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The Butterfly [A]ffect(ed)

I was supposed to write about pollinator gardens, but Hurricane Isaias changed that.
. . . but did it really?  Bear with me as I meander and perhaps stretch a metaphor to its breaking point.

"You could not remove a single grain of sand from its place without thereby ... changing something throughout all parts of the immeasurable whole."
— Fic...

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"With an Abundance of Caution"

With an Abundance of Caution


We are in full session of camp and our children are enjoying everything that we environmental educators have planned for them. Go for the Gold, Insect Safari, Life in the Sea, Food Explosion, Animal Olympics, Wonderfully Weird, and Sensing Nature are all at full enrollme...

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Winter - A Great Time To Volunteer!

"No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn." Hal Borland

This time of year, the chilly, dark winter has many of us staying inside with our fuzzy blankets, hot cocoa and Netflix.  The spring seems like it will never arrive.  If you’re experiencing a bit of the winter blues (and binge-watching another series,) we have a solution that will benefit you - and the Arboretum.Â...

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