The gently rolling terrain that is the site of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was once the hunting ground of Powhatan Indians.
On Mildred Ladd's death, Ufton was divided among her heirs, and it was from one of these in 1884 that Major Lewis Ginter purchased the 10acre which were to become the Lakeside Wheel Club, Bloemendaal Farm and Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.