Beal in the Media

Press Releases
Beal Garden earns prestigious international accreditation - MSU Today, September 29, 2025

Arts MSU

Finn Smith: "Planting Wishes" at Beal Botanical Garden - November 13, 2025

News Articles

2026

Beyond the Classroom: Students Explore the World's Oldest Design System During XA Day of Professionalization - College of Arts and Letters, January 20, 2026

2025

Discover 9 Secret (& Not-So-Secret) Gardens in Michigan - Awesome Mitten, January 12, 2025

Once thought extinct, dawn redwoods are the smallest sequoia; where to see them in Michigan - MLive, February 5, 2025

How to get your dawn redwood - and other big trees - on the Michigan database - MLive, February 8, 2025

Finding the Sustainable Parks, Recreation, and Tourism major opened up opportunities for Sydney Bruinsma to pursue their passion - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dept. of Community Sustainability, February 11, 2025

MSU's big dawn redwood was struck by lightning, still stands proud - MLive, February 17, 2025

Faculty Voice: Wild at heart - MSU Today, April 16, 2025

The outdoors: Connecting with nature poses mental health benefits - The State News, April 21, 2025

A Red Cedar tree story - MSU Today, May 8, 2025

MSU's Beal Botanical Garden celebrates a decade of Music and the Garden concert series - WKAR, June 3, 2025

Tenth annual 'Music and the Garden' brings locals and MSU students to Beal Botanical Garden - The State News, June 30, 2025

A Spartan fruit finds a home in the Beal Botanical Garden - MSU Today, August 1, 2025
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MSU's Beal Botanical Garden is oldest continuously operating garden in the U.S. - Lansing State Journal, August 7, 2025

Resilient roots, sustainable systems: Innovation and collaboration in plant health - MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, September 26, 2025

MSU and Georgia Tech Receive Mellon Funding for Research Project Combining Afrofuturism, Humanities, and Horticulture - MSU College of Arts and Letters, November 5, 2025

Invasive species expert teaches volunteers to overcome 'plant blindness' - Spartan Newsroom (MSU School of Journalism), December 13, 2025

In 1879 a scientist buried bottles filled with seeds. Every 20 years, one is dug up and studied - Upworthy, December 26, 2025

Television Coverage and Video

2025

Michigan State Kiwi returns to MSU's Campus - WILX News 10, August 18, 2025

Mid-Michigan Matters: Winterizing your plants - WILX News 10, November 17, 2025

Volunteers help remove invasive species from campus bird sanctuary - WILX News 10, November 23, 2025