The Arboretum is not hosting a Holiday House Tour this year. Information found online may be old and inaccurate. Please always check our website calendar for current events. Thank you!  SUNDAY DEC 10: Festival of Trees is rain or shine! We are prepared for all weather forecasts and look forward to a fun day!

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Lessons From A Zombie Apocalypse

I had an epiphany driving into work that one of the silver linings of this terrible pandemic is the possible reworking of how many of us view nature. Nature, and public gardens, and parks. Things we may have took for granted, yet now crave, and are being denied access to. I remember back in the Great Recession of 2008 that Horticulture took a hit because it was considered a luxury industry. Which I must admit chafed a bit, both personally and financially.

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Interconnectedness


"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
John Muir,  My First Summer in the Sierra 1869


I want to talk about lakes, and lawns.  Ra...

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What's Beautiful Now? April 2019

Pieris japonica  Japanese Andromeda

Spring is truly here and things are popping so fast I can scarcely keep up with our What's in Bloom webpage!

From when I first started working on this blog a week ago to n...

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