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“It’s the moment of truth,” Seth Libby says to Jackie Harris as he sets down his shovel and grabs hold of the trunk of a small eastern redbud tree. He... Read more
It’s a brisk spring morning. Sunlight beams onto the leaf litter lining the forest floor as gardener Ellen Scheid leads the way through New England Botanic Garden’s Inner Park. This... Read more
When Leslie Duthie’s two daughters were young, spring meant a trip to Hartford’s wholesale garden market. Leslie would give the girls, Stephanie and Monica, free reign to explore whatever they... Read more
There’s nothing quite as cheer-inducing as finding the sunny blooms of winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) suddenly dotting an otherwise dreary late winter garden. Well into March, these buttercup relatives in... Read more
Dendrobiums are among the thousands of orchids on display at the Garden’s annual orchid exhibition. A snowstorm started to ramp up as the horticulturists and gardeners at New England Botanic... Read more
In its natural habitat, the vigorously growing banana plant can unfurl its large leaves in a matter of days. Each leaf, long and fan-like when it finally meets the tropical... Read more
Early each morning, long before visitors arrive, a member of the Garden’s “conservatory crew,” a team made up of horticulturist Meg Varnes and gardeners Brooke Harris and Greg Farrington, hoses... Read more
The longest, darkest, coldest season is upon us. If you’re not a winter lover, your garden can help get you through it if you design with winter in mind. What... Read more
Creating “Sylvia” was no quick task for area artist S.E. Clark. In a video (see below), Clark walks viewers through the multi-day process of painstakingly layering paints to transform a... Read more
Swirling strands of rope lights. One hundred feet of rainbow. Uplighting, spotlighting, dripping icicle lights, bottle flowers, orbs, starbursts, and dancing fairy lights illuminating trees. You name it. We’ve got... Read more
It’s 8AM at the Garden. There are no visitors yet. Sprinklers quietly sputter and spray as the voices of volunteers chatting with horticulture staff about morning tasks carry over the... Read more
From a young age many of us may learn the basics about trees and the water cycle, but it’s not often that environmental issues are thoroughly discussed as early as... Read more
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