by a3691686_admin | Apr 1, 2008 | Happenings, Sustainability Topics
On Saturday, March 15th at the Scott Arboretum’s Annual Spring Festival we presented Nina Bassuk with the Scott Medal and Award. I spoke with Nina over the phone and asked her a few questions about her illustrious career. Liz: You have focused much of your...
by a3691686_admin | Feb 25, 2008 | Book Reviews
Dr. Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, wrote Bringing Nature Home as a manifesto to suburban gardeners to help them make decisions based not just on their garden’s appearance, but also how their gardens affect biodiversity and populations of...
by a3691686_admin | Feb 25, 2008 | Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics
I live in a small one bedroom apartment in the middle of the city, just like thousands of other people. My “yard” consists of a small cement patio, which is really just a place for me and my neighbors to store our garbage cans and put our charcoal grill in...
by a3691686_admin | Feb 25, 2008 | Plant of the Month
‘Jelena’ is among the most impressive of the witchhazels we grow here at the Scott Arboretum. She’s a hybrid cultivar of the Chinese witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) and the Japanese witchhazel (Hamamelis japonica), and like both of her parents, she flowers in the...
