In the lobby of the Nevin Welcome Center, works of art and plant-focused displays change throughout the year.
Seeds of Survival and Celebration: Plants and 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.
More Past Exhibits
Explore plants indispensable to cultures around the world.
Past Exhibit
White Pine: Tree of PeaceThe white pine is a powerful cultural symbol of peace to the Haudenosaunee.
Past Exhibit
Peppers Around the WorldCultivated peppers traveled from Central and South America to quickly make their way around the globe.