Marsh Botanical Garden

Botanical garden and arboretum in Connecticut, U.S.

41°19′21″N 72°55′32″W / 41.32250°N 72.92556°W / 41.32250; -72.92556Established1899FounderOthniel Charles MarshDesignerBeatrix FarrandOwned byYale UniversityManaged byErika EdwardsOpen9:00am-4:00pm, Monday through FridayWebsitemarshbotanicalgarden.yale.edu

The Marsh Botanical Garden is a botanical garden and arboretum located on the Yale University campus at 265 Mansfield Street in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

History

The Garden was established in 1899 when paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, an 1860 Yale College graduate, bequeathed his estate and plant collections to the university. The Garden was designed by landscape architect Beatrix Farrand during the 1920s and 1930s as part of her design for the Yale campus.^[1]

Today, the Garden supports research and instruction, and is a public greenspace. Only remnants of Farrand's design remain, although restoration work has begun. The greenhouses contain collections of cacti, insectivores, and orchids.

Directors

James William Toumey
George Elwood Nichols (1926–1939)
Edmund Ware Sinnott (1940–1950)
Oswald Tippo (1955–1960)
Bruce Bernot Stowe
Steven Handel (1979–1985)
Mary Helen Goldsmith (1985–2002)^[2]
Timothy Nelson (2002–2015)^[3]
Michael Donoghue (2015–2018)
Erika Edwards (2018–present)^[4]

References

^ "History | Marsh Botanical Garden".
^ "Nelson named next director of Marsh Botanical Garden". archives.news.yale.edu. 2002-10-25.
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-nelson-63a9b21a ^{[self-published source]}
^ http://edwardslab.org/reprints/edwardsCVmay2018.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}