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featured announcements
2025 Spring Plant Sale Pre-Order Kickoff!!! FINAL…
Final Call for Pre-Orders!!! Woohoo!! The inventory left is very limited!! Wilmot Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce the release of the 2025…
From the Director’s Desk: Thoughts of a Weed…
I suspect that most of the readers of this fall newsletter are as tired of the hot and humid weather as those of us who maintain the Wilmot Botanical…
Recent articles
Under the Glass: News from the Greenhouse
Early last fall I wrote about one of our new therapeutic horticulture programs at WBG; this one for UF students with stress and anxiety. We received…
Summer is for Flowers and Lush Growth
When the summer begins in Gainesville, many of our students go home for the summer break. The town empties out, and everything quiets down for a few…
From Greece to Gainesville: The Hippocratic Tree…
From Greece to Gainesville: The Hippocratic Tree at Shands UFCaroline H. Crist, Sustainability InternWilmot Botanical Gardens The father…
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