Cutler Botanic Garden
Encyclopedia
Cutler Botanic Garden is a botanical garden
located at 840 Front Street, Binghamton, New York
. It is open daily in summers, without charge.
The garden was established by Miss Frances Cutler, who donated land to the Cornell University
Cooperative Extension. In 1978 the idea began for a botanical garden, and the garden opened to the public in 1979.
Today the Garden is outdoor classroom for teaching horticulture
and environmentalism
, as well as a display garden for All-American Selections.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located at 840 Front Street, Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
. It is open daily in summers, without charge.
The garden was established by Miss Frances Cutler, who donated land to the Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
Cooperative Extension. In 1978 the idea began for a botanical garden, and the garden opened to the public in 1979.
Today the Garden is outdoor classroom for teaching horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
and environmentalism
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
, as well as a display garden for All-American Selections.