Volume 40 , Number 1
Q) “I want to make a compost pile. What can I put in it? Is there anything I should avoid?”
A) From your backyard leaves and grass clippings, to kitchen...
Courtney Little’s goal was to learn how to...
Anita Sanchez, illus. by Luisa Uribe. Clarion, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-358-38144-0
A poetic text delves into the intricacies of a puddle’s ecosystem in this buoyant picture book by Sanchez, which...
Acorns are all over the trails in fall, a thick carpet on the autumn leaves. And then by spring they’ve vanished. Where have they all disappeared to? Well, most are...
We've planned lots of fun and educational events and workshops for 2022. You'll find activities that will intrigue kids and families, gardeners, naturalists, and music lovers throughout the 2022 season...
As winter winds down, many gardeners are eager to find out what plants will be featured at Landis’s popular spring plant sale – hundreds of perennials, shrubs, grasses, and trees...
The color green is one of the most welcome signs of spring, followed closely by the return of the red-breasted robin, bright yellow forsythia, and fragrant purple hyacinth in bloom...
In the fall of 2021, Landis added yet another sculpture, “Bracing Stone,” by local artist Kristen DeFontes-Wells, to its collection. This sculpture, made of limestone, steel, and reclaimed lumber, sits...
I often find myself looking through my small library of store bought packets and randomly collected seeds. Just looking at my seed collection inspires me. I think about the upcoming...
It’s mid-winter as I write, but the days are lengthening bit by bit, and the colorful seed catalogs are arriving. Spring is in the air, and I love trudging about...
Well, to be accurate, it’s not “in town”, it’s at the Arboretum. And I’m not exactly new to the Arboretum. But I do have a new position. For several...
Floyd A. Guernsey III remembered tagging along when his father pointed out a dwarf hemlock, developed and grown at their nursery, planted at the Arboretum. He was just a boy...
No garden is really complete without a solar timepiece. Early sundials were important tools for determining planting and harvest dates, as well as providing time-of-day. The perfect blend of science...
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