We offer tours, workshops, lectures, webinars, and more to provide meaningful opportunities for people to learn about plants and how essential they are to our lives and our well-being. Please read our cancellation policy here.
There are also ways to explore our gardens and grounds using our self-guided tour options.
Self-guided tour
Conceived and created as an aid for teaching her math students the properties of hyperbolic planes, Daina Taimina presents a colorful display of crocheted shapes, on display in the gallery of the Nevin Welcome Center. These artistically designed representations of hyperboli [...]
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 practice mindfulness by dedicating our attention to the present moment and fully observing and appre [...]
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 meditation focuses on nature and is a chance for reflection and renewal at the end of the week. Meditation [...]
William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Jessica Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Department of Literatures in English Why have printers and poets long seen an affinity between their books and the world of plants? From ancient florilegia and anthologia (both deriving from [...]
Come celebrate spring and National Public Gardens Week with plant and nature-inspired activities, a scavenger hunt, a bulb and houseplant sale (first come, first served), and much more! Students from all our Learning by Leading Teams will be presenting family-friendly fun a [...]
Is your knowledge of trees limited to the ones in your backyard? Join our tree tour to learn about the wide diversity of tree species in the F.R. Newman Arboretum and why this diversity is so important to humans. Learn how these trees connect to our local flora and the glob [...]
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 and eastern Asia. Discover the importance of trees and garden plants in East Asian culture, and lea [...]
Join us for a stroll through the Botanic Gardens' picturesque Bowers Rhododendron Collection, located behind the Nevin Welcome Center on Comstock Knoll. The Knoll is ablaze in May and early June with the vibrant white, yellow, pink, and red blossoms of the Collection. Rhod [...]
Tour the woodland pathways and plant habitats of the Mundy Wildflower Garden, a 25-acre natural area and naturalistic garden managed by Cornell Botanic Gardens. The garden is an ideal place to learn about the geology and natural history of this area and to see native woodla [...]
Cornell Botanic Gardens, in partnership with Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, will host a spring plant sale featuring a wide variety of plant types, with an emphasis on local native plants. The Botanic Gardens offerings will include many native plants grown from locally c [...]
Take a relaxing stroll with a Garden Guide through the gardens around the Nevin Welcome Center and discover the beauty and diversity of our cultivated plant collections. Visit the Robison Herb Garden, Young Flower Garden, Bowers Rhododendron Collection, Shady Groundcover Co [...]
This webinar features several individuals profiled in the exhibit “Cultivators of Celebration.”
This episode of Verdant Views explores the journey behind Cornell Botanic Gardens’ native lawn project.
Stories of the challenges and choices Cornell students face in their home countries, and actions being taken in response to the global climate crisis.