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The Garden Celebrates 150 Years

In 2023, Beal Botanical Garden achieves a milestone - our sesquicentennial year. That is 150 years of history to celebrate! Join us as we host special anniversary events and share historical photos. Take a virtual walk through time with our history timeline. You can even submit your own memories of the garden to be featured in the fun!

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

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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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The Garden invites you to join us in celebrating 150 years of plants, people, and place! Come visit the beautiful scenery and join us for one of our many events we have planned for you. Check back here or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for updates on upcoming events. With so much to celebrate, we don't want you to miss out!

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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.