Botanic Garden of Smith College, The
Institution Code: SCHN
BGCI Member: Yes
ArbNet Accredited: Level III
About the Botanic Garden of Smith College, The
The Smith College campus was originally planned and planted over one hundred years ago as a botanic garden and arboretum, designed by the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted. Today, the Botanic Garden encompasses the 125 acre college campus. The Lyman Plant House features a changing Exhibition Gallery and the Lyman Conservatory consists of 12,000 square feet under glass, housing tropical collections and two special shows annually: the Spring Bulb Show in March and the Fall Chrysanthemum Show in November. The campus arboretum and specialty gardens on campus contain over of 7000 labeled and mapped plants. Adjacent to the Lyman Conservatory are the Rock Garden, one of the oldest in America, and the Systematics Garden, renovated in 2015 to reflect the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system of classification. Other gardens include Capen Garden, a Woodland and Wildflower Garden, and Herb Garden. Audio tours are available as well as guided tours for school groups.
Main Address:
Botanic Garden of Smith College, The
16 College Lane
Northampton
Massachusetts 01063 United States of America
Telephone: (413) 585-2742
Fax: (413) 585-2744
URL: www.smith.edu/garden
Primary Email: garden@smith.edu