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• 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

• Director's Note, July 2022 June 30, 2022

  This year’s Native Plant Sale was a huge success, thanks to the Friends of the Arboretum board, Native Plant Sale coordinator Mary Chandler, the dozens… 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

• Gardening with Native Plants: At the Root May 2, 2022

  Even during a cool spring like this one (at this writing), May brings a flush of growth – stems, leaves, flowers – especially in the woodland… Read more

• WATER Project Engages Community in Managing Stormwater May 2, 2022

  The Arboretum has been hard at work piloting the Water Action to Encourage Responsibility (WATER) Project for stormwater outreach. This two-year initiative aims to… Read more

• UW Arboretum Launches Community-based Research Survey on Jumping Worms September 27, 2021

  Jumping worms are a group of non-native invasive earthworms that are invading forests, gardens, and landscaped areas throughout the United States. The first confirmed population… Read more

• Protecting Lake Wingra Calls for Collaboration September 15, 2021

  As the saying goes, “it takes a village” to be truly ready for the next big rainstorm. At least, that’s how the Arboretum sees it. Read more

• Celebrate Citizen Science Month: Explore, Learn, Get Involved April 13, 2021

  This April, volunteers will look to the skies to report arrivals of migrating birds and insects, such as monarch butterflies. Some will search wooded areas… Read more

• Jumping Worms Are Eating — And Altering — Wisconsin's Forest and Garden Soils April 5, 2021

  After months of cold and snow, the arrival of mild spring weather is beckoning gardeners around Wisconsin. Yet increasingly, green thumbs are being tested by… Read more

• Arboretum Staff Receive Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Seed Project Grant for Jumping Worm Outreach March 30, 2021

  Seeing a need to learn more about the impact of jumping worms on native and ornamental plants commonly used in home landscapes, and then create… 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

• Research Symposium Showcases Student Research January 28, 2021

  The 21st-annual Arboretum Research Symposium will be held virtually on February 18, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CST. This free event is… Read more

• Arboretum and Partners Receive Major EPA Grant for Stormwater Outreach November 30, 2020

  With support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Arboretum and neighborhood, city, and county partners are pleased to embark on the WATER (Water… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: Winterizing the Garden September 29, 2020

  October may bring cool or warm days, sun or clouds, and our first frost of the season. The last few flowers on New England asters… 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

• Gardening with Native Plants: New Tools and Inspiration July 30, 2020

  August marks a turning point in the growing season. Summer warmth and ample rains usually continue this month, along with a few days of refreshing… Read more

• Lilac Collection Celebrates 85 Years April 30, 2020

  On April 19, 1935, the first lilacs were planted in Longenecker Horticultural Gardens—known at the time simply as the Arboretum’s horticultural area. It was named… Read more

• Gardening with Native Plants: The View from Home April 30, 2020

  Spring has arrived in the Arboretum native plant garden, with spring ephemerals blooming, bluebirds and tree swallows exploring nest boxes, and tree and shrub buds… Read more

• February Symposium Highlights Student Research February 27, 2020

  On Thursday, February 13, UW–Madison students presented their Arboretum-based research projects to more than 100 people at the twentieth-annual Arboretum Research Symposium. During student talks,… Read more