Good To Know

We’ve all tried ingenious ways to deter deer, squirrels, and rabbits: shiny and noisy objects, tall fences, spraying garlic, and so on. What’s a high country gardener to do to prevent “squirrel pruning”?

The Arboretum offers quality and affordable experiential education programs at our 200-acre outdoor classroom consisting of gardens, greenhouses, wetlands, and forestland trails. Our EcoExplorers Summer Camps for children ages 5-11 starts again this June.

If you are new to gardening and/or growing vegetables from seed, here are some basic seed sowing tips to help guide you.