Smith College Botanic Garden

Smith College Botanic Garden The Botanic Garden of Smith College fosters environmental and social justice through teaching and learning about plants, people and place.

The colors popping around the Capen Garden Gazebo are ✨
08/26/2026

The colors popping around the Capen Garden Gazebo are ✨

The summer drew to a close on a very high note as our conservation team - Abby Dlug `22 and Rachel Gao `22 - joined Mana...
08/25/2026

The summer drew to a close on a very high note as our conservation team - Abby Dlug `22 and Rachel Gao `22 - joined Manager of Engagement Anjali D'Souza and Director John Berryhill at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary to collect seeds from native wild rice plants. This effort stemmed from our ongoing efforts to support access to culturally important plants by local Indigenous communities and these seeds will find a home on recently rematriated Indigenous land in the Connecticut River valley. We appreciate Mass Audubon for their support of this work.

College Lane will be closed this week due to construction. Despite the lack of vehicle access to Lyman, we will be open!
08/24/2026

College Lane will be closed this week due to construction. Despite the lack of vehicle access to Lyman, we will be open!

Our conservation team's final orchid adventure ended on a high note as they encountered 3 native species of Platanthera:...
08/21/2026

Our conservation team's final orchid adventure ended on a high note as they encountered 3 native species of Platanthera: P. blephariglottis, P. clavellata, and P. psychodes. This made for 25 collections in total from 6 different species in support of national research and conservation efforts through the N. American Orchid Conservation Center. A joyful day ended with a hasty exit as we took our last samples just as a storm rolled in!

Come say hello to this gorgeous amaryllis (Urceolina sp.) that's flowering in Palm House right now.
08/20/2026

Come say hello to this gorgeous amaryllis (Urceolina sp.) that's flowering in Palm House right now.

The Happy Chace 1928 Garden in all its summer splendor. 🌞
08/19/2026

The Happy Chace 1928 Garden in all its summer splendor. 🌞

Fun fact about Succulent House in Lyman Conservatory: not only is it the most prickly greenhouse, but it also dates bac...
08/17/2026

Fun fact about Succulent House in Lyman Conservatory: not only is it the most prickly greenhouse, but it also dates back to the origins of our garden!

Succulent House and neighboring Show House were rebuilt in 1901 on the site of the botanic garden’s original two-room greenhouse structure. For many years Smith students attended horticulture classes in these houses.

The herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is quite the sight as it is one of the largest herbariums in the world. And ...
08/15/2026

The herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is quite the sight as it is one of the largest herbariums in the world. And Kew Intern Beatrice Tauer '27 spent part of her internship working amongst these extensive herbarium specimens, many from the 1800s.

The Miltonia spectabilis orchid is flowering and showing off in the Camellia Corridor at Lyman Plant House & Conservator...
08/12/2026

The Miltonia spectabilis orchid is flowering and showing off in the Camellia Corridor at Lyman Plant House & Conservatory

A few things you'll see if you walk through Lyman Conservatory's Warm Temperate House
08/11/2026

A few things you'll see if you walk through Lyman Conservatory's Warm Temperate House

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16 College Lane
Northampton, MA
01063

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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(413) 585-2742

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