Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Arboretum illuminates the interconnectedness of people, plants, and place through learning, research, and stewardship.
Beal Botanical Garden earns prestigious international accreditation
We are proud to announce that the garden has earned accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International, or BGCI. With this accreditation, we join an accomplished group of just over 100 international botanical gardens that have demonstrated success in conservation of plant species, inspiring people, sharing knowledge, and addressing global challenges. We are the first and only BGCI-accredited garden in Michigan. This is also the first time the garden has been accredited since its founding.
People, Plants, Place: Growing Beal Botanical Garden's Collection Together
Our collection is a living laboratory of over 2,000 plants driving discoveries that bring communities together. Hear from some of the voices whose projects are showing how plants play a vital role in understanding our world and one another.
This beautiful video was created by Anthony Valli, Arts MSU.
MSU Today Faculty Voice: Wild at Heart
See our plant collections through the eyes of our Collections Manager, Katie Fry. Hear how she continues to learn and grow in her role with the garden and how she's helping us grow into a thriving, interconnected ecosystem in this wonderful Faculty Voice article she wrote for MSU Today.
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 12 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.