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The State Botanical Garden will be closed from Dec. 25, 2024, through Jan. 1, 2025, for the winter holidays. The garden will be open for Winter WonderLights beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 26-30.Purchase Tickets Today

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UGA planting the seeds for community engagement through partnerships

April 27, 2023
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel installed a Georgia Pollinator Plant of the Year garden to help raise awareness about declining pollinating insect populations. The Georgia...
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The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel installed a Georgia Pollinator Plant of the Year garden to help raise awareness about declining pollinating insect populations.
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Spring planting tips from the UGA State Botanical Garden of Georgia

March 29, 2023
Spring is finally here, and the experts at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia share tips to think about before you start planting your garden....
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Joey Allen, curator of the Shade and Dunson Native Flora gardens at the State Botanical Garden, assists a plant sale shopper in 2022.
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Spring into exploration at State Botanical Garden’s Georgia Questival

March 06, 2023
From the mountains to the coast, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia invites participants to spring into exploration through activities showcasing Georgia’s natural resources at...
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Families spring into exploration at Georgia Questival in 2022.
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State Botanical Garden annual light show continues to blossom

February 22, 2023
While many of the plants at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia are dormant during the winter, the garden’s annual light show, Winter WonderLights, continues...
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State Botanical Garden at UGA encourages planting for pollinators

February 07, 2023
With so many options available, it can be challenging to know what plants to add to your home garden that will look beautiful and help the environment. The State Botanical...
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UGA’s winter lights show provided a special outing for one group of young people and their families

January 12, 2023
To see Philip Clementson racing across the State Botanical Garden from one glittering display to another you’d never know he began life with a critical congenital heart defect. While still...
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta visits Winter Wonderlights 2022
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Native plant sale sells out

October 10, 2022
Thank you to everyone who supported our native plant sale this year! We are now SOLD OUT! Our remaining inventory of native honeysuckle, blueberries and native azaleas will be available...
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Winter WonderLights returns to UGA’s State Botanical Garden in November

September 07, 2022
For the second year, the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia will transform into a sparkling wonderland of lights this winter. Winter WonderLights, presented by the...
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UGA expands access to native plant certificate program

July 19, 2022
At UGA’s Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center, adult students study bees under a microscope, build bee houses and tour the center’s ethnobotanical garden. It’s all part of the Bee-utiful...
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