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Turtle Sprouts

How to grow Gaia @ Home! On Tuesday, May 26, through contactless distribution, ICG gave 45 Turtle Sprouts kits to three classes at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School so students can connect with nature at home by growing their own turtle! Your family can also

Celebrating National Public Gardens Week

This National Public Gardens Week (May 8-17), we celebrated the resilience of public gardens across the nation in their adaptability in providing nature to their communities by sharing the ICG team member’s favorite photos of the Garden. See all the photos below! “I love this photo because

Wonders of the Wetland

Over the course of 2019, ICG’s Interpretation Committee (pictured below, from fall 2019) was busy designing a WONDER-ful new educational display in the Wetlands, which – thanks to a 2019 grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program- is finally complete! Pictured left to right, from

New trees planted in the Garden

The Garden is growing! Four new trees have been planted in the Garden thanks to Ithaca City Forester and ICG Site Committee Member Jeanne Grace and her amazing crew. Andrew introduces our new black gum tree, named Sal. Also known as a black tupelo tree

Take a tour of Cornell’s plant grafting Frank Lab!

For weeks, ICG has been collaborating with the amazing team at Cornell’s Frank Lab to create plant science kits that were distributed to every Ithaca City School District student receiving school meals! Learn what plant grafting is and get a behind the scenes look at a Cornell