed gardens, a glass Conservatory and a year-round butterfly exhibit just north of Richmond.

1800 Lakeside Ave · Richmond, VA

About Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden grew from the bequest of Richmond philanthropist Grace Arents, who named it for her uncle, and was founded in 1984 as a community nonprofit garden. Today you can wander more than a dozen themed garden areas across 82 acres, including a Children's Garden and a kitchen garden that grows produce for area food banks. Inside the expanded Conservatory, the Butterflies Bloom exhibit runs all year, and winter brings the GardenFest of Lights.

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