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• Announcing the 2025 Arboretum Research Fellowship Recipients April 30, 2025

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Research Fellowships. Three UW–Madison graduate students have been granted fellowships for… Read more

• A Big Year for Volunteers and the Arboretum April 3, 2025

  What can a small group of committed individuals accomplish? A lot! What can a large group accomplish? Even more! When the group is 970 people… Read more

• Art on View: All the while the earth was humming March 24, 2025

  “All the while the earth was humming,” an MFA thesis exhibition by Paulina King, is on view in Longenecker Horticultural Gardens March 18–April 12, 2025. Read more

• 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

• 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

• Arboretum BCycle Campaign September 9, 2024

  Riding a bike is an enjoyable, sustainable, healthy, and practical way to enjoy the Arboretum. To expand transportation options for people to come explore, we… 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

• 2024 Arboretum Research Fellows Announced June 3, 2024

  The UW–Madison Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Research Fellowships. Four graduate students have been granted fellowships for projects that… Read more

• Land Care Report: Summer Students October 30, 2023

  Each summer, the Arboretum natural areas and Longenecker Horticultural Gardens benefit from college students who work alongside the land care staff. In 2023, two students… Read more

• Art on View: Seen/Unseen Outdoor Sculpture September 28, 2023

  The Arboretum is hosting an exhibition in Longenecker Horticultural Gardens featuring sculptures by UW Art Department graduate students. Seen/Unseen is a collection of large-scale, site-specific… Read more

• 2023 Arboretum Research Fellows Announced April 28, 2023

  The UW–Madison Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Research Fellowships. Four graduate students have been granted fellowships for projects that investigate… Read more

• 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

• Restoring Connections, Strengthening Communities November 1, 2022

  It’s been a busy autumn for volunteer engagement, with numerous organizations from campus and the broader community sending groups out to do service projects in… Read more

• Jumping Worm Research Enhanced by Student Researchers September 29, 2022

  Non-native invasive species can negatively affect the conservation of native species, restoration goals for natural areas, and general ecosystem health. At the Arboretum, we manage… Read more

• Summer Introductions: New Staff and Students August 1, 2022

  If you frequent the Arboretum, you may have noticed some new faces recently. We are pleased to welcome and introduce three new staff members to… 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

• 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

• Arboretum 2021 Research Fellowship Recipients Announced March 30, 2021

  The Arboretum is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Research Fellowships. Three graduate students were granted fellowships for projects that investigate unique… 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