Art &
ARCHIVES
Archive Access
by appointment
The Special Collections include rare books, botanical art, sculptures, photographs, maps, herbaria and the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Archives. Among these are over 25,000 photographic slides of Virginia wildflowers, captured by local conservationist Newton Ancarrow. Some of these slides are digitally accessible via the Ancarrow Wildflower Digital Archive, a collaborative project of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden and the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries and VCU Rice Rivers Center. Special Collections items do not circulate; to view these materials in the library, please contact the archivist.
Research requests are welcome, but we recommend scheduling an appointment to view the Special Collections. Please contact:
Erica Borey
Archivist
[email protected]
804-262-9887 x370
EXPLORE OUR ARCHIVED COLLECTIONS,
IN CONTEXT!
Women’s Work: The Lee Park Collection
Learn about the exceptional women behind the creation of the Lee Memorial Park Wildflower and Bird Sanctuary project in Petersburg, Virginia
Newton Ancarrow: Defender of the James
Learn about the Richmond, Virginia environmentalist who helped save our river.
How does our Garden Grow?
1984 to Today
From our humble beginnings and leading up to the opening of our latest expansion on May 23, 2026, celebrate 40 years of growth for Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden through archival images of construction and newly planted gardens.