Hard work and harvesting by our interns and Youth Conservation Corps
August 1, 2021 Weekly tending to the vegetable beds in the Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands agricultural terraces continues all summer long. The middle and high school interns have so far harvested radishes, carrots, salad green including spinach, mustard [...]
Let’s Dig Into the Compost Questionnaire Results
July 2021 The majority of Clippings readers who responded to our online questionnaire say they already compost at home and would support some sort of composting program at the Botanical Garden, according to our findings. The questionnaire, created by our [...]
New Pollinator Plants Added to the Garden
June 2021 In May and June 2021 Xerces Society donated 32 small plants, originally grown by Santa Ana Native Plant Nursery, to a demonstration garden bed in the Santa Fe Botanical Garden as a part of the Santa Fe Pollinator [...]
Welcome Francesca Galliano! 2021 Linda Milbourn College Internship Recipient
May 28, 2021 The Santa Fe Botanical Garden recognizes the leadership and vision of its first executive director (2003-2014) through the creation of the Linda Milbourn College Internship Program. This educational opportunity is designed to promote in-depth knowledge of public [...]
National Conference to Highlight Botanical Garden
American Public Gardens Association to Highlight SFBG at National Conference https://youtu.be/-0P-OEsP_xE The American Public Gardens Association (APGA) invited the Santa Fe Botanical Garden to be among fewer than a dozen of the organization's more than 600 members to present featured [...]
Santa Fe Pollinator Trail
Bees pollinating cholla flower. Photo: Kathy Haq. Join Santa Fe Botanical Garden, local partner organizations and Xerces Society and build a connected, climate-smart pollinator habitat across our local Santa Fe urban community. Fill out an interest form by 5:00pm [...]
Welcome back Agricultural Student Interns!
Spring 2021 The Agricultural Internship Program at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden provides an opportunity for middle school and high school students to gain hands-on horticulture experience and local plant identification knowledge & skills. The interns’ main project will be [...]
Online Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
March 2021 Our popular spring pruning workshop was not possible in 2021 due to COVID-19, therefore Arborist Tracy Neal and SFBG Head Gardener, Linda Churchill, developed a virtual workshop on fruit tree pruning. Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop description Proper fruit [...]
Piñon Needle Scale
Piñon Needle Scale (Matsucoccus acalyptus) March 1, 2021 By Head Gardener Linda Churchill Piñon needle scale (PNS) is making a strong comeback around Santa Fe this year, with trees more susceptible because of the successive dry years we’ve experienced. If [...]
Winter Watering
Winter Watering in the High and Dry Steppe The Santa Fe Area and Surrounds By Linda Churchill, Head Gardener If you’re gardening in or around the Santa Fe area, you probably should be watering your garden this winter — and [...]
Remembering Joan Maynard
December 29, 2020 Joan (right) during a 2004 Home Garden Tour Joan Maynard, a former board member and tireless Garden volunteer, passed away in November 2020 following a lengthy illness. “Joan was a one-woman wonder when she was [...]
