Intended to make New England Botanic Garden accessible to everyone, the Glass in Flight Golf Cart Tours travel through many of its most beautiful spaces.  

Each ride spotlights the dazzling sculptures featured in this year’s Glass in Flight exhibition and brings each Garden space vividly to life. Learn about the sculptures, the pollinators that inspire them, and the artist Alex Heveri.

Guided Golf Cart tours are led by volunteers who regularly tend the garden’s plants, welcome visitors, and share stories that connect you to the Garden’s deep roots.

REGISTRATION: 

included with general admission on the same day as the tour but pre-registration is required. To register follow the instructions below or call 508-869-6111 for assistance. 

• May tickets are available now
• June tickets will be available on April 30, 2026, at midnight
• July tickets will be available on May 31, 2026, at midnight
• August tickets will be available on June 30, 2026, at midnight
• September tickets will be available on July 31, 2026, at midnight
• October tickets will be available on August 31, 2026, at midnight

ABOUT THE ARTIST: 

Alex Heveri is a nationally recognized glass and steel sculptor and a full-time defense attorney based in Tucson, Arizona. For more than 30 years, she has transformed public and private spaces with bold, luminous sculptures crafted from steel and colorful glass.

Her signature stained-glass technique, dalle de verre, is a method originating in France where thick slabs of colored glass are cut and shaped into bold designs and set into place with epoxy. This creates a textured, luminous surface that comes alive in natural light, shifting and glowing as the sun moves across the sky. Over the past five years, Alex has created more than 150 monumental steel-and-glass sculptures, some soaring over 14 feet tall. Each work is conceived, designed, cut, assembled, and welded entirely by Alex in her Tucson home studio.

Her traveling exhibition Glass in Flight has been featured at major botanic gardens across the United States, including Tucson Botanical Gardens, Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Reiman Gardens, Houston Botanic Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, and Flamingo Gardens. She is honored to present the exhibition at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, marking her first exhibition in New England. For this special presentation, Alex has created several never-before-seen works, including a hummingbird archway, two praying mantids, a luna moth, a rosy maple moth, and a magical butterfly tree. 

Follow Alex on instagram @glassinflight.