Who We Are
We are one organization with two locations at the University of Michigan. Our mission is to promote environmental enjoyment, stewardship, and sustainability through education, research, and interaction with the natural world.
What’s Happening
- September 28 @ 10:00 am - November 11 @ 4:30 pm
Art Exhibition: The Honeybee Scriptures – Messages from Inside a Living Hive
at Matthaei Botanical Gardens - October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Styling Stuff: Observations on Bonsai Design and Aesthetics
at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Data Resources
Earth Words (our blog)
Photo Gallery: Fall Colors and Scenery at Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
Fall is an amazing time at Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum. It's a colorful pause between summer and winter, when the weather could be anything at all and usually is, changing from 85 on Monday to 45 on Tuesday. Photographers John Metzler...
Matthaei-Nichols 100+-Year-Old Tree Displayed at National Bonsai Show
Carmen Leskoviansky, Matthaei-Nichols collections and natural areas specialist, returned from the 6th Annual National Bonsai Exhibition held in Rochester, N.Y., last month. Carmen says it was a great weekend full of amazing trees, seeing old friends, and making new...
Harvest Fest at the University of Michigan Campus Farm celebrates sustainable food, unveils student-built straw bale building
Join fellow University of Michigan students, staff and sustainability enthusiasts for a celebration of local, sustainable food, activities and the unveiling of the Straw Bale Building on Sunday, October 7 at Harvest Fest. The event takes place from 1 until 4 p.m. on...
Photo Gallery: Long Standing Member Well-Being Event
On Friday, September 14, a beautiful sunset illuminated Nichols Arboretum, while long-standing members joined distinguished speakers for an event focused on well-being. Michigan Medicine emeritus professor Dr. Sara Warber, and LSA (PiTE) Lecturer Dr. Jason...
Video Highlights Improvements that Projects Like the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail Bring to Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel in Southeast Michigan
Folks from Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) visited the botanical gardens recently to capture video of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail that opened fall 2017. The video highlights the many successes with increasing the bicycle and pedestrian...
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