Gardening

Check out the buzz!

We invite you to come see our Botanic Buzzline – a flowering pathway that connects people and pollinators to plants.

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Teresa’s Story!

Garden Guide and Master Gardener Teresa Craighead shares how a space in her life was filled and grew into bountiful opportunities with the Cornell Botanic Gardens.

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Kevin’s Story!

Student and Public Engagement Coordinator Kevin Moss tells a heartwarming story stemming from his love for a past tree in the Botanic Gardens.

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In praise of the old-fashioned Rhododendron

Old-fashioned Rhododendron varieties known has “ironclads’ have fallen out of style, in favor of modern hybrids. Yet they remain among the most hardy and beautiful varieties in Cornell Botanic Gardens’ collection.

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Grow your own vegetables with container and small-space gardening

Bobbie Kuhlman, horticulturist, shares her tips for potting, watering, and getting the most enjoyment from vegetables grown in pots.

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Spring brings a diversity of songbirds to Cornell Botanic Gardens

Spring has finally arrived, and along with her, a glorious return of songbirds to Cornell Botanic Gardens’ diverse natural areas. Visit three spring migration hotspots.

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Draw and Discover: A botanic art experience with artist Camille Doucet

Summer interns learn the art of botanical drawing and watercolor and form stronger connections to plants

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A Botanist in China

Supporting planning for the Yellow & Bohai Sea World Heritage site in China is one of the ways in which Cornell Botanic Gardens is addressing global conservation issues.

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Ithaca is Indeed Gorges

Alice Soewito ’21 shares her adventures as a Cornell Botanic Gardens intern in summer 2019 in this series.