CONNECTING PLANTS AND PEOPLES FOR A WORLD OF DIVERSITY, BEAUTY, AND HOPE.
Several of our natural areas are closed during firearm season, which runs November 16 - December 17, 2024
Natural Area Closings
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Cultural Connection
Acknowledging our inseparable connection to nature
Over thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples developed knowledge and practices to live in balance with the living world.
In the News
Medicinal garden at Onondaga Nation School grows opportunity
Cornell Chronicle – November 14, 2024
Students in the Learning by Leading program engaged extensively with the Onondaga Nation School on native plants and design ideas.
Update
Annual Report 2024
As our fiscal year drew to a close in June 2023 our organization grew stronger.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Guided Mindfulness Meditation with the Let's Meditate Initiative at the Cornell Botanic Gardens at Cornell Botanic Gardens, Nevin Welcome Center
All are welcome to join this free, guided meditation session, led by Travis Winter, LCSW, in partnership with the Cornell Botanic Gardens, Let's Meditate Initiative, and the...
Gifts from Nature (Family Event) at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
Come and create beautiful gifts inspired by nature, perfect for the holiday season! Each youth(7+) and their accompanying adult will be able learn, craft and bring home five...
Plants and the Winter Solstice at Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center
As the sun reaches its lowest arc in our sky, signaling the longest night (and shortest daytime) of the year, come join us for a special tour of the Mullestein Winter Garden....
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 FALL!
Fall is a magical time with stunning vistas of fall foliage, ripening produce in our vegetable garden, and ornamental grasses and late-blooming flowers.