Richmond may have to come up with another way to improve traffic safety and flow around the A.P. Hill Monument on the city’s North Side. Officials have accepted a state grant that would allow the Laburnum Avenue-Hermitage Road intersection to be converted into a two-lane roundabout, which would be designed to reduce speeds from 35 to 40 mph to 18 to 23 mph.

Growing up in Richmond, Rodney Ganey thought he might become a doctor someday. That ambition came to an end, though, after his first two years as an undergraduate at the University of Richmond, where he had planned to major in biology. “I didn’t perform very well there,“ Ganey said. “I was basically asked not to return due to my low GPA.“

An artist painting the blooming spring color will be featured in each garden on Ginter Park’s “En Plein Air Perennials, Your Favorite Gardens and Homes” tour. The open air tour, scheduled for May 16 from noon to 5 p.m., includes four homes, nine gardens and the chapel at Ginter Park Baptist Church. Tour locations:

• 3212 Noble Ave., house and garden. Note the sparkling chandelier that took four men to carry into the house and the simple boxwood garden, complementing a relaxing outdoor dining spot.