New England Botanic Garden expands Horticulture Heroes exhibit

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Portrait of Natasha Bowens Blair, author, farmer, photographer, and food justice activist, by Rebecca Duffy, is one of 30 that make up NEBG’s newly expanded Horticultural Heroes exhibit. (Photo/Courtesy)

Portrait of Natasha Bowens Blair, author, farmer, photographer, and food justice activist, by Rebecca Duffy, is one of 30 that make up NEBG’s newly expanded Horticultural Heroes exhibit. (Photo/Courtesy)

BOYLSTON – New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill has announced the expansion of its “Horticultural Heroes” exhibit.

Horticultural Heroes is a traveling portrait collection recognizing leaders in the fields of horticulture, botany, conservation, environmentalism, agriculture and food justice.

The collections was first exhibited by the garden in 2019. The expansion includes 10 new portraits that celebrate diverse voices and will be unveiled in February and March in honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month.

“This visually striking portrait collection spotlights important, often unsung, trailblazers whose work has or is continuing to make a lasting impact on our world,” said Exhibitions Manager Lea Morgan.

The exhibit now includes 30 portraits in a range of styles and media.

The new portraits and selections from the collection will be on display at NEBG in February and March. The garden’s Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Committee has also launched a free online lecture series in connection to the exhibit. The series will kick off on Feb. 6 with a talk with the “Black in the Garden” podcast creator Colah B. Tawkin. It will continue on March 6 with a lecture by horticulturist and researcher Tracy Qiu, and conclude on March 13 as Carolyn Finney discusses her book “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans in the Great Outdoors.”

The series is free, but registration is required. New England Botanic Garden is open daily from from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit https://nebg.org/.

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