Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...
Join us at the Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum for Free Sketch Friday! This free activity allows artists of all ages and skills to spend time in the museum, studying and drawing from our wonderful, varied collections. All materials will be provided by the museum.
Heather Brasell, environmental educator This class will visit a variety of sites to compare and contrast different groundcover restoration projects and management practices. With an emphasis on management decisions rather than on identifying specific plants, this course will discuss common challenges, successes and landscape restoration strategies while managing invasive plant species. The types of restoration sites...
Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...
$12 general admission | $10 for members Please join Carol Dyer McKeen as we explore the beauty of seasonal flowers and nature elements to design a simple floral arrangement for fall and winter holidays. Carol will provide foraged flowers, greenery, and other natural add-ons to guide you through the basic process of building a floral...
Sabrina Sewell, botanist Explore the biology of plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, evolution and development. This course presents the fundamental information about plants upon which other courses in the native plant certificate program will build, particularly Plant Taxonomy. With an emphasis on relating form to function, it surveys the origins of...
Sabrina Sewell, botanist Explore the biology of plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, evolution and development. This course presents the fundamental information about plants upon which other courses in the native plant certificate program will build, particularly Plant Taxonomy. With an emphasis on relating form to function, it surveys the origins of...
Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
Sabrina Sewell, botanist Explore the biology of plants in this introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology, physiology, evolution and development. This course presents the fundamental information about plants upon which other courses in the native plant certificate program will build, particularly Plant Taxonomy. With an emphasis on relating form to function, it surveys the origins of...
Free Leaders rotate among a group of local naturalists and biologists featuring guest guides. Meet at children’s garden arbor. Join the Nature Ramblers to learn more about the natural areas, flora and fauna of the State Botanical Garden while making new friends and enjoying the fresh air. Rambles start with an inspirational reading by a...
Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
The State Botanical Garden will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, and Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, for Thanksgiving. The garden will be open for Winter WonderLights beginning at 5 p.m. on Nov. 28, 2025. For more information about Winter WonderLights and to purchase tickets, visit wonderlights.uga.edu.
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
Join us at 2 p.m. every Tuesday for an in-depth, one-hour tour of the State Botanical Garden's Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum. These tours are led by the curator or docents. Tours are $5 per person, payable at the Garden Gift Shop upon arrival.
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
$12 general admission | $10 for members December may seem like an odd time to talk tulips, but it is the perfect time to plant bulbs that will flower next spring. Jim Moneyhun will provide a brief history of tulips, including the Ottoman Empire’s fascination with the flower and the seventeenth-century Dutch Tulip Mania. He...
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the fifth year of Winter WonderLights. Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fourth year in a row, it...