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Stamps Students Exhibit Work at Matthaei Botanical Garden

May 22, 2026

During the winter 2026 semester, students in Lecturer Patricia Beals’s Making Science Visible class (ARTDES 364) spent time exploring the variety of plants in the Conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. 

Each student chose one plant to focus on, and started with observational drawings to explore some of their subject’s interesting features. From there, they developed a series of questions about their plant based on their observations. This led to further inquiry, research, and ultimately, an educational project. Students created an interpretation panel for the Conservatory highlighting one of their questions, with a flip panel to provide an illustrated answer. 

A student sketches amid plants at the Matthei Botanical Garden Conseratory
A student sketches amid plants at the Matthei Botanical Garden Conseratory

Student observational drawings and interpretation panels are currently on display at Matthaei, and will continue to be featured through the early summer.

Student artists:

  • Kas Brajkovic
  • Abigail Garcia
  • Emily Hoekstra
  • Greta Leishear
  • Joe Marino
  • Teagan Messing
  • Erica Meunier
  • Yasmin Patton
  • Olivia Reed
  • Lara Ringey
  • Benjamin Seguin
  • Oliver St Cyr
  • Sophie Stillwagon
  • Sarah Westrick
  • Sophia Williamson
An educational sign about the Snake Plant sits in a desert conservatory garden next to real snake plants and large cacti.
A white and purple informational sign about the Fragrant Olive plant stands along a stone pathway inside a lush indoor greenhouse conservatory.
A large, informative placard about the Swiss Cheese Plant is mounted in a lush garden bed surrounded by vibrant green and purple foliage.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 N. Dixboro Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105