Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Lewis Ginter Spring PlantFest
Plant Sale

PlantFest is rain or shine! No admission fee required; regular Garden admission to visit the Garden

Exclusive, Members only pre-sale Thursday, April 30,  4 – 7 p.m.  Not a member? Join Now!

Friday, May 1, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The Garden’s plant sales are among the largest in the region with more than 40 vendors selling plants ranging from well-known favorites to rare exotics and other garden-related items.  Plus, join us for live music, a festive atmosphere and a chance to get all your gardening questions answered.
Presented by Garden volunteers. All proceeds benefit the Garden’s educational mission.

Watch our PlantFest video to learn more.

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Start:
Friday, May 1, 2020
End:
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Event Details

PlantFest Haul from the Members Only Plant Sale

  • Hourly give-a-ways during the plant sale
  • Children’s activities
  • Be sure to visit the Garden Shop for outdoor pots and statuary, a variety of special gardening tools, gardening books, and decorative accessories. Members receive a 15 percent discount during PlantFest!  
  • The Ginter’s Greatest tent takes credit cards. Some, but not all of the vendors take credit cards.

 

2020 Participating vendors:

Acer Acres Inc. – Diverse Virginia grown Japanese Maples

Down the Garden Path – New, antique & vintage items for home & garden. (ex. twine holders, iron shears, herb markers, iron birdfeeders & birdhouses, glass cloches & bell jars, & more)

Garden Gate Landscape & Design– Native Virginia plants; a good mix of perennials, shrubs & trees

Ginter’s Greatest – Plants grown by LGBG volunteers; blue bird houses; potting bench raffle

PlantSmart – Hostas & other shade perennials

Radical Roots Organic Farm – Certified organic vegetables, herbs & fruiting shrubs, featuring 20 different heirloom tomatoes, 7 kinds of basil

Richmond Area Daylily Society – Daylilies

Please bring your own wagon to make shopping easy!

PlantFest Shopping at the Spring Plant Sale

Fall PlantFest

Our Fall Plant Sale -- Save the dates

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Butterflies LIVE!

Experience the wonderful world of butterflies! Tropical beauties — fascinating and showy — transform the Conservatory’s North Wing into a wonderland of vibrant colors, captivating sights and extraordinary discoveries

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Garden Members Get 15% Off

During the Plant Sale

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Mother's Day Weekend is filled with blooms, concerts, tours and children's activities.

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Vendors

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