11/25/2009      48°F | Light Rain
The University of Michigan
what's in bloom
The Gateway Garden of New World Plants and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden at Matthaei offer sensory delights with their profusion of colors and scents.
Check out the bloom calendar.

Our motto at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum is: “Caring for nature, enriching life.” We do that by connecting people with nature, sustaining the earth, tending our natural heritage, sharing knowledge, and promoting learning.

Natural Areas Stewardship: The active care and maintenance of natural areas which seeks to control exotic invasive species, encourage characteristic native species, and reestablish natural processes upon which native ecosystems depend.
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