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Greetings!
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Plant Spotlight on Prunus mackii
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The beautiful metallic, bronze-to-cinnemon bark of the Amur
chokecherry (Prunus maackii) peels in strips, creating distinctive
fissures in the trunk and seasonal interest in the landscape. A native of
Manchuria and Korea, Amur chokecherry sports a rounded crown and grows 30
to 40 feet in height. Visit the tree around Lilac Sunday (mid May) to
enjoy its profuse racemes of dangling white flowers. These give way in
summer to attractive red fruits. A nice example may be visited near
Dawson Pond in the Bradley Rosaceous Collection.
Winter is the best time to admire the bark of deciduous
trees, after the leaves have fallen and snowy landscapes provide a
neutral backdrop for color and texture. Discover the diversity of bark in
the living collection this winter, and print out a bark
activity for young explorers.
Enjoy more
plant highlights...
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Field Study Program Finishes Successful
Season
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The Arnold Arboretum offers a safe and fascinating
environment for kids to learn about nature, plants, and ecological
diversity. This fall, Arboretum staff and volunteer educators led more
than 1,100 pupils from Boston elementary schools through hands-on field
studies in the landscape. Students learned how plants disperse seeds,
studied how indigenous people used the native plants of New England, and
explored ecosystem changes on Hemlock Hill. In addition, preschoolers
from local Head Start centers visited this fall, and the Arboretum hosted
a special Head Start Family Day event on October 17.
Learn more or
find out how to become a field study guide...
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Celebrate the Season with Solstice
Legends and Song
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Join us for what has become a seasonal tradition. Celebrate
the winter solstice with acclaimed storyteller Diane Edgecomb and
musicians Margot Chamberlain and Tom Megan. This performance features
solstice legends from Greece, Scandinavia, and England as well as
traditional music on Celtic harp, synthesizer, accordion, and voice.
Classic evergreen lore, haunting legends of light, humorous tales of the
season, and a festive wassail round out this special celebration.
Learn more and
register for this special event...
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Botanica Exhibition Continues Through
December 15
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A lifelong photographer, Marty Klein began using his flatbed
scanner as a camera in 2006. His dramatic and colorful images celebrate
the unexpected and often overlooked details of natural objects like
leaves, tree trunks, and flowers. Close in spirit to both traditional
photography and botanical illustration, Marty's work nevertheless creates
a surprising and compelling allure of its own. His latest exhibition,
Botanica: The Scanography of Marty Klein, continues in the Arnold
Arboretum lecture hall through December 15.
Find out more
about current and upcoming art shows...
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Make History! Enter the Lilac Sunday
T-Shirt Contest
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Feel inspired by the wonderous purple, pink, and white
plumes of the lilac? Create a design for the 2010 Lilac Sunday T-shirt
and have your artistry highlighted at this popular rite of spring. The
competition will be judged by staff, and submissions will be evaluated
based on how well they reflect the spirit, history, and beauty of Lilac
Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum. Deadline for entries is Sunday, January
31. Shown here, the 2009 winning design by Laura Osterweis of Natick, MA.
See competition
rules and entry details...
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Give the Gift of Arboretum Membership
this Season
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Give a gift that gives back and helps keep the Arboretum
growing. Share the many benefits
of Arboretum membership with your loved ones (or treat yourself!) and
help sustain the Arboretum's programs for research, horticulture, and
education, like the field studies program for children. As a member, your
gift recipient will receive a year of great benefits, including free
plants, subscriptions to Arboretum publications, and discounts in our
bookstore, participating nurseries, and other gardens nationwide. For
holiday gifts, please place your order no later than Friday, December 14
to allow for processing and delivery.
Learn more
about membership and benefits...
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All images from
the Arnold Arboretum Archives except solstice event image by Pamela Ruby
Russell and courtesy of the performers, and Botanica exhibition image, June
Roadside Foliage, courtesy of the artist.
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Richard Pagett
Named Interim Managing Director
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This month, Bob Cook steps down as director of the Arnold
Arboretum after nearly 21 years of leadership. The Office of the Provost
at Harvard University is currently engaged in identifying his successor.
To help oversee operations and programming during the search and
subsequent transition period, Harvard has named Richard Pagett as interim
managing director. Richard brings 25 years of supervisory experience at
Harvard to this assignment, including helping the Arboretum navigate its
strategic planning process at the beginning of the decade.
Read the full
announcement...
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