Upcoming Events

12:00 p.m.
Meet at Beal Botanical Garden along the Red Cedar River trail

Dates:
October 9, 2024 
October 23, 2024
November 6, 2024 
November 20, 2024 - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Come walk with us!

This fall, take time to step away from your desk, explore campus, and be active with colleagues. The 'Sustaining Roots Walks' series is a collaborative program designed to bring Spartans closer to MSU's beautiful campus spaces while learning from experts and engaging in a restorative wellbeing practice during the workday. This series will also incorporate wellbeing practices before and during our walks. Stops will utilize the 'Nurture Your Roots' stations in the garden as well as grounding techniques or forest bathing concepts. Comfortable shoes recommended.

This program is a collaboration between Beal Botanical Garden and University Health and Wellbeing.

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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Help preserve the crown jewel of MSU’s Campus Natural Areas, Baker Woodlot. Weather permitting, workdays will be most Fridays starting November 15 until December 20, 2024 (no workday on Nov. 29). Spend the afternoon helping remove trash and invasive species with Beal Botanical Garden led by Carolyn Miller. We will meet at the northwest entrance to Baker Woodlot (on Farm Ln.). Parking is available (for a fee) in the visitor lot located on the north side of Service Rd. between Farm Ln. and Bogue St. Please dress for the weather.

If you have questions, please email Carolyn at miller94@msu.edu.

12:10  - 12:55 p.m. 
Location: On Zoom
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The garden may be dormant, but our excitement to teach and learn isn't! Join us at noon (almost) every Thursday to learn from Beal staff members all about the interconnectedness of plants, people, and place!

Connections Through Collections
Join Katie Fry, Beal's Collections Manager to learn more about exciting changes in the garden with a new collection plan strengthening our collection's message of the interconnectedness of people, plants place.

Location: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

Resilience and Adaptations Tour
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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Explore the resilient relationships between plants and people in the African Diaspora. Join Angelica Bajos, Community and Sustainability Coordinator, for a botanical deep dive into Esmaa Mohamoud's fall 2024 exhibit, Complex Dreams, at the Broad Art Museum.

Resilience and Adaptations Workshop
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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Ready to get chat-TEA? Join Beal Botanical Garden and Kelsi Smith from the Allen Neighborhood Center for DIY tea blends and conversations about the resilience of people and plants in the African Diaspora.

Tours and dedicated workshops complement each other, but can be enjoyed independently. Registration for these free events are required.

The Black Botany series is a collaboration between Beal Botanical Garden and the Broad Art Museum exploring the relationship between plants, people, and the African Diaspora.

Image credit: Broad Art Museum