  {"id":109739,"date":"2026-07-02T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=109739"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:32:11","slug":"uri-gardens-and-gardeners-offer-sweet-scents-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/uri-gardens-and-gardeners-offer-sweet-scents-too\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 gardens, and gardeners, offer sweet scents, too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 2, 2026 \u2013 While the public loved Morticia, the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/if-you-grow-it-they-will-come\/\">recently-bloomed corpse flower<\/a>, its 1,200-acre Kingston Campus offers the public a wide variety of sweet-smelling specimens to experience and enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plant sciences major Daniel Meservey, who works in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greenhouse\/\">Horridge Conservatory<\/a>, says the conservatory has a number of fragrant specimens in its collection. In the Conservatory, Meservey recommends olfactory-minded visitors locate the Lady of the Night and Kahili ginger, which will bloom soon. Meservey also recommends visitors look for the dendrobium and coconut orchids, passion flower, camellia, and Arabian jasmine for their compelling smells.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109747\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0622635018919848;width:447px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins.jpg 934w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins-364x309.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/Ben-Robbins-500x424.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">OLFACTORY OPTIONS: Danny Meservey and Ben Robbins in the Horridge Conservatory will gladly share suggestions on plants that smell good there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>His colleague Allegra Halverson, with 溏心vlog免费B站 Farms, says the Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pse\/\">Plant Sciences and Entomology<\/a> enjoyed making a cool plant like the corpse flower accessible to the public and hopes it piques interest in more of the botanical collections at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cWe hope this is a great gateway for people who have never visited the plant collections on campus to come back and enjoy what we have to offer,\u201d she said. Halverson recommends visitors return to 溏心vlog免费B站 to smell the orange jessamine in the Horridge Conservatory come winter and notes a few other fragrant faves on campus as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Katsura tree smells like cotton candy in the fall when the leaves drop. These trees can be found in the Botanical Gardens, at the Tootell Aquatic Center\u2019s entrance, at Independence Square and elsewhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Japanese tree lilac features white flowers in summer and blooms in June.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fragrant snowball viburnum can be found at the entrance to the rose garden in May and elsewhere on the Kingston Campus. This is an example of a white flower that has a strong smell\u2014an adaptation for attracting night foraging pollinators like moths and bats. The white flowers are also more visible at night.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spicebush lives up to its name. <em>Lindera benzoin<\/em> smells like lemon fresh if you scratch the twigs and features small yellow flowers in spring; there are many along the Upper College Road edge of the Botanical Gardens. This native species is also great for birds with red fruits in the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109744\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500124669625492;width:358px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/elizabeth.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GREEN THERAPY: Elizabeth Leibovitz says gardens are good medicine. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Garden therapy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/uris-medicinal-garden-offers-up-close-look-at-the-roots-of-modern-medicine-open-to-the-public\/\">Youngken Medicinal Garden<\/a>, also open to the public and a short walk from the conservatory. With 300 medicinal plants, the courtyard and garden are one of New England\u2019s largest established medicinal gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPharmacy students need to know about the plants that patients are consuming and can interact with,\u201d Garden Coordinator Elizabeth Leibovitz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the corpse-flower tour\u2014understandably contained for the crowds and the plant\u2019s integrity\u2014Leibovitz\u2019s garden tours are hands-on experiences. She encourages tour-takers to touch, smell, and sniff for a true sensory garden experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She encourages people to learn more about the plants under her care, so they start to see plants as a lynchpin of health. \u201cPlants represent the health people can build on their own, and the ways that health benefits when people incorporate healthy plants and vegetables into their diets,\u201d she said. \u201cFor me, every garden is medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109745\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7500142914308581;width:365px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2026\/07\/camellia.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SCENT STANDOUT: This camellia flower in the conservatory smells like a sweet rich rose. (溏心vlog免费B站 Photo \/ Daniel Meservey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many traditional remedies are derived from a plant-based approach, from chicken soup and chamomile tea to menthol-derived cough drops in cold season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students working in the garden this summer, who were drawn there by its therapeutic benefits, help lead tours and talk with visitors. AJ Chatterton is a statistics and computer science graduate student who came on board to have some non-screen time; Ash Lilly is a biomedical sciences \/ pharmacy senior splitting time between lab and landscape. Kate Guinto works in the garden as a sophomore Pharm.D. student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The medicinal garden includes eucalyptus and tea tree plants, both notable for health applications. Other plants, such as lemon balm and lemongrass, create similar scent profiles, based on how their compounds volatilize in air. Leibovitz points out thyme and sage and describes their role in plague posies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leibovitz was glad to see so many plant enthusiasts on campus this summer, bringing curiosity about the wild variety of plant life, and hopes many return to learn more about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s medicinal garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are another plant source and site for information and inspiration,\u201d Leibovitz said. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s medicinal garden is a community hub and we invite Morticia fans to come back and explore further.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plants from the medicinal garden are also included in the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/0721e0bf44a84b3eaddaf453d8bc0a9b__;!!Jh1S!i3ZNgOe9hThC4kY89ZLp2V6zXF0YV7aFUWNJu-IGfsnZl0oATB87rq_uNQBU7RecyU6mc5o0E-piAjfXrfjMwn7N$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online plant database<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To request a tour of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/youngken-garden\/\"><em>Youngken Medicinal Garden<\/em><\/a><em>, email <\/em><a href=\"mailto:elizabeth_leibo@uri.edu\"><em>elizabeth_leibo@uri.edu<\/em><\/a><em>. Tours are free year-round, but must be scheduled in advance. The garden is open to the public dusk-dawn and also offers curriculum for school groups. Follow at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=%2Furimedicinalgarden%2F&amp;source=omni_redirect\"><em>@urimedicinalgarden<\/em><\/a><em>. The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/greenhouse\/\"><em>Horridge Conservatory<\/em><\/a><em> is open to the public, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 6 Greenhouse Road, Kingston. Follow at <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=%2Furi.plantsciences%2F&amp;source=omni_redirect\"><em>@uri.plantsciences<\/em><\/a><em>. Visitor parking <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/transportation\/parking\/visitors\/\"><em>is available<\/em><\/a><em>. For advice on which plants to plant in your garden, 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners also offer a free <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/coopext\/services\/ge-hotline\/\"><em>Gardening and Environmental Hotline<\/em><\/a><em>: contact 401-874-4836 or <\/em><a href=\"mailto:gardener@uri.edu\"><em>gardener@uri.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 2, 2026 \u2013 While the public loved Morticia, the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s recently-bloomed corpse flower, its 1,200-acre Kingston Campus offers the public a wide variety of sweet-smelling specimens to experience and enjoy. 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