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• 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

• The Longenecker Horticultural Gardens Lilac Collection August 30, 2022

  The Longenecker Horticultural Gardens lilac collection dates to the Gardens’ inception in 1935 and remains one of the largest collections in North America. While numerous… Read more

• Wisconsin's prairies shine in late summer, from Lapham Peak to UW Arboretum August 25, 2021

  Prairies aren’t just pretty to look it and nice to walk through. They’re vital to species like American kestrels, bobolinks, sandhill cranes, eastern meadowlark, federally endangered Karner blue butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Read more

• Curtis Prairie: A Restoration Gem July 1, 2021

  The science of restoration ecology traces its beginning to the UW–Madison Arboretum with the first attempt to turn an abandoned field into a tallgrass prairie. Read more

• UW–Madison Arboretum Designated as a National Historic Landmark February 4, 2021

  The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum has been designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. The designation is based on the Arboretum’s… Read more

• The Arboretum: A Living Exhibit of Wisconsin April 1, 2020

  The UW–Madison Arboretum is an important resource for both the city of Madison and the University. Larry Meiller talks with the director about what goes on… Read more

• Arboretum: A Slice of Nature and Ecological History in the City December 11, 2019

  Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are fortunate to have many places where they can escape the campus hustle and bustle and get in touch… Read more

• UW Arboretum added to National Register of Historic Places April 12, 2019

  “The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, the birthplace of restoration ecology, is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. “The listing recognizes the Arboretum’s… Read more

• The University of Wisconsin Arboretum listed in the National Register of Historic Places April 2, 2019

  “The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison, Dane County, in the National Register of Historic Places… Read more

• John Curtis: The Original Restoration Ecologist March 6, 2019

  Bring up conservation in Wisconsin and you’ll often hear the name John Curtis, along with such innovators as Aldo Leopold. A professor of botany, Curtis was a… Read more

• Listening to Leopold March 1, 2019

  “It’s one of my favorite mornings each year. On the first Saturday in March, Kathy Miner organizes Madison Reads Leopold. All day,… Read more

• The Arb Wins an Oscar October 31, 2018

  Conservationist Aldo Leopold, the author of A Sand County Almanac, and his UW-Madison colleagues were the pioneers of what today is called restoration ecology. Their… Read more

• Citizen Scientists Help Answer Ecological Questions September 27, 2018

  It’s more important than ever to engage community members in addressing ecological questions. Wisconsin Life visited the Arboretum to find out about civic science projects… Read more

• The Arboretum Issue of the Isthmus April 19, 2018

  This week’s Isthmus issue is about the Arboretum. The Isthmus staff delved into many aspects of the Arb to bring you stories about research, citizen science,… Read more

• The Essence of the Arboretum March 21, 2018

  Along the walls of the orientation theater, in an alcove off the lobby of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum Visitor Center, hang seven murals illustrating… Read more

• UW Arboretum Celebrates 50 Years of Winter Lectures, Fellowship February 23, 2018

  Warmed by a wood stove in an old Civilian Conservation Corps barracks, a group of Madison-area naturalists gathered in the winter of 1968 on the… Read more

• Student Art Exhibit Explores Arboretum Prairies through Comics, Stories April 27, 2017

  “Growing up, Liz Anna Kozik didn’t think of the restored prairies around her home in Naperville, Illinois, as a special habitat worth noticing — until… Read more

• Stories in the Land: Tales of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum March 31, 2017

  The Arboretum is rich in history, research, and beauty. Liz Anna Kozik, a graduate student in Design Studies, has created visual stories of Arboretum past… Read more

• Remembering Victor Bakhtin December 7, 2016

  Greg Armstrong was the Arboretum’s director from 1983 to 2004. Armstrong met and became friends with artist Victor Bakhtin while planning the Visitor Center building… Read more