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Gallery: Spring breaking at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Leashed toddler sits and sticks one hand in the flower petals
Shaban Athuman
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VPM News
Layla Knight plays with flowers on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia.

The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is celebrating spring with A Million Blooms until June 1. Daffodils, tulips and bluebells are currently blooming.

The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is celebrating spring with A Million Blooms until June 1. Daffodils, tulips and bluebells are currently blooming.

Layla Knight, 1, arrived at the garden dressed in pink from head to toe with her mother, Lorna, and grandmother Sunisa Polishuk. Lorna’s leash made sure that Layla didn’t wander off as she played with the blooming tulips.

At a pond nearby, 6-year-old James Koca met with fellow 6-year-old twins Abram and Merrill Cullen. The three were exuberant as they played with clay from the pond. Their party ended when Abram got his shoes wet.

Shaban Athuman was born in a Tanzanian refugee camp and grew up in Roanoke, where he fell in love with photography.