Welcome
The Library will be open for regular hours, Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Storytime is back! Join us at 10 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays inside the Robins Library for reading and rhyming. If the weather is mild, we will read outside under the oak tree at the end of the Kelly Education Center. We will have a craft activity after Storytime. All ages are welcome!
**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! March’s theme celebrates the 2025 Virginia Wildflower of the Year, Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum. The beautiful color illustration of the Mayapple is in Wild flowers of America 400 flowers in full color based on paintings by Mary Vaux Walcott, by Dorothy Falcon Platt. And a lovely line drawing of this wildflower is shown from the Field book of American Wild flowers by F. Schuyler Mathews. Other books on display include: How to know the wild flowers A guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common wild flowers by Dana, Mrs. William Starr Dana from 1893, and a five volume set from 1894 by Edward F. Hulme titled Familiar wild flowers.
This small exhibit will rotate materials and themes – visit often to see new treasures from the Archives!
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.