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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

• Summer Education and Outreach Program Highlights September 3, 2024

  Education and outreach programs at the Arboretum never really slow down, but summer is especially abuzz with activity! From long-standing programs to newer partnerships, we… Read more

• Tu Agua Project Builds on WATER Project’s Community Engagement Framework May 1, 2024

  Situated near the low point of the Lake Wingra watershed, the Arboretum receives millions of gallons of stormwater each year from surrounding neighborhoods and commercial… Read more

• Appreciating the 2023 Volunteers April 1, 2024

  The Arboretum is a gift from past generations to the present, and in the present we pass on this gift by stewarding the land for… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Gardener’s Bookshelf November 30, 2023

  Holding the winter solstice, December is a dark and quiet month. It is the first month of meteorological winter, when average daily high temperatures… Read more

• 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

• Education Program Grows, Adds New Staff March 1, 2023

  The Arboretum’s education program has grown, adding key staff positions that will help us advance public education opportunities and strategic priorities. Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Winter Reading November 30, 2022

  December brings the shortest days of the year, the first days of winter, and weather to match. Gardening tasks may be limited by snow and… Read more

• International Crane Foundation Staff Visit Earth Focus Day Camp August 1, 2022

  Earth Focus Day Camp sessions are exploring animal hideaways, water, soil, habitat, and climate. During the Wild about Water session, we studied aquatic macroinvertebrates –… Read more

• Arboretum Hosts Native Gardening Conference September 18 July 15, 2022

  Learn Sustainable Gardening Practices and How to Use Native Plants in Home Landscapes The UW–Madison Arboretum will host its 2022 Native Gardening Conference, “Native… Read more

• Life Sciences Communication Class Partners with Arboretum to Tell Unique Tree Stories and Highlight Plant Blindness June 15, 2022

  In spring 2022, the Arboretum worked with Professor Kaiping Chen’s Life Sciences Communication (LSC) 375 Social Media Analytics class as a “client” exercise for UW–Madison… Read more

• Celebrating Persistence and Re-emergence: Appreciating the 2021 Volunteers March 31, 2022

  Spring, April: a time of rebirth and renewal in the north, a time to appreciate having endured another cold dark winter and embracing the return… Read more

• Director's Note: Of Birds, Butterflies, and Bats March 31, 2022

  I checked something off my bucket list last week: I went to Nebraska to see sandhill cranes gathering in and around the Platte River. The… Read more

• Horticultural Garden Notes: Creating the Children’s Activity Area January 6, 2022

  Shortly after coming to the Arboretum in 2015, I recognized the potential in a roughly one-acre area bordering the Longenecker Horticultural Gardens that had long… Read more

• Outdoor Events Resume with New Nature Spaces for Learning and Exploration May 10, 2021

  In-person educational events resume outdoors beginning in June, with some precautions in place. In addition, we are excited to announce two new educational spaces for… Read more

• New Zine Reveals the Wonderful World of Microbes February 11, 2021

  The Arboretum is excited to release The Wonderful World of Microbes – a fascinating and beautifully illustrated zine about the widespread influence of tiny organisms… Read more

• Education Transformation: Taking Cues from a Butterfly July 30, 2020

  This spring and summer, the Arboretum education unit has been all about adaptation and transformation.  As I eagerly search for monarch eggs or caterpillars in… Read more

• Environmental Researchers, Educators "Speed Date" to Build Partnerships November 26, 2019

  At the emcee’s signal, participants flock to different tables. They quickly get down to discussing their common interests, intent on discovering whether to meet up… Read more

• Grassland Restoration Practitioners Gather at Arboretum for Annual Workshop September 30, 2019

  On August 20 and 21, the Arboretum hosted the Grassland Restoration Network (GRN) annual workshop. Begun in 2003 by The Nature Conservancy and other partners,… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Collecting Seed and Managing Thistles August 29, 2019

  September brings shorter and cooler days, fruit and seed set, senescing leaves, warmer colors in the grasses, migration or early overwintering for some species …… Read more