Opening Night Returns to Kick Off the Garden Festival in Style
Guests enjoying the preview of the show gardens at Opening Night. More than 400 guests attended our Valentine’s-themed Opening Night Party on...
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Arboretum Display Wins Silver Medal at the Garden Festival
The Arboretum’s display, “Under the Mediterranean Sun,” was awarded a Silver Medal from the show judges at this week’s...
Opening Night Honorees: The Arboretum Units
At our 2019 Opening Night Party & Auction on February 19, we will be honoring the efforts and accomplishments of the Arboretum Foundation...
Festival Garden: “Under the Mediterranean Sun”
In keeping with the “Gardens of the World” theme of the 2019 Flower & Garden Festival (Feb 20 to 24), this coming year’s...
Our Most Successful Opening Night!
More the 350 guests attended our 30th annual Opening Night Party & Auction on February 6. They helped us raise over $300,000 in support of the...
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Humor: The Garden is a Dangerous Place
Gardening is a scary pastime, or so writer Barbara Blossom Ashmun claims in her article in the latest Arboretum Bulletin. In her many years as a garden professional and hobbiest, she has been attacked by bald-faced hornets, poisoned by plant sap, sent to ER because...
Bigleaf Maple: A Native Tree With Much to Offer!
As the warmth of summer fills our days, the canopy cover of trees provides welcome respite from the heat. With a spreading crown and thick branches covered with a profusion of foliage, mosses, lichens and ferns, the bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) stands out as a...
Marvelous Woody Mints of the Arboretum
The mint family, Lamiaceae, is a familiar one for gardeners. We plant lots of low-growing herbaceous plants from this group - such as salvias, basil, and bee balm - in our kitchen gardens and ornamental borders. But you may be surprised to learn that the family also...
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Humor: The Garden is a Dangerous Place
Gardening is a scary pastime, or so writer Barbara Blossom Ashmun claims in her article in the latest Arboretum Bulletin. In her many years as a garden professional and hobbiest, she has been attacked by bald-faced hornets, poisoned by plant sap, sent to ER because...
Bigleaf Maple: A Native Tree With Much to Offer!
As the warmth of summer fills our days, the canopy cover of trees provides welcome respite from the heat. With a spreading crown and thick branches covered with a profusion of foliage, mosses, lichens and ferns, the bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) stands out as a...
Marvelous Woody Mints of the Arboretum
The mint family, Lamiaceae, is a familiar one for gardeners. We plant lots of low-growing herbaceous plants from this group - such as salvias, basil, and bee balm - in our kitchen gardens and ornamental borders. But you may be surprised to learn that the family also...
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