by Helena Murray | Dec 9, 2025 | Education
As this year ends, the Arboretum’s Education Department is celebrating a season filled with curiosity, connection, and countless moments of discovery. Our trails, classrooms, and gardens have been alive with the energy of young learners, from preschoolers getting...
by Sarah Armanovs | Dec 9, 2025 | Education
People are always saying how fall is a time of change. And anyone who steps outside can’t argue this. But I’d like to propose another theme for fall as we move swiftly into winter, something that the plants are doing. Around Sept 21, we experienced equal day and...
by Gina Goegan | Nov 11, 2025 | Education
Anyone who has ever heard me talk about vegetable gardening at the Arboretum has heard me explain, or rather complain, about the huge temperature swings we have throughout the growing season. Not only is a summer freeze inevitable in our beautiful meadow, aka “cold...
by Sheila Murray | Nov 11, 2025 | Education
The Kaibab bladderpod (Physaria kingii ssp. kaibabensis) is a small species in the Mustard Family that is endemic to the North Rim area of the Kaibab Plateau. As can be seen in the photo above, sometimes the plants can be less than one centimeter in size! This plant...
by Nate O'Meara | Sep 30, 2025 | Education
Even this small aspen log stack has wildlife value. I have found insects, frogs and field mice nesting among them. Squirrels and songbirds also perch on them while eating. (photo credit: April O’Meara) This article appeared in the Arizona Daily Sun on September 18,...
by Sylvia Coppers | Sep 30, 2025 | Education
Ravens and Crows, members of the Corvus genus and Corvidae family, have long-been a source of conflict in our ever expanding human-centric world. After all, who enjoys setting their garbage bins on the curb only to come back out hours later and find bags torn open...
