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Beal Botanical Garden Tour: Etymology and the Naming of Plants

June

11

Beal Botanical Garden, meet by the pond

Beal Botanical Garden Tour: Etymology and the Naming of Plants

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Join Beal to explore where plants get their names, including the stories of the good, the potentially problematic, the downright weird, and debate common vs. scientific names!

 

Speaker: Maeve Bassett, Beal Education Director

 

The Beal Botanical Garden Tour series is a collaborative partnership with the MSU Libraries.


* Note, this tour was rescheduled from July 9 due to a conflict.

 

For more information, please visit the Beal Gardens events page.

Date

June 11, 2026

Time

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

Location

Beal Botanical Garden, meet by the pond

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