Hortus is a Botanical Garden & level ll Arboretum in the Hudson Valley stewarding and gardening on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Munsee-Lenape people.

The gardens are run as a non-profit organization whose mission is to sustain the native, unusual and historic plant life of our area and serve as a vital educational resource for the public. We are also focused on saving rare and endangered plants from around the world, with the goal of making sure that species diversity is preserved. 

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Hortus: Confessions from seed stealers The Makings of an arboretum and botanical garden from scratch.

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Artist and Gardener Hortus is a Botanical Garden & level ll Arboretum in the Hudson Valley learning and gardening on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Munsee-Lenape people.