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The mission of the Botanic Garden of Smith College is to foster education about the science, beauty, and importance of the plant kingdom through the use of outdoor and conservatory plant collections, gardens, displays, and exhibitions, and to preserve and maintain the historic Olmsted campus landscape.
News & Announcements
AMERICAN EDEN: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
Presented by Victoria Johnson, Phd.
7:30 pm Campus Center Carroll Room - free and open to the public
Followed by a reception, book signing and view of the Chrysanthemum Show at the Lyman Plant House.
In this lecture featuring her book, American Eden, Johnson rescues Hosack, (family doctor and friend to both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and attending doctor at the famous duel) from obscurity and highlights his significant contributions to botany and medicine.
Extinction is a natural process and over millions of years, innumerable species and countless trees have gone extinct. However, today, human driven processes such as overexploitation, habitat loss and climate change are accelerating the rates of extinction for many species, including trees. Currently, 10% of all tree species are threatened with extinction.
Learn what's being done to help trees, and what you can do to make a difference.
Each fall as colors fade outdoors, a riot of color erupts indoors in the Lyman Conservatory at the Botanic Garden of Smith College.
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Groups of 10 or more must schedule in advance.
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Hours: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm daily
Fridays - 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
The suggested donation is $5.00
Spotlight
New Manager of Education: Sarah Loomis
The Botanic Garden welcomes the new Manager of Education, Sarah Loomis. A native to the Pioneer Valley, Sarah credits her earliest memories learning the names of such ubiquitous plants as goldenrod, burdock and yarrow, with instilling in her a love of the botanical world. With a degree in Environmental Studies from Skidmore College, Sarah has spent the last decade exploring and sharing stories found at the intersection of people and plants. Her work at the Delaware Center for Horticulture and the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia focused on using inquiry based approaches to education to foster self-discovery in students and visitors. An avid flower lover and self-taught florist, in 2014 she founded a floral design studio and micro-flower farm dedicated to increasing the use of locally grown flowers. She is thrilled to join the staff and looks forward to getting to know her new community - both plant and human alike.
