Watch the Garden Grow

“Museum Hill gardens begin to take shape as summer opening nears” SF New Mexican

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Today’s front page story in the Santa Fe New Mexican highlights some of the plants you will see and gives some interesting background and details about what this garden will mean to our community. We couldn’t be more excited as we count the days until our Grand Opening weekend, July 19-21 (only 81 days Read more »

April 30, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

Santa Fe Botanical Garden Announces Grand Opening in July of 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 The Santa Fe Botanical Garden today announces the unveiling and opening of its new Museum Hill site will take place during a series of Grand Opening events taking place July 19-21, 2013. A living collection of plants and outdoor experiences, The Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill will be a year-round destination, occupying Read more »

April 24, 2013, Press Releases, Watch the Garden Grow

Trees are planted in the Goede Family Orchard

Monday, March 25, 2013 Spring has arrived and so have the first young fruit trees of the orchard! There to greet them was our orchard extraordinaire, Barbara Goede. We are so pleased to see the Goede Family Orchard come to life with apple, cherry, peach, pear, apricot and plum trees. Here is Barbara so happy to see Read more »

March 25, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

How tall are those trees?

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 The first trees were planted last week in the Orchard Gardens and they looked great! This week we decided to take height measurements so we can track their growth over the coming years. Tracy Neal, our resourceful horticulturalist, once again saved the day and brought a height pole that could measure to the Read more »

March 12, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

LandSkyping: How to use Skype in planning a garden

Friday, March 1, 2013 What do you do when trees need final placement in the botanical garden in Santa Fe, and the landscape architect is in Toronto?? You “land-Skype” at the site. Earlier today our construction and horticulture team held a video call with W. Gary Smith using an ipad and some creative tree stand-ins. While everyone Read more »

March 1, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

Perfect partners: Santa Fe Master Gardener Association & SFBG

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Santa Fe Botanical Garden at Museum Hill is officially approved as a “project” of the Santa Fe Master Gardener Association! Longtime friends & supporters, the Master Gardeners are ready to “dig in” and join us in creating a center of learning for the community about horticulture and the local Santa Fe gardening environment. Read more »

February 12, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

“New CEO Brings 20 Years of Experience”

Thursday, February 7, 2013

We welcome our new Chief Executive Officer, Clayton Bass, to Santa Fe! Read full article here (PDF 295kb)>>

February 7, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

On the air with SFBG!

January 31, 2012

Linda Milbourn and Fran Cole discuss the grand opening coming in July 2013 with Honey Harris from 98.1 KBAC Radio Free Santa Fe. Listen now, it’s about 11 minutes.

January 31, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

Hot off the press! The Winter 2013 Campaign Newsletter!

January 24, 2013 Are you excited? We are! As our Grand Opening approaches (mark your calendars- July 19-21!) we want to make sure you know all the plans and details leading up to the BIG DAY. There’s never been a better time to consider becoming a member- you will be the first to walk in and see Read more »

January 24, 2013, Watch the Garden Grow

It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas!

December 12, 2012 The garden is developing rapidly as construction continues throughout the winter months.  We are surprised and delighted as the rock work and structures grow each week.  It’s amazing to watch the process as our long-held dream of an actual Botanical Garden forms into a reality.  The snow on Sunday added a bit Read more »

December 12, 2012, Watch the Garden Grow