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Learn about all the ways Smith students connect with the botanic garden.

Wooden engraved panel in a green garden.

New Native Plant StoryMap In the Garden

Our new Native Plant StoryMap is up! You can find wooden panels throughout the Rock Garden and Systematics Garden indicating native plants in our garden, and providing information on the plants through a qr code. The StoryMap was created by our recent grad BoGSE Maria Tejada Gonzalez '26, who wrote the content and created the artwork (along with Botanic Garden Ed Intern Elio Berkovic '27). Next time you're visiting the garden, be sure to look out for them-like this one highlighting the native mayapple that is flowering now!

Support Our Work

We are a botanic garden for you—our community. But it is the support of our community, you, that makes that possible at all. There are many ways to support our work: giving a donation, becoming a member of our Friends program, or volunteering your time.

Learn about how you can support our mission

Admission & Hours

We are free and open to the public year round thanks to the support of our members of the Friends of the Botanic Garden.

Lyman Plant House & Conservatory  
Daily from 9 a.m.– 4  p.m. | Closed on Thursday 11/26 and Friday 11/27 for the Thanksgiving holiday, and during the Smith College winter break.

Campus Arboretum and Gardens
Open daily to the public year-round.