Botanic GardensBotanic GardensReflections in the Garden is a monthly "lunch and learn" speaker event where local specialists offer a variety of garden-related tips and tricks! We have a great lineup of green-thumbed speakers planned for the coming year. Due to limited seating, registration is required, and tickets are free to Friends of the Garden Members, $10 for non-members. Reflections takes place in-person at the Ione Burden Conference Center and online via Microsoft Teams.
Interested in becoming a Friend of the Gardens? All Friends members gain free entry to Reflections in the Garden, as well as gain access to over 300 public gardens across the country! Varying membership levels offer even more perks you won't want to miss! Become a Friend of the Gardens today. You can also join our mailing list to receive reminders about our upcoming classes!
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January 5 |
"Native Tree Preservation" with Lee Rouse, President of the Louisiana State Horticulture Society |
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February 2 |
"Farm Animals and Your Garden" with Stacey Ferrier, Owner of Goula Paradise Farms |
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March 2 |
"The Louisiana Farm to School Program and Local Food Systems" with Dr. Carl Motsenbocker, Professor of Horticulture, Local Food Systems & Sustainable Agriculture, LSU & LSU AgCenter |
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April 6 |
"Garden to the Max" with Teresa Woodard, Award Winning Author and Magazine Writer and Editor |
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May 4 |
"From Crickets to a Global Company" with David Fluker, President and CEO of Fluker Farms |
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June 1 |
"Longue Vue: From Vision to Legacy" with Stella Baty Landis, Executive Director of Longue Vue House and Gardens |
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July 6 |
"Blooming Flavor: The Power of Botanicals in Ice Cream" with Nick Uzee, Dairy Store Manager |
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August 3 |
"From Fruit to Jar: The Art of Small-Batch Water Bath Canning" with Ashley Andermann, Owner, Grinning Jupiter Jammery |
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September 14 |
"The Migratory Journeys and a Renewed Hope for the Prothonotary Warbler" with Dr. Erik Johnson, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University |
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October 5 |
"China and the Four Seasons of Camellias" with Mark Crawford, Owner of Loch Laurel Nursery |
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November 2 |
"Create Overwintering Habitat for Beneficial Insects" with Teri Gegenheimer, Xerces Society Volunteer Ambassador |
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December 7 |
"Windrush Gardens by Day, Louisiana Lights by Night" with Connor Cavalier, Operations Assistant to the Director, LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens |
Louisiana Stormwater Project
The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens is implementing a Stormwater Litter Management Plan for four demonstration sites in Baton Rouge. This initiative aims to assess and mitigate litter accumulation through tactical cleanups and litter catchment device installations.
Learn more about the butterflies that visit our Pollinator Garden here at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and in surrounding areas! Butterflies are attracted to the nectar in flowers, which they use as an energy source. If host plant(s) specific to the butterflies are available in the gardens, the butterflies may deposit eggs on the leaves of their host plants. The caterpillars, also known as larvae, can feed on the leaves and at some point pupate, and emerge as an adult butterfly.
Dr. Chrissy Mogren
Landscaping trees into your yard provides numerous benefits such as shade, improving drainage, and habitat for pollinators and other wildlife. While bees are adapted to life in prairies as opposed to forests, they can still utilize resources provided by flowering trees when incorporated into a pollinator-oriented landscape. In addition to providing floral food resources, native trees are also host plants to a number of beautiful native butterflies and moths. As you walk through Trees & Trails, keep an eye out for signs indicating which trees provide important resources for Louisiana native bees, butterflies, and moths!
Our goal is to provide you with information about our birding loops and links to resources that will enhance your birding experience. Our birding brochure, Birding at Burden, is located inside the Ione Burden Conference and Information Center and inside the Rural Life Museum Visitors Center. The brochure has a detailed map and legend of the six birding loops, images of birds, descriptions about each of the loops, and a bird species list to see what time of year each bird species is most likely to occur at Burden. The numbers next to each species correspond to our numbered birding loops.
