The K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre and Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens will remain open to the public and the Acadia Community during the holiday season from 10-4 daily. Stop by the lobby and view our beautiful balsam fir Christmas tree adorned with...

Fall Continental MycoBlitz  While many mushrooms are delicious, some can make you sick or make you wish you were dead. Thankfully, only a few that currently occur in the Wapna’ki Forest are truly deadly. Acadia students have been learning to identify mushrooms as...

The Friends of the Acadian Forest held their annual Native Plant Sale at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens on a very rainy Saturday in June. Despite the downpours, over 800 individuals came out to purchase native plants and learn about ecological gardening....

Nova Scotians love talking about the weather and this winter has given us plenty to talk about. The big question being discussed by farmers and gardeners alike is how plants have weathered this year’s extreme weather and rapid temperature shifts. Plants indigenous...

February is a great time of the year to visit the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, especially on a sunny day! The garden in winter is a majestic space filled with active wildlife and plenty of hope. In winter, you can clearly see...

The Acadia Seed Bank at the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre has just reached an impressive milestone: 500 seed collections! One collection represents hundreds if not thousands of seeds from one location at one time. At 500 collections and growing, it’s easy...