Explore the Collections and Research Center native garden featuring a bio-retention pond with Garden Section and Volunteer Manager Matt Boyle. 

Tickets are distributed at the Ellen MacNeille Charles Visitor Center upon opening each day. This thirty-minute tour is limited to twelve and meets in the visitor center conservatory.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Jessica Bonilla (she/her) became Hillwood’s director of horticulture in 2020 after more than a decade working in the horticulture department. She leads her staff in all aspects of garden and greenhouse upkeep. With over twenty-five years of experience, her career began in commercial landscaping followed by nearly ten years as the head gardener at a private estate in Rochester, NY, where she also ran her own landscaping business. She has a bachelor’s degree in landscape contracting from Penn State.