MUN Botanical Garden
306 Mount Scio Road A1C 5S7 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada

Excited to share this story with the MUN community! Our education team has worked so hard to get our grade 1 and 3 programs up and running! Link to book a program will be in the comments below!

Wondering what the next region for #merryandbrightNL 2020 will be? While we cannot welcome you into the garden this season, you'll get to experience the magic of holiday lights in the Avalon area too this year! Check back to see who else is involved & how you can take part!

Weekend sale on now through Sunday!

Time to reveal location 2 of 4 involved in #merryandbrightNL 2020! While we cannot welcome you into the garden this season, you'll get to experience the magic of holiday lights in Corner Brook as well this year! Check back to see who else is involved & how you can take part!

Beautiful sunset this evening over the MUN Botanical Garden Nursery.

We're ready to reveal the 1st of 4 locations involved in #merryandbrightNL 2020! While we cannot welcome you into the garden this season, you'll get to experience the magic of holiday lights in Grand Falls-Windsor this year! Check back to discover the remaining 3 locations!

Ready to be dazzled by holiday lights? Even though we can’t host you at the Garden this year, we still want to share the warmth of Merry & Bright with you this season! So we’re doing something a little different! Stay tuned this weekend as we start revealing our 4 mystery regions taking part across the province and find out how you can get involved! #merryandbrightNL

First killing frost at the Garden.

Casting spells today at Halloween Howl! #outdoorfamilyfun #halloween2020 #munbg Edit note: tickets still available for daytime, evenings sold out

Now is a great time of year to set up a compost...especially for gardeners who will have a lot of garden organics to cut back and of course all those fallen leaves!! Our online composting tutorial for beginners, "Composting Made Easy" has been a great success so far! Join Tim Walsh, Botanical Garden Horticulturalist, at your own convenience, for a look at the do's and don'ts of composting! And City of St. John's residents are eligible to receive a discount on their MMSB bi...n upon completion! Visit https://www.mun.ca/botgarden/learn/compost.php to view the course!

Things are getting spooky at the BOO-tanical Garden today.... do you have your tickets for our upcoming events? Visit our WEBsite for more information!

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight Lily Taylor (Insta: @lilyetayl) is an illustrator and designer living in St. Johns NL. She recently graduated OCAD University with a bachelors in Design focusing on illustration. Her style is colourful, dynamic and energetic, as noted in her birdhouse. In her spare time she loves exploring and testing different art forms.

A late blooming Sedum cauticola very happy in the Alpine Trough display garden. #alpineplants #alpinetrough #sedum #munbg

Do you have your tickets for the most immersive sound experience of the year? Sound Symposiums #EchoVillage is taking place at the Garden this Saturday! Tickets are limited, better act fast! Learn more at http://ow.ly/9tNx50BrtO0. . . .... . . Memorial University Alumni Public Engagement at Memorial University Memorial University of Newfoundland MUN School of Music MUN Students Friends of MUN Botanical Garden Inc. See more

Dont miss out on this limited ticked event! https://www.mun.ca/botgarden//specialevents/echovillage.php

Sound check as we get ready for Echo Village! Less than a week til our evening of music in nature! Get your tickets here: event-wizard.com/EchoVillageSoundSymposium2020/0/register/

Its #FloraFunFriday again! And our gnome homes have been popping up in our gardens lately, so this week we have an activity inspired by the little houses in our backyard that you can make for your backyard! Check out the activity here: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-fairy-houses-12

Great crop from our onion sets.

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight Stephanie Gallant Art is an artist based in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Her paintings are all inspired by nature, where I aim to capture the details and structures of the vibrant natural world around us.

Liberty apple ripening up nicely in our Potager Garden. A scab-resistant hybrid produced at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in the 50s and released to the public in 1978.

In this weeks #LearningTogetherTuesday, to celebrate heading back to school, we will learn about how scientists work and will make our own tools to carry out experiments much like they do! Are you ready to be a scientist? Lets get started! https://www.mun.ca/botgarden/learn/athomeactivities/

Lobelia cardinalis...Cardinal flower. First time bloomers for us.

Were open Labour Day! Cant wait to see you! And please note our new hours starting Wednesday! You can now visit Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm!

Our online composting tutorial for beginners, "Composting Made Easy" has been a great success so far! Join Tim Walsh, Botanical Garden Horticulturalist, at your own convenience, for a look at the dos and donts of composting! And City of St. Johns residents are eligible to receive a discount on their MMSB bin upon completion! Visit https://www.mun.ca/botgarden/learn/compost.php to view the course!

