hile the Botanic Garden staff has been diligently working on all the garden renovation and restoration projects, we have also been hard at work redesigning and redefining another face we present to the world: our website. It now has a totally new look with much to explore and discover. Many thanks in particular to Connie Parks for her many hours of writing and editing, and to Belinda Darcey AC and Pam Davis ’98, web designers extraordinaire. The Friends of the Botanic Garden of Smith College generously provided funding for this project.
    If you are unable to visit the Botanic Garden in Northampton, you can substitute a cyberspace visit. Even regular garden visitors will find much of interest. We guarantee that everyone visiting the website will learn something new about the Botanic Garden. On visiting the site your screen will be filled with images and information about the Lyman Conservatory, the outdoor gardens, Botanic Garden history, academics, research projects, events, the Landscape Master Plan, and the Herbarium. The site also includes an on-line version of Botanic Garden News and a wonderful photo gallery, which alone is worth a special tour. There are even scenes with full action displays of the

rippling waters on Paradise Pond.
    We hope you will be adventurous and visit our new website. We would love to hear any of your comments. Our address is http://www.smith.edu/garden.