The Children’s Garden educates visitors of all ages in a variety of ways. Learn how the Children’s Garden continues to evolve. The tour includes a tour of facilities and plants; a discussion of programs, outreach and influence; and how its scope fits into the Garden’s mission to connect people and plants to improve communities. Tour […]

David Pippin demonstrates floral design techniques to create arrangements that use recyclable or reusable mechanics to retain their shape, then guides you to make your own design to take home. Go green and have fun, too!

THIS EVENT IS FULL. Specialized relationships between animals and plants are the norm in nature rather than the exception. It is specialized relationships that provide our birds with insects and berries, that disperse our bloodroot seeds, that pollinate our goldenrod, and so on. Plants that evolved in concert with local animals provide for their needs […]

Enthusiastic and knowledgeable Garden Guides lead tours of the Garden's collections of these favorite summer shrubs.   Tours are timed throughout peak successive bloom time, so take more than one!

Summer brings millions of brilliant blooms to the Garden including traditional annuals and exotic tropical specimens. Analyze the beautiful designs created by our horticulturists and become inspired to create your own version in containers, pot groupings or small beds. Look at the impact of vivid tropical foliage and how it provides longer-term color. Learn which […]

Join Garden Guide Lorrie Lincoln as she discusses Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators and why they are important to us. Afterwards, enjoy a guided walk around the Garden. We'll end at the Conservatory with a visit to M&T Bank Butterflies LIVE! This walk has been cancelled.  

A good botanical watercolor should show mastery of the medium, aesthetic quality and accurate scientific information about the subject. To achieve this goal, artists should not only be able to use watercolor skillfully, but also to make decisions about what parts of the plant/s are to be depicted and how to do it. In this […]

Experience how honey bees gather nectar and pollen from the Garden’s flowers. We see beauty; they see lunch! Garden Guide Sheri Giese will introduce you to some of the most popular “honeybee plants” and end your tour where the bees do at the Apiary (bee hives) installed in 2016. Gain a whole new understanding of […]

Take a handful of props, select a theme, and create a design to match. Props and floral materials provided.  Students bring sharp floral snips. Instructor: Mimi Cassick.

No space for a traditional vegetable garden?  Is your only open space a balcony, deck, or patio?  Garden horticulturist Heather Veneziano shows you how to plan an abundant vegetable garden with containers, including best plant selections, techniques for growing up, not out, and more.