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Growing, Preserving & Using Culinary Herbs

Delicious and aromatic herbs are commonly grown in gardens and containers for a variety of uses. This class will provide general information about growing herbs in the home garden with a focus on those used for culinary purposes. Ideas about how to process and use...
Loving Where You Live: Woodland Walk with Naturalist Scott Dean

Loving Where You Live: Woodland Walk with Naturalist Scott Dean

Join Naturalist Scott Dean for an immersive nature walk along the trails of the Arboretum forest to explore the natural world as it thrives in summer. Flowers and trees are blooming and critters are out and about and providing participants the opportunity to observe...
Eco Gardening: Principles in Practice

Eco Gardening: Principles in Practice

Ecological gardening is a way of thinking about the designed landscape in which gardens are no longer seen as a collection of plants, but as a community of complex interdependencies among plants, soils, environment and animals. Ecology-based methods used in design,...
Summer Sky Watch

Summer Sky Watch

Stargazing and social distancing come together to form a unique virtual stargazing community as we gather to explore the constellations, bright stars, planets and deep sky objects of the summer night sky with local astronomer Stephan Martin as our guide. For this...
Meditative Morning Birding Walk in the Arboretum Forest

Meditative Morning Birding Walk in the Arboretum Forest

The quiet of the Arboretum’s Monthly Meditative Morning makes for a wonderful way to listen for bird song. This walk takes you to some of the best spots to enjoy birding in our gardens and forest. Bring your binoculars and walk along with one of our expert Adult...