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Join us for a photographic tour of some of the Ithaca campus’s lush flora, as it slumbers amid blankets of snow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong>; photography by Sreang<\/strong> Hok<\/strong> & Jason Koski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As anyone who has trudged up a slushy Libe Slope in sneakers can attest, winter on East Hill has its downsides. But in the colder months, campus also has an undeniable beauty\u2014from an ice-covered Beebe Lake to the cap of white atop Ezra Cornell’s statued head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students and faculty settle in for a new semester, we highlight an aspect of East Hill’s aesthetics that can be easily overlooked in the daily bustle of classes and research: the gardens and other natural spaces that, during warmer times, offer a showier sort of beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll down for a seasonal tour of images taken in the Botanic Gardens<\/a> and at spots around campus, from the Johnson Museum to the Ag Quad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow brings the decorative ironwork around Minns Garden into striking relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow-capped plants at the Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfallen leaves outside Weill Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Botanic Gardens, trellised archways stand out against the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gardens behind the A.D. White House<\/a> lie dormant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A four-legged visitor to the Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A peaceful mood outside Goldwin Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the Botanic Gardens’ Mullestein Winter Garden<\/a>, designed to be at its most beautiful at this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Morgan Japanese Garden (designed by Marc Peter Keane ’79) at the Johnson Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A view from under the Botanic Gardens’ pergola, adjacent to its Robison Herb Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A wintry scene near the herb garden and pergola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The museum’s Japanese Garden, viewed from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bronze Yarb Woman<\/a><\/em> statue by Elfriede Abbe \u201940 stands in the Botanic Gardens’ herb garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another Mullestein Winter Garden view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top image: An aerial view of plantings at the Botanic Gardens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published February 4, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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