Covid-19 Update: Outdoor gardens are open! Buildings closed and parking limited.
Our outdoor gardens are now open to the public! Please note there is active construction around the Science Center, impacting garden areas. Some paths are closed and our water features are currently not active. Public parking is currently only allowed at the Distribution Center lot on the west side of campus, and greenhouses and all indoor buildings are still closed to the public, per campus policy. See the latest details here: https://www.wellesley.edu/coronavirus/facilities#publicaccess
Happy 2022! Wellesley College students, staff, and faculty only- please request a visit to Global Flora here: tinyurl.com/book-GF
Paramecium Pond
Night blooming cactus - photo by Yuxi Xia '20
Global Flora - photo by Francis Tapia '25
Edible Ecosystem in winter - photo by Jenn Yang '12
Edible Ecosystem - outdoor classroom
Students visit bog garden in bloom, on path between H. H. Hunnewell Arboretum and Alexandra Botanic Gardens
The Wellesley College Botanic Gardens (WCBG) are campus treasures.
Wellesley College Botanic Gardens is a place to learn, relax, and enjoy plants and the outdoors.
The Botanic Gardens shares love and appreciation of plants and the natural world, provides educational hubs indoors and out, and supports well-being and community for all. Learn more about the 22+ acres of gardens and greenhouses, and ways to get involved!
**Happy New Year!! Love plants and gardens? Want to support botanical internships, workshops, and programs for students? Donate any amount- designate to Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens. Your support is essential to us - thank you!**
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and our Botanistas student org at @wellesleybotanistas !
Discover Massachusetts' garden gems!
Wellesley magazine features WCBG staff and students, on creating "sense of place" in the outdoors
Wellesley magazine features WCBG's botanical art program
Want to share ideas or feedback? We welcome your thoughts here!
We acknowledge that Wellesley College is built on ancestral and traditional land of the Massachusett people. We also recognize that the United States’ removal, termination, and assimilation policies and practices resulted in the forced settlement of Indigenous lands and the attempted erasure of Indigenous cultures and languages. We further acknowledge the oppression, injustices, and discrimination that Indigenous people have endured and that there is much work to be done on the important journey to reconciliation. We commit to strengthen our understanding of the history and contemporary lives of Indigenous peoples and to steward this land.
We further recognize the many Indigenous people living here today—including the Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc nations—who have rich ancestral histories in Wellesley and its surrounding communities. Today, their descendants remind us that they are still here, where they maintain a vital and visible presence. We honor and respect the enduring relationship between these peoples and this land, as well as the strength of Indigenous culture and knowledge, the continued existence of tribal sovereignty, and the principle of tribal self-determination.
We thank the Native American Student Association at Wellesley College for their work in developing this land acknowledgement.