CONNECTING PLANTS AND PEOPLES FOR A WORLD OF DIVERSITY, BEAUTY, AND HOPE.
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Nature’s promise through the seasons
As the gardens, arboretum, and natural areas enter their winter slumber, we reflect on the […]
Acknowledging our inseparable connection to nature
Over thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples developed knowledge and practices to live in balance with the living world.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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...
Cornell Botanic Gardens Tour of Chinese and Asian Plants at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Cornell Botanic Gardens Tour of Chinese and Asian Plants Join this guided outdoor stroll exploring different areas of the garden to highlight several plants endemic to China...
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.
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.