We offer online instruction and events to deepen each of our connections to plants.

Event

Verdant Views: Cultivators of Celebration

This webinar features several individuals profiled in the exhibit “Cultivators of Celebration.”

Conservation

Cultivating a Sustainable Future: Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Native Lawn

This episode of Verdant Views explores the journey behind Cornell Botanic Gardens’ native lawn project.

Event

Verdant Views: Global Climate Stories, 2023

In honor of Earth Day 2023, current Fellows in Cornell University’s Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program share stories of the challenges they face in their home countries.

Event

Verdant Views: Capturing Carbon: Nature-Based Solutions to the Climate Crisis

This episode explores how much carbon the Botanic Gardens’ Natural Areas and other Cornell forests are capturing.

Recorded Event

Beebe Lake: Past, Present, and Future

In this special program, learn about Beebe Lake’s ever-changing habitat and its permanent place in Cornell’s social and natural environment, with historian Corey Ryan Earle ’07  and Director of Natural Areas Todd Bittner. Hosted by the Class of 1966.

Event

Verdant Views: Written in Petals

A discussion of an online exhibit, which provides a tour of the Language of Flowers as a cultural phenomenon that flourished during the Victorian era.

Video

Verdant Views: Global Climate Stories, 2022

In honor of Earth Day 2022, international students at Cornell share stories of the challenges they face in their home countries.

Event

Verdant Views: Bittersweet Chocolate

This webinar discussed the ethics of global chocolate production and the major problems that impact the cacao industry.

Event

Verdant Views: Anti-racism in the Outdoors

How to make natural spaces more open and welcoming to people of color.

Video

Verdant Views: Linking Art and Nature Through Education

How our gardens and natural areas used to enrich student learning through the intersection of nature and art

Event

Verdant Views: Learning by Leading

Learn about this exciting student engagement initiative.

Video

Coppicing: Its History and Practice

Brandon George, graduate student , and Emily Pratt, horticulturist, discuss the history and uses of coppicing

Video

Elusive Blue: the Rarest of Flower Colors

Join graduate student Brandon George for an in-depth talk on the color blue, why it is so rare in the plant world, and some tips for displaying it in a garden.

Video

Verdant Views: Global Climate Stories, 2021

In honor of Earth Day 2021, this special edition of Verdant Views featured Fellows in […]

Video

Verdant Views: Trees and the Changing Climate

A discussion of how climate change is affecting trees in the northeastern U.S. and how Cornell Botanic Gardens is responding.

Video

Verdant Views: Growing Vegetables and Connections

Partnerships take root in the Pounder Vegetable Garden, which features sustainable practices you can try in your own back yard.

Video

Carolyn Finney: 2020 Vision, A Black Walden Pond & Other Musings

Dr. Finney explores the complexities and contradictions of American history as it relates to green space and race.

Video

Verdant Views: A Biocultural Conversation

Director Christopher Dunn discusses why biocultural diversity is important and how we are embracing the concept.

Video

Verdant Views: Growing in Gardens—A Personal Odyssey

Staff horticulturist Mitja Stragapede shares his personal odyssey with gardens and their transformative power.

Tour

Sustainable Landscapes Trail

Explore sustainability in practice in this narrated virtual tour of sites across Cornell Botanic Gardens and the Cornell campus.

Video

Verdant Views: Flavorful Herbs of Central and South America

Garden Curator Pam Shade explores some familiar and not-so-familiar herbs that flavor food and beverages.

Video

Native Plants in New York: Two Virtual Field Trips

This special virtual event features two presentations on native plants by our experts Krissy Boys and F. Robert Wesley.

Tour

A New Asian Summer Garden

Join our director on a virtual tour of our gardens with an emphasis on a new Asian Summer Garden now in the planning stage. Co-sponsored by the Cornell Asian Alumni Association.

Video

Connecting Plants and People

Join our Director for a virtual tour of our gardens, natural areas, and some ways we carry out our mission.

Video

A “Walk” in the Garden: A Virtual Visit for the LGBTQ+ Community

Unwind and experience nature virtually, and learn more about Cornell Botanic Gardens in this pre-recorded webinar for LGBTQ+ community.

Tour

Tour Cornell Botanic Gardens—from anywhere!

We’re bringing the gardens around the Nevin Welcome Center to you in this narrated, virtual tour, highlighting the history, ecological value, and plants of some of some of Cornell Botanic Gardens most beloved landscapes.

Blog

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.

Video

Global Climate Stories

Hear stories from people in three countries greatly impacted by climate change in this April 22 webinar.

Video

Garden Tales: A Storytelling Showcase Part 1

Freshman writers share stories of their connection to gardens, farms and nature.

Video

Garden Tales: A Storytelling Showcase Part 2

Freshman writers share stories of gardens, farms, and nature.