Upcoming Exhibition

The Wild Gardens

opening February 2027

2027 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Wild Gardens’ opening to the public. With this exhibition, we will kick off a year-long celebration of plants indigenous to the Ukiah Valley and the broader region that spans southern Mendocino County, Lake County, and northern Sonoma County. The exhibition will explore the importance of native plants to the region’s ecosystems, the relationships that Pomo peoples have maintained with them though their care and use over thousands of years, and our communal responsibility to protect them.

The Wild Gardens feature native plants that connect to art and artifacts in the Grace Hudson Museums collections. These include paintings by Grace Hudson, Pomo baskets and cultural material, and historic photos and ethnographic records. The exhibition will highlight many of the different individual plants in the Wild Gardens. Text panels will share botanical information along with Pomo connections to and uses for these plants. Objects from our collections and artworks by contemporary Pomo peoples will further illuminate these stories.