Botanical gardens

Shelburne Museum featuring ‘Winter Lights’ arrangements

November 26, 2021 GMT

SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — A new holiday tradition is starting at one of Vermont's landmarks.

Shelburne Museum is hosting “Winter Lights," with 12 buildings and gardens decorated with multicolored light arrangements, the museum said.

Ticket to whimsy: What’s behind popular seasonal train shows

By KATHERINE ROTHNovember 15, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Many holiday-season train shows were canceled or limited to fewer visitors last year because of the pandemic, but this year the popular attractions are back at botanical gardens, conservatories and elsewhere around the country.

Artist gives nature a `cosmic’ twist in big NY garden show

By KATHERINE ROTHApril 13, 2021 GMT

An expansive new show featuring works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, famous for mesmerizing polka dots, speckled pumpkins and fascination with the natural world, has opened at The New York Botanical Garden...

In quieter Mexico City, rare bats make an appearance

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZMarch 31, 2021 GMT

PHOTO ESSAY: Lotusland’s Japanese Garden an outdoor getaway

By PAMELA HASSELLJanuary 12, 2021 GMT

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The botanical gardens at Lotusland, near Santa Barbara, California, offer a meditative retreat outdoors during the coronavirus outbreak...

Stinky ‘corpse flower’ draws flies -- and visitors -- to Madison’s Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Kynala PhillipsJune 15, 2018 GMT

Instead of being met by rose- and desert-scented orchids that line the entrance to the Bolz conservatory, visitors to Olbrich Botanical Garden s’ glass pyramid conservatory Thursday afternoon kept their noses tightly plugged against a rare stench that overpowered the more fragrant plants nearby.