Blog Profiles: Botanic Garden Blogs

Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. If you’re tired of winter weather, escape a bit with these botanic garden blogs. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.

Botanic gardens are great places to visit.

You get to walk into a beautiful world of plants and history.

Read on for blogs from botanic gardens.

1. Chicago Botanic Garden

With more than one million visitors each year, the Chicago Botanic Garden opened over 45 years ago.

The Plant Hunters; Beyond the Beauty of Butterflies; and Dreaming of Bald Eagle Pairs at the Garden are great reads.

Follow @chicagobotanic on Twitter.

Credit: @chicagobotanic on Instagram

2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden opened in 1911 and is an urban botanic garden connecting people to the world of plants.

Check out Plant Propagation at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Video); GAP Teens Take Environmental Action; and Birds of Brooklyn: Cape May Warbler.

Follow @BrooklynBotanic on Twitter.

Credit: @brooklynbotanic on Instagram

3. Denver Botanic Gardens

Featuring many Rocky Mountain plant species, Denver Botanic Gardens also promotes conservation efforts through programs and research.

January Walking Tour – Winter Respite; Welcome Home: Meet Your Habitat – a New Science Pyramid Exhibit; and The Power of Plants in Promoting Human Well-Being are great posts.

Follow @botanic on Twitter.

Credit: @denverbotanic on Instagram

4. UBC Botanical Garden

Canada’s oldest university botanic garden, UBC was established in 1916.

I enjoyed reading January 2020 in the Garden; Collecting the Impossible moss: BC species key to charting 1 billion years of plant evolution; and Harvesting Food Skills Program for Students, by Students.

Follow @UBCgarden on Twitter.

Credit: @ubcgarden on Instagram

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