Hours
The Nevin Welcome Center and Garden Gift Shop is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m; Closed Sunday and Monday.
Location
The Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center is located at 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca New York, 14850.
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Find plants with interesting color, texture, and shape, which add beauty to the winter landscape.
Enjoy the view from this overlook, which displays dwarf conifers, perennials, and small flowering trees.
This area features most of our extensive conifer collection, including firs, pines, and spruces.
Opened in 2011, this LEED gold certified building is home to our visitor services staff, a gift shop with light refreshments, art displays, interpretive exhibits, restrooms, and a multipurpose room.
Our Garden Gift Shop offers a unique selection of garden and plant themed items as well as Cornell Botanic Gardens apparel and accessories including t-shirts, hats, water bottles, mugs and more. Grab-and-go refreshments are also available.
The welcome center is used for Botanic Gardens events and limited use by others at Cornell.
The Nevin Welcome Center is named for Brian C. Nevin ’50, at the request of a gift from C. Sherwood “Woody” Southwick.
Displays of art and interpretive exhibits are featured in the welcome center lobby. Many events occur here as well.
Unique Plants from UCLA’s Mathias Botanical Garden by Kathleen M. Rasmussen on display at the Nevin Welcome Center.
This exhibit showcases how the invasive Emerald Ash Borer has upset the intricate relationships ash trees have with the world around them, including how the loss of these trees has impacted Haudenosaunee communities.
View upcoming classes, workshops, and special events.