Featured Plants
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Featured Gardens
Our diverse cultivated collection of plants are located within specialty gardens surrounding the Nevin Welcome Center and within the nearby 100-acre F. R. Newman Arboretum.
This slope is home to maples native to New York State.
Perennials, grasses, and trees here filter runoff from the parking lot before it flows into Beebe Lake.
One of the highest points at Cornell Botanic Gardens and on campus, Newman Overlook provides a wondrous view of both the arboretum.
Featured Natural Areas
We steward over 3,600 acres of biologically diverse landscapes that represent the full range of ecological communities found in the Finger Lakes region.
A variety of plant communities including forest, shrub thicket, wetland, meadow and prairie near Fall Creek.
Long appreciated as one of Ithaca's most beautiful wooded gorges and for its cascading series of waterfalls.
Majestic, magical, inspirational, with trees over 150 feet tall, this site is a sanctuary in every sense of the word.