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Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum invites you to apply for our Spring Artist Market! Submit your original nature-inspired work for consideration - it could be jewelry, sculpture, glass, photography, paintings, fiber, etc. We're looking for...

Photographer Zohair Mohsen's photos explore the intersection of science and art. His images zero in on details that are there for the looking but which we often miss when we observe only the surfaces of nature.Zohair is a frequent contributor to the...

Native plants are on a roll. Nurseries and university extension services are noticing a growing interest in sustainable gardening. In fact, native plants are at the top of a 2020 trend list identified by the University of Florida Institute of Food and...

Matthaei Botanical Gardens is home to two local beekeeping clubs, and each has a thriving apiary on the grounds. The gardens are the perfect ecosystem for pollination with acres of wild flowers, tall grasses, and community gardens. This is the story of a...

We’ve got Wollemi pine in the conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens!By now you’ve seen the stories about the Wollemi pines in Australia that were threatened by and then saved from the bushfires there by a team of Australian firefighters. The Wollemi...

A matching grant from the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program will help us restore native ecosystems at Matthaei-Nichols this winter. The program works with landowners and conservation partners to restore wetland,...

Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens is getting some significant upgrades and renovations this year. Before: Work in Progress in the Conservatory The photo...

Large-scale photographs offer an up-close look at the rare plants and habitats of the Great Lakes Gardens at Matthaei The full story of the Great Lakes goes beyond the storied lakes themselves to include the area’s habitats, ecosystems, and plants. The...

Photographer John Metzler spends a lot of time at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum searching for nature scenes to capture with his camera. Take a look at these winter scenes of the botanical gardens that John sent us from November...

Matthaei-Nichols Bonsai Collection Specialist Carmen Leskoviansky (left), works with the Tom and Zach as part of the Crataegus Bonsai seasonal team. Here they're cutting off old needles on the stronger shoots of a ponderosa pine they were working on....