Virginia Directions and Logistics:

Note: Both Saturday and Sunday will begin with a delicious breakfast buffet and registration at 8:30am. Programming will begin promptly at 9:15am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday.  

Event Location:

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden- Education & Library Complex (ELC)

1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA

Parking:

Parking is complimentary and plentiful. Once you enter the grounds, follow the main drive past the Robin’s Visitor’s Center. Take the next right and the Education Complex will be immediately in front of you. You’ll see the parking lot before you see the ELC.

Directions:

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is right off Interstate 95 and is convenient to Interstates 64 & 295. The Garden sits at the corner of Lakeside Avenue and Hilliard Road, just north of downtown Richmond.

If you need help with directions, please call (804) 262-9887.

From Downtown Richmond (I-95 North)
On I-95 North take Exit 80, the Lakeside Avenue exit. Keep to the right and take the right at the first light onto Lakeside Avenue. (You'll see the brown Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden sign.) Follow Lakeside. You will see the Garden entrance just after you cross the intersection at Lakeside Avenue and Hilliard Road.

From Washington, D.C. (I-95 South)
From I-95 South take Exit 83B, the Parham Road Rt. 73 West exit. (Right before this exit you will see the brown Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden sign.) On Parham, quickly get into your far left lane. At the second stoplight, take a left onto Brook Road (also known as Route 1 South). At the third stoplight, take a right onto Lakeside Avenue. (At the light you will see a brown Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden sign.) As you go down Lakeside Avenue, you will see the Garden entrance to your right.

From Charlottesville (I-64 East)
Come into Richmond on I-64 East. Get on to I-95 North to Washington, D.C. Follow directions for I-95 North.

From Williamsburg (I-64 West)
Come into Richmond on I-64 West. Get on I-95 North to Washington, D.C. Follow directions for I-95 North.

Hotel Options and Reservation Information:

1. Holiday Inn 804-266-8753

801 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23227

$81+tax/night; 5-10 minutes away from Botanical Gardens

2. Sleep Inn Hotel 804-515-7800

950 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228

$81+ tax/night; 10-15 minutes away from Botanical Gardens

3. Days Inn on Dickens Road, 804-282-3300, www.daysinn.com

4. Marriott Courtyard, 6400 W. Broad St., 804-282-1881, www.marriott.com

For any questions relating to logistics, please contact Danielle Turnquest at dturnquest@progressiveleaders.org or (651) 983-9044.