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Cultural Connection
Lucky Plants for the Lunar New Year
Get to know some of the plants that convey symbolic meaning during Chinese New Year celebrations.
In the News
Indigenous Cuisine actively celebrates the ‘Food of the Original People’
Cornell Student & Campus Life—January 31, 2025
Cornell Dining partnered with the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) and Cornell Botanic Gardens to host a themed dinner featuring Indigenous cuisine.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina, PhD., associate professor, retired at Cornell Botanic Garden Nevin Welcome Center
Conceived and created as an aid for teaching her math students the properties of hyperbolic planes, Daina Taimina presents a colorful display of crocheted shapes, on display...
Guided Mindfulness Meditation with Let's Meditate at the Cornell Botanic Gardens at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
All are welcome to join this free, guided meditation session, led by Travis Winter, LCSW, in partnership with Cornell Botanic Gardens and the Nature Rx Initative. This...
Spruce Up Your Conifer Knowledge at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Join us for a walk through our conifer collection and Winter Garden to learn the basics of conifer identification and their natural history. The tour will highlight plants...
Land Acknowledgement
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation), members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
Cornell Botanic Gardens embraces and actively works to increase diversity among all the communities with which we engage.
News
Seeds of survival: Botanic Gardens honors the Black experience
This garden display and exhibit shares the knowledge, skill, and resilience of enslaved Africans, their descendants, and today’s Black community and their deep connections to plants and the cuisines they inspired.
Our Gardens and Natural Areas
We are responsible for the natural beauty of the Cornell University campus including cultivated gardens, an arboretum, and natural areas. Together these comprise one-third of campus, and with off-campus natural areas, a total of 3,600 acres.
WHAT TO SEE IN WINTER
Explore our Winter Garden and collections of plants designed to showcase winter interest.