News & Updates
Healing the Earth One Garden at a Time
This article was guest written by Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections, The New York Botanical Garden. Todd is one of our...
Conserving Medicinally and Culturally Significant Southeastern Plants
Written by Lauren Garcia Chance, Director of Research and Conservation There are many things that are unique to the Southern Appalachians; the use of the word holler as...
Marvelous Magnolias
This article was guest written by Greg Paige, Director of Horticulture & Curator, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory Arboretum. Greg is one of our key speakers for...
Big, Green, Cleaning Machines
Plants are incredible. We may seem biased in saying so, but we figure if you’re reading this, you probably have an idea of this yourself. Over the last century, humans...
2020 Winter Gardener’s Corner
As the plants become dormant and hibernation falls on the land, I become aware of how automated the ecosystems are. Despite the harsh winter conditions headed our way,...
Using Our Senses
What was your first memory of ‘being’ in nature? The first recollection of sitting back, looking around, taking a deep breath, and connecting? In recent decades, fewer...
Wild Collecting in North Carolina: Southern Highlands Reserve and the Arnold Arboretum partner for plant conservation
by Sean Halloran, Plant Propagator, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University In September, the Arnold Arboretum once again visited Southern Highlands Reserve as part...
Gardener’s Corner with Eric Kimbrel
Nature’s schedule is always interesting to observe—it pays no mind to our calendar. The trees filled up with webworms early this year, and yet current warm temperatures...
Finding Beauty In the Familiar
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