Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond

this botanical garden is not overstated, but simply beautiful. Take your time walking the grounds and enjoy nature's beauty and peace. We spent a few hours leisurely walking the grounds and unwinding.

The gardens are a beautiful place to take young children to enjoy a day outside. We played in the new children's garden, tree house, sandbox, native houses, and loved the water play! My children never want to leave!

Just beautiful. For those of you who don't use common sense and think a garden is going to be in bloom in the late fall and winter your lack of sense is apparent.

We've been going to LGBG for years, but the last few years we have seen many major expansions. Originally there was the home, some gardens and a tea house. Then a huge conservatory, rose garden, several meeting halls and a sunken garden were added. Definitely there is more to see in Spring and Summer, as in any garden with 4 distinct seasons as we have in VA, but the Conservatory has plants all year long. During December and January the garden is decorated in a dazling light display and there are gingerbread houses, dollhouses and toy trains displayed in the buildings. This has become a Christmas tradition for our family. The resturant is a step above most museum fare, and I hear the tea house is very special although I have never eaten there myself. The newly expanded children's garden, with a tree house, water garden, places to play in the dirt and sand are fantastic. Thisis a beautiful place to visit and an excellent setting for a wedding. My favorite time of year is in early spring when the daffodils bloom. We have a family membership and we visit all the time. This year for Christmas we gave a family membership to a local family in need that was adopted by our church. I hope they enjoy their visits to Lewis Ginter as much as we do.

Great for bringing family members of ALL ages - from the very young to the very old. Nice paths to walk, places to sit, a "treehouse" for the kids with a great view of the lake. In the summer there is a small water park for the kids & during winter, there is the Festival of Lights where the gardens are decorated with millions of lights.

A busload of museum docents from Washington, D. C. stopped for awhile for a self-guided tour. We enjoyed the conservatory, with its children's room and the orchid display, then walked the outside. A wonderful gift shop also. not enough time there, but many of us will come back

We went at the end of September and 2/3 of the plants were dead. It is a nice place but not in September. They should lower the price in the off season since there is very little to see. I would not go again because of the price.