Court limits where striking union workers can picket at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

A Henrico Circuit Court judge has granted Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden a temporary injunction against striking union workers, setting new limits on where and how they can picket after more than 50 days of demonstrations in a monthslong fight over wages.

The court granted the injunction on Monday after the garden complained that picketers from LGBG Workers United were creating unsafe conditions for drivers entering and leaving the property.

While the temporary injunction does not stop union workers from demonstrating, it does determine where they can do it. Under the order, the garden was directed to define its property lines, marked by green spray paint and red duct tape, which union workers are not permitted to cross while picketing.

The injunction also restricts the equipment demonstrators can use. Union workers are not allowed to use tents, coolers and chairs on the lawn, flower beds or the sidewalks that curve toward the entrance.

They are also not permitted to block the entrance or exit of the garden, and no more than 10 demonstrators are allowed on each side of the garden entrance at one time.

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