May’s Garden Chores
May 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture May is the month that warms our gardening souls and then breaks our hearts. We seem to always have nice, warm weather in March and April that pushes our spring-blooming plants into [...]
April’s Garden Chores
April 2018 By Scott Canning, Director of Horticulture Oh my, here we are: Late winter, turning into our precocious, New Mexico “spring”. Procrastinator that I am, I should have given my readers a March to-do list, but… Lengthening days (especially [...]
SFBG and Cooking with Kids receive AmeriCorps Planning Grant
March 7, 2018 The Santa Fe Botanical Garden (SFBG) has recently embarked on a new endeavor in education. In partnership with fellow local non-profit, Cooking with Kids, SFBG is exploring the possibility of hosting an AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps works to [...]
The Share the Experience Pass Gives Free Admission to Cultural Institutions
The STEP provides connects regional library users with free admission at four Santa Fe arts and culture institutions. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, and the Santa Fe Children’s Museum are proud [...]
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Sharpens their Skills with the Sentinel Plant Network
For Immediate Release Santa Fe Botanical Garden Sharpens their Skills with the Sentinel Plant Network February 20, 2018 – Santa Fe, New Mexico We are pleased to announce that Santa Fe Botanical Garden continued its sixth year of active involvement [...]
Summer Youth Culture Passport is BACK for 2018!
We are excited to announce that we will once again be participating in the Summer Youth Culture Passport. Last year’s passport program brought over 400 children and teens to events and cultural institutions throughout Santa Fe. Tentative dates: May 28 [...]
Update on Invasive Species Control at Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve
February 9, 2018 The Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (LCWP) is in the midst of a large, long-term project to restore the cienega. The preserve will not look the same and at first the change may seem stark. But we do [...]
Forest Health Protection Exotic Bark and Ambrosia Beetle Monitoring at Santa Fe Botanical Garden
October 3, 2017 The USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection in coordination with the Santa Fe Botanical Garden are monitoring for exotic, invasive insects that may pose a risk to the health of our urban and native forests. [...]
Garden Store Highlighted by the Museum Store Association!
Article credit to the Museum Store Association Western Chapter Newsletter September 2017. Store Name: Garden Shop at Santa Fe Botanical Garden Store Manager: Candace Allen Mission Statement: The Santa Fe Botanical Garden celebrates, cultivates and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity [...]
Toronto Landscape Designer W. Gary Smith Wins National Award
CONTACT: KATHY GELLER MYERS 717.903.3716 [email protected] APLD NAMES TOP WINNERS IN ANNUAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN CONTEST (AUGUST 2017) HARRISBURG, PA – The Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) recently released the award winners of its annual national landscape design competition. A [...]
Community Water Medicine Wheel added to Garden
Saturday, June 24, 2017 At the Water is Life Festival, a new feature was added just outside the fence of the Botanical Garden. Community Water Medicine Wheel at the entrance of Garden. Photo: Cristina Salvador Community Water Medicine [...]
