Science and Horticulture

The magic of the holidays is in full bloom at Atlanta History Center. Explore our 33 acres of Goizueta Gardens and enjoy these native plant species known for spreading holiday cheer. 

The Cherokee Garden Library continuingly works to build a book collection that enhances our understanding of the gardening traditions of African American, Native American, and Latinx communities of the Southeastern United States. Explore our new titles that highlight these areas of focus.

Atlanta History Center is home to four honey bee colonies named after real-life women who created a lot of buzz in Atlanta history––Selena Sloan Butler, Frances Newman, Shirley Franklin, and Coretta Scott KingAtlanta History Center is home to four honey bee colonies named after real-life women who created a lot of buzz in Atlanta history––Selena Sloan Butler, Frances Newman, Shirley Franklin, and Coretta Scott King

Atlanta History Center is thrilled to highlight Goizueta Gardens and associated offerings May 7–16, 2021, in support of Go Public Gardens.

Explore Seeking Eden which bring awareness and appreciation to Georgia’s rich garden history.

Explore the new Entrance Gardens designed by Atlanta History Center’s Vice President of Living Collections, Sarah Roberts.

Take a closer look at the remarkable gems of the Cherokee Garden Library.

Learn about the farm’s history with a particular emphasis on the enslaved people’s garden, the kitchen garden, and the crops at Smith Farm.

Explore a rich tapestry of flowering and foliage plants selected for color, fragrance, texture, and an English garden aesthetic.

The Mary Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden brims with Georgia’s native flora due to the careful consideration of Mr. Cline.

Founded by the Cherokee Garden Club of Atlanta in 1975, the Cherokee Garden Library is named for the state floral emblem of Georgia, the Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) and is one of the special collection libraries of the Kenan Research Center.

This tree that was so much a part of the American landscape for an estimated 40 million years, was made functionally extinct in forty.

Building housing the plant and botany exhibitions at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition in Piedmont Park.

A woman poses with a microscope used for determining tuberculosis test results at a health fair sponsored by the Atlanta Lung Association.