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The Botanic Garden of Smith College

Temporary Exhibits

Our temporary exhibits serve as an educational opportunity through art that features a variety of botanical and horticultural themes, as well as on social and environmental issues. Here you can see past exhibits that have been on display in the Church Gallery as well as throughout Lyman Plant House.

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Coming Soon: Pollination Investigation

Pollination Investigation is a new poster exhibition from The Smithsonian Institution Exhibits Traveling Services and Smithsonian Gardens coming to the Church Gallery in Lyman Plant House this fall. The exhibit invites visitors to explore profiles on types of pollinators including, bees, beetles, butterflies, hummingbirds, flies, moths, and the wind; and the essential role that pollinators play in the natural world. 

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Past Exhibits

Botanic Garden - Exhibit

Papermaking in Context: Works of Paper

Eight final projects from the Papermaking Studio Class that took place during 2022 J-term were displ...

  • Botanic Garden - Exhibit
  • February 15, 2022
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Botanic Garden - Exhibit

Horticultural Heroes

Horticultural Heroes celebrates 20 plant advocates from the past and present, including figures who ...

  • Botanic Garden - Exhibit
  • October 1, 2021
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Botanic Garden - Exhibit

Smith Landscape Connection

An exhibit that aimed to spur a collective connection to nature by encouraging individuals to contri...

  • Botanic Garden - Exhibit
  • May 10, 2021
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