Library

Library Basics

The Lora M. Robins Library is located in the Education and Library Complex. The library is open to members and to the public with garden admission. All visitors should enter the garden through the Robins Visitor Center.

Library Reading room Garden  fireplace

Library Hours

Monday - Friday -- 10 AM to 4 PM
Saturday & Sunday -- 1 PM to 4 PM
Closed major holidays.

Circulation Policy

Books and videos circulate to garden members for a period of three weeks. Reference books, rare books, plant and seed catalogs and journals do not circulate. Books may be renewed one time.
See contact information.

Photocopying

All photocopies are made by library staff for a modest fee. Folios, items of large size or unusual shape, rare books and volumes that contain fragile paper will not be photocopied.

Reference Questions

Questions may be submitted to the librarian and volunteer staff by phone, email or regular mail. See contact information.

Gift Policy

The library accepts gifts of new or gently used books and magazines on gardening subjects. Please contact the librarian for complete gift policy information.

Recent Gifts from
The Pocahontas Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society

Trees  books library blogTeaching the Trees by Joan Maloof
[QH 81 .M15 207]]

Weeds of the South edited by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice [SB 612 .S85 W44 2009]
Central Appalachian Wildflowers by Barbara F. Medina

[ QK 122.3 .M43 2002 ]
The American Meadow Garden by John Greenlee &
Saxon Holt [ SB 439 .G73 2009 ]

Growing Trees from Seed by Henry Kock, et al.
[ SB 121 .K63 2008 ]
A Field Guide To Medicinal Plants & Herbs ... by Stephen Foster & James Duke [ QK 99 .F68  2000 ]


 

Library Contact Information


Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
1800 Lakeside Ave.
Richmond VA 23228

Phone: 804-262-9887 x332
Email: library@lewisginter.org

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