CONNECTING PLANTS AND PEOPLES FOR A WORLD OF DIVERSITY, BEAUTY, AND HOPE.
The trail on the north side of Beebe Lake, between Beebe Beach and Sackett Bridge is now open. Other Beebe Lake trails remain closed.
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Experience Cornell Botanic Gardens Your Way
Pick your adventure! The Experiences section guides you to the Cornell Botanic Gardens’ experience that best fits you.
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Bring the Beauty of Cornell Botanic Gardens Home
Inspired by the diverse, beautiful plants in our gardens, arboretum, and natural areas? You now have a way to bring them to your own garden.
Mundy Wildflower Garden
This natural area and naturalistic garden is an active research site for native plant conservation, invasive plant management, and herbivore effects on plant communities.
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!
Witch hazel blossoms, tiny alpine bulbs, skunk cabbage, and native wildflowers take center stage in early spring. Flowering trees and shrubs, primroses and rhododendrons follow along with gorge openings.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Apr 16, 2019: Evening Wildflower Walks at Mundy Wildflower Garden
Tour the woodland pathways and plant habitats of the Mundy Wildflower Garden, an 8-acre natural area and naturalistic garden. Early spring is the ideal season for spotting & learning about the natural history and identification of wildflowers, such as trillium, bloodroot, a [...]
Apr 20, 2019: Ikebana: Friendship through Flowers at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Ikeana is the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging. Known to build community, ikebana also incorporates concepts that can help with our work/life balance. In this two-hour session, you will learn the basics of ikebana and also create your own arrangement that you wi [...]
Apr 26, 2019: Arbor Day Tree Walk at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Celebrate Arbor Day with a walk amongst the specimen trees of the Botanic Gardens. The walk will introduce some long-standing resident trees of the gardens, including tuliptree, dawn redwood, Japanese umbrella pine, zelkova, cornelian cherry dogwood and more. We’ll conclude [...]
