John Berryhill, landscape curator for the Botanic Garden of Smith College, believes botanic gardens are poised to play a critical role in global plant conservation. “Botanic gardens sit at the ...

Some gardens are as hard as stone. In fact, some are stone. Take Smith College’s Rock Park, for example. The stone garden started with the seed of an idea. “The idea of a geology professor,” shares ...

A plant scientist who is deeply committed to plant conservation and native species has been chosen to lead one of the nation’s outstanding academic plant collections. Tim Johnson, former head of ...

The Mary Riley Smith Records document the decades-long career of Manhattan-based garden designer, writer, and lecturer Mary Riley Smith. It includes drawings, plans, planting lists, notes, ...