By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff July 2024 Botanic gardens have always been places of learning, but in the age of climate change and dramatic biodiversity loss, gardens can do even more to safeguard the future of plants and ecosystems. Recently, New England Botanic Garden announced some exciting next steps toward a [...]
By Leslie Duthie, New England Botanic Garden Volunteer Goldie's fern (Dryopteris goldiana) Ferns are often overlooked when we think about gardening, but ferns are great plants that have many functions from use as a background plant, to a specimen, or highlight, from a place to rest your eye, to a thread running [...]
By Bella Bogdanski, Horticulturist, New England Botanic Garden Horticulturist Bella Bogdanski works in the Beneficial Border. The Beneficial Border is a newly renovated extension of the Lawn Garden at New England Botanic Garden. Prior to December 2022, this 12,000 square foot garden space was densely packed with ground covers, woody shrubs, trees, [...]
By Abrianna Culligan, Horticulturist, New England Botanic Garden May 2024 Talking about climate change can be complicated. Key to understanding the dynamics at play is to consider how the global carbon cycle has been disrupted. The burning of fossil fuels has emitted enormous amounts of carbon in the form of CO2 into the atmosphere. [...]
By Leslie Duthie, New England Botanic Garden Volunteer April 2024 Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) Spring at New England Botanic Garden is always really spectacular. After winter, spring is often a favorite season because growth begins outside – whether bulbs, perennials, shrubs or trees, everything bursts forth with new life. While many people [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden April 2024 Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Two years ago, the Garden Club of America (GCA) launched the Native Plant Month Initiative, an effort to combat biodiversity loss by raising awareness about the value of native plants in healthy ecosystems. Each year, as part of [...]
