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Exhibit

Unique Plants from UCLA’s Mathias Botanical Garden by Kathleen M. Rasmussen

Unique Plants from UCLA’s Mathias Botanical Garden by Kathleen M. Rasmussen on display at the Nevin Welcome Center.

Blog

Draw and Discover: A botanic art experience with artist Camille Doucet

Summer interns learn the art of botanical drawing and watercolor and form stronger connections to plants

Blog

A Botanist in China

Supporting planning for the Yellow & Bohai Sea World Heritage site in China is one of the ways in which Cornell Botanic Gardens is addressing global conservation issues.

Update

Cornell Botanic Gardens celebrates Mexica/Aztec connections to plants and foods, and the love of chocolate

Mexica/Aztec artist, storyteller, musician featured in O’Connor Lecture and entertains at the Chocolatada!

News

Autumn approaching, but don’t neglect your garden.

Integrated Pest Management Specialist Zaidee Powers-Rosales provides fall gardening tips and a reminder that it’s never too early to plan for spring.

Event

Plant Drop 2019

On October 3rd, students took home 1000 houseplants in 20 minutes at Cornell’s first “plant drop.”

Event

Go ‘Wild at Cornell’ with artist, plant stylist Hilton Carter

Artist, interior designer and plant stylist Hilton Carter will inspire audiences to transform their living spaces into green landscapes in “Wild at Cornell,” the Cornell Botanic Gardens’ William J. Hamilton Lecture.

Past Exhibit

“Invisible Blue” Watercolors by Eder Muniz

Fifteen vibrant water color paintings by the artist who created the new magical mural behind the Nevin Welcome Center.

Blog

Ithaca is Indeed Gorges

Alice Soewito ’21 shares her adventures as a Cornell Botanic Gardens intern in summer 2019 in this series.