Naples Botanical Garden

Birding in the Garden
2024-02-20 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-27 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-05 08:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
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.

Birding in the Garden
2024-02-20 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-02-27 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-05 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.

Endlessly Wild: New Work by Sara Abalan
2024-02-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-21 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-22 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-24 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-25 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-27 08:00 - 17:00 and 12 more dates
Spotlight Exhibition in Fogg Café

With a desire to capture beauty in wildness, Naples-based artist Sara Abalan’s work is a viscerally authentic representation of her surrounding environment. Her time spent immersed in the Garden’s natural spaces is beautifully reflected in the subject, shapes, and colors of this spotlight exhibition in Fogg Café.

Included with Garden admission; free for Members. Every Garden admission ticket or membership purchase helps to support Naples Botanical Garden’s conservation efforts. This exhibition is on view February 2 – June 30, 2024.

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Sara Abalan, “Rosary Pea and Bracken Fern,” acrylic on canvas, 2023

About the ArtistBorn in Massachusetts and destined to be an artist from a young age, Sara Abalan took inspiration from her parents who informed her love of microscopic imagery and profound appreciation of nature. She spent 15 years as a magazine art director and illustrator and later moved to New York City, where she studied at the New York Studio School and maintained studios in Tribeca and SoHo. Her career is now entirely dedicated to the production of fine art. Abalan lives and works in Naples, Florida.

Read more about Abalan and her work on our blog!

Image, top: Sara Abalan, “Sumac,” acrylic on canvas, 2023

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Annual Members' Meeting
2024-02-27 17:30 - 19:00
SOLD OUT! Join us for Naples Botanical Garden’s Annual Members’ Meeting. Mix and mingle during our “science fair” cocktail/networking hour, where Members can enjoy complimentary light bites and visit demonstration displays hosted by representatives from our Horticulture, Conservation, and Education teams. This is followed by a “state of the Garden” presentation provided by our President & CEO and Garden leadership.