Did you know that leaves turn color because their chlorophyll breaks down? #florafunfriday As daylight is shortened and temperatures decrease in the fall, the leaves stop their food-making process. The chlorophyll breaks down and the green color disappears, allowing the yellow to orange colors to become visible!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our valued garden visitors over these past few weeks! Thanks to your cooperation, we are now able to move back to our regular admission process (no more advance sales)! Please note, we will have new fall hours (Wednesday to Sunday), beginning after Labour Day! Please keep in mind our continued safety protocols when visiting the Garden.

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight Clem Curtis (@clemcurtisart) is a musician, artist, and maker of things, from St. Johns NL. Having apprenticed under Gerry Squires and Scott Goudie, his work reflects their love of rural landscapes. He works mostly in oils, with richly layered colours communicating visual poetry . His many years devoted to his art have earned him a loyal following as one of Newfoundland and Labradors unique voices that proudly represents this place.

Its onion time at the Garden.

Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum) hugging the edge of an alpine trough.

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight @danielrumbolt is an artist and arts administrator living in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador. He received his BFA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, is the Interim Director of Eastern Edge Gallery, the Secretary on the National Board of Directors for Canadian Artists Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC), and the Chair of Visual Artists of Newfoundland and... Labrador (VANL). His multidisciplinary art practice is informed by his experiences as a queer artist raised in rural communities throughout the Great Northern Peninsula of the island, and through earnest contemplation of memory and mourning. Through his advocacy work, he aims to discover and establish tangible connections between rural and urban creators, fostering inter-connectivity on a provincial, national, and international scale. See more

Dont miss our most pawsome day of the month! Tomorrow from 1 to 4, were breaking our own rules and inviting all four-legged friends, big or small, to enjoy a walk around our trails and gardens!

Did you know that the worlds oldest known flowering plant is the Montsechia Vidalii? It was found fossilized in Spain about 100 years ago and is estimated to be 130 million years old! Now thats old!!! #FloraFunFriday

Dont miss our most pawsome day of the month! This Sunday, from 1 to 4, were breaking our own rules and inviting all four-legged friends, big or small, to enjoy a walk around our trails and gardens!

Its willow gentian season at the Garden!

On this #LearningTogetherTuesday we are making cute origami frogs and learning how frogs are great indicators for healthy environments! Check out the activity at : https://www.mun.ca/botgarden/learn/athomeactivities/

Garden Questions? Tune in to Cross Talk CBC Newfoundland and Labrador Radio One starting at 12 p.m. to have your gardening questions answered by our very own Todd Boland. 709-722-7111 / 1-800-563-8255

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight Trained as an illustrator and textiles artist, Molly Graham (Molly Margaret Art) in downtown St. Johns, NL. Her work is illustration-based, but she also dabbles in craft, textiles, and photography. In her artwork, Molly explores folklore, flora, and architecture. She has worked for a range of clients, including the St. Johns International Womens Film Festival, Food First NL, and several local musicians. She runs a successful online shop for her illustration work and has exhibited in many shows from St. Johns to Toronto.

Everyones favourite garden residents are back! How many gnomes/houses can you find on your next visit to the garden?

Happy #FloraFunFriday! Today we have a fun craft for you so that you can really capture" the sun, in your own creative way, all summer long! Check out the activity at: https://thekindergartenconnection.com/botanical-sun-catche/

Birdhouse raffle ends Sept. 30th! Get your tickets at the front desk! #ArtistSpotlight Anna Murphy is a textile artist from St. Johns, NL, Canada. Her work is based in dyes, print, and layered embroidery. Recently, Anna has been using paint and pastel to mirror works she is creating in fabric. She aspires to capture the essence of people and spaces through the movement in her natural liquid dyes and stitch-work. Her most recent bodies of work focus on understanding the trauma with sexual assault and the process of healing through nature.

Less than two weeks left for the Friends of MUN Botanical Garden Inc. Summer Plant Sale! Shop beautiful heaths, heathers, and rhododendron propagated by FOGs Horticultural Group from the Gardens collection. All plants are nursery quality and are sold in 6-inch pots. Available while supplies last!

We have harvested the first of our two beds of garlic! These are Chesnok and German Red. After they have cured, we will sell them at the gift shop.

Spacious squirrel kitchens, houses for bats and birds, all with pond frontage! Its all about #locationlocationlocation on Trail 4!

Looking for an adventure in the garden? Our Passport to Imagination is a kids guide to awesome nature info and interactive activities throughout the garden! Ask us about it at our front desk today!

Our Friends of MUN Botanical Garden Inc. are raffling off these beautiful birdhouses! Tickets are being sold at the Field Centre, $2 each or 3 for $5. The draw will take place at the Garden on September 30. Constructed by FOG volunteer, Barb Pomfret and decorated by local visual artists. Each birdhouse is valued at $100 retail.