Naples Botanical Garden

Birding in the Garden
2024-02-27 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-05 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-12 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.

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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
2024-02-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-29 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-02 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-03 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-04 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 and 13 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.

Birding in the Garden
2024-03-05 08:00 - 10:00, 2024-03-12 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.

Culminating Exhibit for Virtual Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art
2024-03-16 09:00 - 14:00
Join us under the Kapnick Hall Terrace on Saturday, March 16 from 9am – 2pm or through our virtual exhibit space below to celebrate artists in Naples Botanical Garden’s creative aging program, Virtual Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art. This eight-week workshop series facilitates students’ exploration of nature and self through nature journals.

This 8-week workshop series facilitates students’ exploration of nature and self through nature journals. Creative aging programs provide older adults with a renewed sense of purpose, improved wellbeing, connection with others, and joy. They do this by inspiring older adults to learn, make and share the arts in an environment that sparks creativity, fosters friendships and builds community.

Students in this program explore how to express themselves by creating a nature journal using watercolor pencils. Nature journaling weaves together multiple disciplines like language arts, science, and history into the creative process. The classes encourage participants to practice observation in order to form deeper connections with the nature around them.

Classes are free and materials are included. Interested in participating? To learn more, register for a session, or sign up for our waitlist, select the button below that says “Register Here.”

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Dibujando la Naturaleza: Botánica a través del Arte

Dibujando la Naturaleza, Botánica a través del Arte es un programa creativo para adultos mayores, organizado por el Jardín Botánico de Naples. Esta serie de 8 semanas consiste en talleres que facilitan a los participantes, la exploración de la naturaleza y de sí mismos a través de la observación y registro de sus observaciones de la naturaleza. Los programas creativos brindan a los adultos mayores un sentido renovado de propósito, un mayor bienestar, conexión con los demás y alegría a su vida diaria. Esto se logra inspirando a los participantes a aprender, practicar y compartir las artes en un entorno que despierta la creatividad, fomenta la amistad y construye una comunidad.

Los estudiantes en este programa exploran las formas de expresión al crear un registro diario de sus observaciones de la naturaleza, usando lápices de acuarela. El programa Dibujando la Naturaleza entrelaza múltiples disciplinas como las artes del lenguaje, la ciencia y la historia en el proceso creativo. Las clases animan a los participantes a practicar la observación con el fin de formar conexiones más profundas con la naturaleza que los rodea.

Las clases son gratuitas y los materiales están incluidos. ¿Estás interesado en participar? Para obtener más información, registrarse para una sesión o para inscribirse en nuestra lista de espera, selecciona el botón a continuación que dice: Regístrate aquí.

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Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art cuenta con el apoyo de subvenciones de Collier Community Foundation y E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art is supported by grants from the Collier Community Foundation and E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

This exhibit is included with Garden admission.

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Get InvolvedInspired to begin your own nature journal, but don’t know where to start? Register for a space in our next available nature journaling program. Participants must be 55+, have a valid Google email (Gmail) account, and be willing to commit to an eight-week course. This program is completely free, and all materials are provided.

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