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• Gardening with Native Plants: Planning for Pollinators January 7, 2025

  In our Wisconsin climate, January is an unlikely month for actual gardening, but seeding and planning for the new season is underway at the Arboretum. Read more

• 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

• Art on View: Good Intentions October 22, 2024

  “Good Intentions,” an interactive outdoor sculpture by UW–Madison art student Mariah Skenandore, is on view in Longenecker Horticultural Gardens October 21 through November 18. The… Read more

• Longenecker Horticultural Garden Intern Digs into Garden Operations October 2, 2024

  As summer fades into fall, we are saying goodbye to Longenecker Horticultural Gardens’ (LHG) dynamic intern Jacinda Goldsby. Hailing from Marshall, Wisconsin, Jacinda contacted the… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Addition and Division October 2, 2024

  October is the heart of autumn as fall color develops and peaks in woodlands and prairies, on trees, shrubs and grasses. Our garden tasks include… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Considerations for Starting a Garden September 3, 2024

  During September, summer and autumn overlap. Temperatures and blooming phenology may vary this month, but the trend is cooler days with fewer flowers. Leaves and… Read more

• Arboretum Launches Longenecker Horticultural Gardens Online Collections July 31, 2024

  We frequently hear some variation of this question from visitors: “How do I find [describes a tree or bench] in the gardens?” Sometimes people are… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Late Summer July 31, 2024

  Will August bring mid-summer heat or a transition to fall? Dry weeks or more rainy days? Gardening tasks include harvesting seeds from plants that bloomed… Read more

• Summer Volunteer Groups: Myriad Motivations, Many Rewards July 30, 2024

  Summer is a busy time for volunteer groups at the Arboretum, with at least one service project each week from June through August. Corporate groups,… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Midsummer June 30, 2024

  Native plant gardens take on a summer look this month. Typically, July brings the warmest average temperatures of the year, peaking at an average high… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Garden Care June 3, 2024

  With the spring plant sale “season” behind us and new native plants taking root in gardens, we turn to long-term care of these areas. Although… Read more

• How to Create a Beautiful Pollinator Garden that Supports Butterflies and Bees May 30, 2024

  “Traditional yards with pristine lawns and few plants act as ecological deserts. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. Installing a pollinator garden is… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: May Flowers May 1, 2024

  Wisconsin spring is in full swing in May and change is everywhere – budding, germination, decomposition, emergence, migration, fresh new growth, and warmth. We welcome… Read more

• What's in Bloom? April 8, 2024

  This is a selective list of popular blooming horticultural plants in Longenecker Horticultural Gardens (LHG) and native plants in the Wisconsin Native Plant Garden (WNPG)… 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: Spring Changes April 1, 2024

  April can be a month of all-too-rapid spring growth or all-too-slow development in our gardens and landscapes. Often, the month brings both as temperatures and… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Rain Gardens February 29, 2024

  March is a month of change – from winter to spring, from cool temperatures to warmer, from frozen soil to early mud season. So far, winter… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Short Gardens January 30, 2024

  February falls in the middle of winter but often brings early hints of seasonal change – softening ice and snow, more daylight, and warmer winter days. We still have time for garden planning, imagining changes and additions to our gardens, and making plant orders. Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Planning Season January 3, 2024

  During January, gardens are typically quiet, snow-covered, chilly, and dormant. It is an inviting time to envision additions and changes to your garden, consider adding… 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