People who receive food assistance now can visit the Sonoma Botanical Garden for only $3, a discount of 75% off the regular admission price.
People need only to shop with a SNAP or Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to receive the discount. Children under 12 are always free at the garden.
The discount is part of a nationwide initiative called Museums for All, aimed at making museums more accessible to more people. More than 850 institutions, including art museums, children’s museums, science centers, botanical gardens, zoos and history museums, are participating in
The Aboretum & Botanical Garden at Pritchard Community Center is being rebuilt after recent storm damage left its mark.
The garden and walking trail adjacent to the Elizabethtown activity center long has been a place where the community can enjoy a wide variety of interesting plants. These include trees and shrubs along the banks of Valley Creek and flower beds throughout the gardens providing colorful vistas from late winter until frost.
EAST LANSING — A seven-acre garden at Michigan State University is in a slightly different location than before but still emphasizes biodiversity and conservation.
Alan Prather, interim director of MSU’s W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, said the garden started in 1873 after professor William Beal urged the university about the need for a garden. Prather said it started in a small plot of land on the north end of West Circle Drive, next to the College of Music.
“It expanded on
Austin is the music and event capital of Texas and we’re here at Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy to learn about their summer series “Music in the Garden”.
Holly Hawk, the interim executive director, joined Studio 512 Host Rosie Newberry to tell us more.
Hawk discussed a brief history of the garden, how the conservancy was formed, its mission, Music in the Garden, and more.
What is Music in the Garden? How can people attend and what can be expected at this event?
“Music in the Garden is a live music event open to the public and free with admission, showcasing
On a breezy summer day at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), we sat down in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden with gardener, Katie Bronson to revive our interview series, NYC Makers. Before her career of more than 18 years as a gardener, Katie received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Pratt Institute and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Landscape Design from George Washington University. She now also has a certificate in Plant Identification from the New York Botanical Garden and teaches courses in plant identification and horticulture through The Garden’s initiative to continue environmental education. If you’ve ever
The Botanical Society of South Africa is celebrating its impressive 110th anniversary this year, marking over a century of remarkable achievements.
Commonly known as BotSoc, this organisation is dedicated to conserving the indigenous plants of South Africa through various programmes aimed at enhancing knowledge, cultivation, sustainable utilisation, protection and appreciation of our natural ecosystems.
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BotSoc, which was founded on June 10, 1913, is a member-driven organisation that provides opportunities for citizen scientists, amateur nature enthusiasts, the general public and environmental experts to collaborate and contribute to solutions for
Trees in the Government Botanical Garden are being affixed with QR code, that can be used by tourists to scan and get details of the trees in the garden.
| Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy
Tourists visiting the Government Botanical Garden (GBG) will soon have all the information about the floral diversity of the garden at their fingertips, quite literally. By scanning the QR codes that are being attached to the shrubs and trees at the garden, visitors can get key information about the plants on their mobile phones.
Officials from the department of horticulture and plantation crops said there were
While water may seem like the most essential component for the success of a yard or garden, there are many ways to create and maintain a low-maintenance desert landscape without using too much of this resource.
Lots of native, desert-adapted and drought-tolerant plants thrive in the high temperatures and arid conditions of metro Phoenix while still making your landscape look lush.
The Arizona Republic talked to Tina Wilson, senior director of horticulture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenixand Alex Washburn, general manager at Dig It Gardens in Phoenix, a landscape design and build studio that sells a variety
