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Restore Your Roots: An Immersive Beal Experience
Wednesdays, February & March, 2025
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Register Here
Dates:
- February 5, McDonel Hall, Room 45 (Basement Lounge)
- Kickoff event featuring DIY tea blends, therapy dogs, and mindful activities
- February 12 - Event postponed due to weather. Check back for the rescheduled date.
- February 19, McDonel Hall, Room 45 (Basement Lounge)
- Create recycled flowers with Spartan Upcycle
- February 26, North Kedzie, Room N217
- A sound bath with Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown from AAAS
- March 12, Wilson Hall, Room E10
- Wood cookie photo holder with Spartan Upcycle
- March 19, McDonel Hall, Room 45 (Basement Lounge)
- Cardio dance with MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services
- March 26, North Kedzie, Room N217C
- Poetry workshop with Dr. Liv Furman from AAAS
Relax and reconnect with nature as we bring the garden to life in an immersion space with dynamic projected videos exploring the garden and its many inhabitants. Experience Beal Botanical Garden from the warmth of indoors, reminding us of greener days to come!
Thank you to the generous partners who made this program possible: the MSU Museum, Spartan Upcycle, MSU Dept. of African American and African Studies, MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services, and the Neighborhood Student Success Center. This event features wellbeing resources from Beal Botanical Garden’s Nurture Your Roots program.
Baker Woodlot Invasive Species Workdays
Multiple dates in March 2025
Dates:
Friday, March 7; 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. - CANCELLED
Saturday, March 22; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 29; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Help preserve the crown jewel of MSU's Campus Natural Areas, Baker Woodlot. Spend the afternoon helping remove trash and invasive species with Beal Botanical Garden, led by Carolyn Miller. We will be meeting 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.
Deep Rooted Tour Series
Multiple Dates
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Dates:
February 8, 2025
March 15, 2025 (Register)
April 12, 2025 (Register)
May 10, 2025 (Register)
What can art tell us about the relationship between plants and humans? Join Maeve Bassett, Applied Ethnobotanist and Education Director of the Beal Botanical Garden, for an immersive tour unearthing the historical, social, and political narratives growing within works of art from the MSU Broad Art Museum’s collection. Registration for this free tour is encouraged.
Deep-Rooted is an ongoing tour collaboration between the Beal Botanical Garden and the Broad Art Museum, where art and plants intertwine in a conversation about the extraordinary ways our natural world has influenced art and human societies throughout history. This event takes place at the MSU Broad Art Museum, in The CORE.
Photo credit: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
