Invented Landscape
Nancy Sableski’s paintings combine multiple landscape views into imagined spaces.
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Stormy Weather
(from Arnoldia 57/1, 1997)
Unlike the carefully protected paintings in an art museum, the treasures in the Arboretum's Living Collection of trees, shrubs, and vines are subject to Boston's ever-changing weather. This winter's astonishing deluge of snow may result in some damage to our plants, but there have been more devastating weather events here in the past. Read about the major storms that affected the Arboretum's collection from 1938 to 1997. more »
What's New 
The Invented Landscape opens at the Arnold Arboretum
Nancy Sableski discusses her new exhibition of paintings based on multiple photographs of the Arboretum, rearranged into imagined spaces. more »
A Naturalist in western China
The beauty of these books is present because they don’t strictly adhere to the scientific method, yet neither do they provide farcical or strained vignettes. Instead, they belong to a fantastic and original “hybrid genre,” combining Wilson’s analytic genius and artistic know-how into a good read for anybody interested in the crossroads of art and science. more »
Tree stories and plant collecting
Curator Michael Dosmann will present talks examining charismatic trees at the Arboretum and the continuing importance of collecting plants from the wild at the 59th annual Shade Tree Short Course at Iowa State University. more »
A close call with Asian Longhorned Beetle
Six maples at Faulkner Hospital were infested with Asian longhorned beetle. The Arboretum had obvious cause for concern as a wide variety of its remarkable trees stood in the crosshairs of this destructive pest. more »
The biggest fruit in the world
Just how big is it possible for fruit to get? Arboretum and Harvard plant biologists have just published new research into what influences the extreme size fruit can grow to. more »
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