Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve
December 4, 2021 To the Santa Fe Botanical Garden community, As most of you are aware, the Garden has managed the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (the “Wetland Preserve”) since 1993 under consecutive leases from the property's owner, El Rancho de [...]
The Garden’s Adobe Mud Ovens Rise from the Ashes
The Garden's Adobe Mud Ovens Rise from the Ashes Large horno | Nov. 10, 2021 Both of the Garden’s hornos — the beehive-shaped adobe clay outdoor ovens that are ubiquitous throughout northern New Mexico — have been rebuilt after storm damage [...]
Upcoming Visitor Experience Enhancements
November 1, 2021 Later this month, visitors to the Garden will begin to see a lot of activity in the Piñon-Juniper Woodland (PJW). The Garden has contracted with Watershed Artisans to establish rock-lined meandering waterways, including Zuni bowls, to capture water [...]
“A garden never ends with Cristina Salvador and Linda Churchill of Santa Fe Botanical Garden”
October 8, 2021 Our staff truly love gardens and they love talking about them. Plant People in Plant Places is a podcast hosted by Mae Lin Plummer and recently she interviewed SFBG staff, Cristina Salvador and Linda Churchill. "Your heart will [...]
Collecting Seeds for Santa Fe Seed Stewards
September 29, 2021 As the season changes and harvest begins to slow down, our middle and high school interns are beginning to collect seeds for next year's plantings and to donate to Santa Fe Seed Stewards Project. Interns collecting [...]
Garden Volunteers planted 132 Pollinator Trail plants in September!
September 22, 2021 Look for blue, green, white, or orange flags in four areas of the garden, to discover which native plants have been added to our plant collection on Museum Hill. Volunteer Pollinator Trail teams will be watching, watering, [...]
Northern New Mexico Master Naturalists Botany Field Trip to LCWP
September 12, 2021 The Northern New Mexico Master Naturalist Program trains individuals to become stewards of New Mexico’s natural environment, resources, and heritage. This is done through a combination of classroom and field instruction and volunteer work. This year's course [...]
Remembering Janice Tucker (1946-2021)
Janice Tucker, a founding board member and longtime volunteer who supported nearly every aspect of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden’s growth and operations over the years, died unexpectedly on Aug. 20 after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her [...]
Santa Fe Pollinator Trail Proud Supporters
Your Botanical Garden is proud to help support the Santa Fe Pollinator Trail, a pilot program of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. New Mexico is home to hundreds of species of butterflies and over one thousand species of native [...]
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 [...]
