CONNECTING PLANTS AND PEOPLES FOR A WORLD OF DIVERSITY, BEAUTY, AND HOPE.
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Cultural Connection
Which plant is the real shamrock?
The shamrock has been a familiar symbol of Irish culture for hundreds of years, but do you know which plant is the real shamrock?
Moments of Connection
Plant Discovery through Science Connections
Team members create successful community outreach event at Sciencenter.
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
Spring Equinox Celebration: Family Activities & Bulb Sale at Cornell Botanic Gardens
As spring begins and gardens are showing new signs of life, come learn how plants survive the winter, what they are doing now, and take home some bulbs of your own! The Youth...
Verdant Views: Growing the Onondaga Nation School Garden
In an effort to revitalize their language, culture, and practices, and to facilitate intergenerational engagement, the Onondaga Nation leadership, Onondaga Nation School, and...
Mindful Botany Walk at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Join Cornell Botanic Gardens staff to observe the beauty and drama of nature unfolding on monthly nature walks. While exploring various paths and gardens each month, we will...
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 SPRING
As the temperature warms, flowering trees and shrubs and primrose blooms cover the landscape. By late spring our Rhododendron collection shines along with the opening of the gorges.