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! January’s theme is Seeds and the display features a 1914 edition of British Flowering Plants, a 1909 book with the delightful title of The Fly Aways And Other Seed Travelers; How Plants Find Homes For Their Children, and Seeds, Their Place in Life and Legend from 1936 with a beautiful frontispiece and title page. This small exhibit will rotate materials and themes.
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.