Cornell Botanic Gardens embraces and actively works to increase diversity among all the communities with which we engage—Cornell students, faculty, and staff, visitors, supporters, its employees, and its plant collections. We envision a world where biological and cultural diversity are respected, sustained and celebrated. We cemented our commitment to that vision with our name change in 2016, and our new mission and vision that embrace biocultural diversity and conservation. Our Strategic Plan established a road map for our organization to lead public gardens and conservation stakeholders in advancing biological and cultural diversity through programs, initiatives, and priorities.  ‘We envision a world where biological and cultural diversity are respected, sustained and celebrated.

We share Cornell University’s commitment to combat biases in all forms and to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging. Many resources for advancing anti-racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other biases due to religion are available at the university’s D&I resources page.