Hours
The Nevin Welcome Center is currently closed. Check back for a reopening date in January, 2022. Portable restrooms are not available during the winter months.
Location
The Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center is located at 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca New York, 14850.
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Explore heirloom and commercial varieties of food plants grown around the world and see plants growing in a high tunnel under predicted future climate conditions.
Explore perennial plants from North, Central and South America suited for full sun.
Perennials, grasses, and trees here filter runoff from the parking lot before it flows into Beebe Lake.
Opened in 2011, this LEED gold certified building is home to our visitor services staff, art displays, interpretive exhibits, restrooms, and a multipurpose room.
The Nevin Welcome Center is a great place to start your visit. Stop by our visitor services desk to pick up a map of our gardens and learn what’s in bloom and what to see.
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.
This exhibit reveals the importance and impact of the Ecological Calendars for Climate Adaptation Project.
Listen to the artist's inspiration behind creating this mobile in the Nevin Welcome Center.
View upcoming classes, workshops, and special events.