Pepper Jackson, Aldo Leopold, Jim Hale, and Mary Ellen Helgren after a controlled prairie burn at the Arboretum, ca. 1945. Photo: Aldo Leopold Foundation/UW–Madison Archives
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
In fall 1935, Norman Fassett, a botanist and UW–Madison professor, led a series of excursions to southern Wisconsin prairie remnants. John Thomson, a botany graduate student at the time, noted…
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Arboretum is now accepting artists’ proposals for 2027 exhibits in the Visitor Center’s Steinhauer Trust Gallery. The submission deadline is Sunday, October 11, 2026. A committee will review and…
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
“In Nature’s Light,” watercolor paintings by members of the Madison Watercolor Society, will be on view in the Steinhauer Trust Gallery in September and October.
Beauty is found in the…
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
September brings the end of the summer, marked by changes in day length and temperature. Hints of fall color appear. Some plants produce fruit and seed; some may have dropped…
