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Gardening with Native Plants: Falling Leaves, Seeds, and Temperatures October 1, 2025
October in the garden can be warm and colorful or frosty and drab as leaves fall, dry, and blow into drifts and seeds disperse on… Read more
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Gardening with Native Plants: Sun to Shade May 1, 2025
Wisconsin spring is in full swing in May and change is everywhere – budding, germination, decomposition, emergence, migration, fresh new growth, and warmth. Read more
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Taking the Next Step for Pollinators: Musings of a People and Nature Researcher April 3, 2025
February 13, 2025. I traversed a snowy Arboretum with arcing trees layered in glittery white piping to attend the morning Winter Enrichment lecture… Read more
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Everyone Learns with Capstone Classes at the Arboretum February 4, 2025
UW–Madison students can experience the Arboretum as visitors, volunteers, employees, researchers, and learners. Some students visit the Arboretum once or twice during their… Read more
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Gardening with Native Plants: Winter Reading December 2, 2024
December is the first month of meteorological winter and brings the shortest days of the year, often with cold and snow. Gardens are quiet this… Read more
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Gardening with Native Plants: Autumn Care and Reflections November 4, 2024
Late fall arrives in November, with colder days, possible frosts, shifting winds, shorter daylength, and neutral colors. Plants go into dormancy; some still hold seeds. Read more
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Twilight Treks Offer More Access to Nature Programs July 20, 2023
Starting in August, the Arboretum will expand free public offerings with a new Twilight Treks series. Twilight Treks will highlight Arboretum ecosystems that are underused… Read more
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Kohler Fellows Host Three Art-Science Fusion Community Events at the Arboretum March 13, 2023
In April, Anna Gregory and Praveen Maripelly will lead three participatory events at the Arboretum called Wisconsin Landscapes: Art and Science Fusion Workshops. Held from… Read more