Naples Botanical Garden

Nature Journaling Invitational
2025-06-22 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-21 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-20 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-19 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-18 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-17 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Stepping into the canvases of their natural environments, these 16 budding artists have cultivated their talents by exploring nature and self. This exhibition highlights artwork created during Naples Botanical Garden’s creative aging program, Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art.

Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art provides older adults with a renewed sense of purpose, improved well-being, and a deeper connection with others and the nature around them.

View this exhibit in Fogg Café November 9, 2024 – June 22, 2025.

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Iris Tower, Timeless, 2024

Carol High, Red Mangrove Lifecycle, 2024

Read about the experiences of two Nature Journaling students on our blog.

Eternally Curious: A Journey of Creation and Growth by Tanya Trinkaus Glass
2025-06-22 08:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-21 08:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-20 08:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-19 08:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-18 08:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-17 08:00 - 14:00
Using bold and charismatic strokes, Tanya Trinkaus Glass explores the vibrant pulse of the Garden’s plant collection with ceaseless curiosity. Works in acrylic, oil, charcoal, and pastel inspire the viewer to experience nature through an artist’s perspective, exploring Naples Botanical Garden as a living canvas.

Exhibit on display April 26 – June 29 in Kapnick Hall

Above photo: Brazilian Jazz, 2024 (detail)

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About the Artist

Tanya Trinkaus Glass, photo by John Eder

Tanya Trinkaus Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in the Northeast where she spent her childhood exploring the outdoors. Her researched approach to creating was nurtured by her mother, a landscape painter, and her father, an embryologist. While in high school, Glass sourced slide material for art history classes at Yale University; she later completed her Bachelor of Arts in Art History at the University of Rhode Island. Glass has been accepted into nearly 200 juried exhibitions, won multiple awards for her artwork, and exhibited in over two-dozen solo exhibitions. She lives and works in Naples, Florida, where she continues to learn new approaches to creating, expanding on her appreciation for nature, and the importance of conservation.

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Dig Deeper
2025-06-21 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-06-20 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-06-19 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-06-18 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-06-17 11:00 - 11:30
Join Garden staff for a chat about a different topic every day. Learn about what we do and how we do it, and start seeing the Garden from a new perspective. Topics might include the plant origins of common spices, orchid care, and much more! No registration necessary.

Daily, 11 – 11:30am. View daily schedule upon arrival for details.

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W.O.N.D.E.R.
2025-06-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-17 10:00 - 12:00
Visit the W.O.N.D.E.R. program for activities that encourages families to Walk, Observe, Navigate, Draw, Explore, and Read. This drop-in educational program is designed for children aged Pre-Kindergarten – 5th grade.

Escape the summer heat and W.O.N.D.E.R. indoors! This program will take place in an air-conditioned space at the FGCU Kapnick Center, June – September.

Join us Friday – Monday at 10am. Check our daily schedule upon arrival for details.

Be sure to pick up a W.O.N.D.E.R. Activity Pack at the Chabraja Visitor Center before exploring the Garden.

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Daily Tours
2025-06-21 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-06-20 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-06-19 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-06-18 09:30 - 10:00, 2025-06-17 09:30 - 10:00
Enjoy a staff-led, themed daily tour included with Garden admission. Daily Tours begin at 9:30am and last 30 minutes with up to 16 guests per tour.

Upon arrival, refer to the daily schedule posted in the Garden to view the tour schedule. Reserve your Daily Tour spot with a staff member at the ticketing windows.

Themes:

Monday: Garden Highlights

Tuesday: Orchids & Epiphytes

Wednesday: Pollinators & Plants

Thursday: Cacti & Succulents

Friday: Palms & Cycads

Saturday: Plant to Plate

Sunday: A Living Canvas

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Juneteenth
2025-06-19 08:00 - 14:00
In recognition of our nation’s federal holiday, Naples Botanical Garden is extending free admission in commemoration of Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19. We hope the Garden’s tranquil spaces provide moments of reflection and peace, on a day celebrating a step in the long march to equality.

Birding in the Garden
2025-06-17 08:00 - 10:00
Discover the avian species that call the Garden home as you join our birding volunteers on this weekly morning walk in our 90-acre Preserve. Plus, scope out breathtaking views of restored native Florida wetlands from your vantage point on the Jim and Linda White Birding Tower.

Meet at the Smith Entry Prow; these informal, conversational birding walks depart at 8am.

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Included with Garden admission; free for Members.

Every Garden admission ticket or membership purchase helps to support Naples Botanical Garden’s conservation efforts.

Birding in the Garden
2025-06-17 08:00 - 10:00
Discover the avian species that call the Garden home as you join our birding volunteers on this weekly morning walk in our 90-acre Preserve. Plus, scope out breathtaking views of restored native Florida wetlands from your vantage point on the Jim and Linda White Birding Tower.

Meet at the Smith Entry Prow; these informal, conversational birding walks depart at 8am.

Included with Garden admission; free for Members.
