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Tree Mob: Insects Prefer Yellow with Director Ned Friedman

This is a members-only program. Not a member? Click here to join!

Certain flowers exhibit an amazing color-changing trick in the spring: newly opened flowers emerge with big splashes of yellow on their petals, which quickly change to red a day or two after opening. Ecologists believe this strategy helps steer pollinators towards those flowers with a greater need for pollination. Join Director Ned Friedman for a Tree Mob to explore this phenomenon in buckeyes and horse-chestnuts (Aesculus) where this color change is especially prominent.

Accessibility: This program will involve walking over flat mulch and gravel paths.

Audience: This members-only program is geared towards adults.

Inclement weather policy: Participants will be notified via email at least one day in advance if a program needs to be cancelled due to inclement weather, and will be notified by phone if a program must be cancelled with less one day’s notice. Click here to view our full inclement weather policy. If you have questions about the status of a program, please email publicprograms@arnarb.harvard.edu (inbox monitored on weekdays) or call the Visitor Center desk between 10:00am and 4:00pm at (617) 384-5209.

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Date

May 12 2025
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Time

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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Tree Mob

Location

Arborway Gate
8V5J+229 Boston, MA
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Directions

Learn about accessibility at the Arboretum.

Arborway Gate

By subway

Take the MBTA Orange Line to its southern end—Forest Hills. Exit through the door marked “Arnold Arboretum,” cross Washington Street, and walk up Arborway to the Arboretum’s Forest Hills Gate on your left. To reach the Arboretum’s Arborway Gate, continue along the sidewalk on the Arborway to the Arborway Gate (about 12 minutes), or go through the Forest Hills Gate, bear right at the pond, and continue to the Hunnewell Building and Arborway Gate.

By Bus

Take the #39 bus to the South Street @ Bardwell Street stop in Jamaica Plain. Walk down South Street away from Bardwell Street, take a right on Custer Street, and walk down Custer Street until it ends. Turn right and walk about 300 feet down Arborway to the Arboretum’s Arborway Gate, which will be across the street.

By Car

There is public street parking on Arborway, including six designated accessible spots on either side of the gate. Parking on Arborway can sometimes fill up and you may need to walk a little ways from your parking spot to the gate. Please allow for extra time to account for this, especially during the spring and for large programs like lectures and performances.