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Three people standing on a pond dock with dried cattails and trees behind them.

Students from Cooper Rosin's Invasive Species Monitoring and Management capstone course at Teal Pond Wetlands. (Photo: Cooper Rosin)

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Everyone Learns with Capstone Classes at the Arboretum Arboretum News

UW–Madison students can experience the Arboretum as visitors, volunteers, employees, researchers, and learners. Some students visit the Arboretum once or twice during their years in Madison, while others…

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A group of people sitting on a large hill in early spring. The hill is densely covered in short, brown prairie plants with new growth just starting to peek through.

Marian Farrior: Restoration, Community, and Collaboration in Action Arboretum News

For the last twenty-two years, Marian Farrior has dedicated her work – at the Arboretum and with other environmental organizations – to a clear and yet infinitely complex goal:…

Ice-coated plants in the Native Plant Garden. (Photo: Susan Day)

Gardening with Native Plants: Plants for a Garden Full of Life Arboretum News

During February, winter’s grip begins to loosen. Although Madison’s average daily temperature for the month is in the mid-20s, the average high temperature moves above freezing. Snow is…

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Arboretum Volunteers: Welcoming Faces in Visitor Center Spaces Arboretum News

Walk into the Visitor Center and the first person to greet you will be, on most days, a volunteer. A team of twenty-seven volunteers staff the welcome and information desk,…

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