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Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Arboretum illuminates the interconnectedness of people, plants, and place through learning, research, and stewardship.

Spring Garden Opening Celebration

April 19, 2024
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Join us in the garden to welcome the spring season! Explore the refreshed 2024 Nurture Your Roots rooting station content and celebrate the Campus Arboretum’s 150th Anniversary with some TREE-mendous activities.

  • 10:00am-12:00pm
    Join us for a volunteer work day in the garden!

  • 12:00-1:00pm
    Spring Garden Opening celebrations begin!
        - Live performances from Nurture Your Roots contributors
        - Self-guided activities
        - Light refreshments
        - Discover what’s new in the garden!

For more upcoming events, check out our Events Page!

Photo credit: Derrick Turner, MSU University Communications

The Garden Celebrated 150 Years

In 2023, Beal Botanical Garden achieved a milestone - our sesquicentennial year. We commemorated our first 150 years with a multitude of programs, tours, and events, culminating in the Anniversary Festival on September 13, 2023. Thank you to all who celebrated with us! You can see photos from the festival on our 150th Anniversary webpage. Make sure you check our Upcoming Events for our winter programming and to see what's coming in 2024!

150th Anniversary

collage of five photos: left to right Beal Botanical Garden 150 logo, group gathered behind pile of brush, young woman looking through microscope, youth kneeling by plant bed

Support the Beal Scholars Internship Program

Your gift gives undergraduate students the opportunity to explore their interests and gain real world experience through the Beal Scholars internship programComing from diverse majors, these scholars design an interdisciplinary project which contributes to the garden’s mission and enhances their professional portfolio. Because sustainability is at the heart of the Beal Botanical Garden’s mission, scholars gain valuable experience in applying sustainability principles through the lens of their discipline. With your help, the Beal Scholars program can continue to transform the lives of our students.

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Photos courtesy of Dr. Peter Carrington (bottom center Apentia bloom) and University Communications (all other images). 

 

 Land Acknowledgment

We collectively acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg —Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize, support, and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized Indian nations, for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.