Guest Author: Moss Graves, 2025 Summer Education Intern This Plants of the Week curation is to...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Plants of the Week: June 23
Guest author: Katrien de Waard, 2025-2026 Public Horticulture Intern Congratulations on surviving...
Plants of the Week: June 16
Guest author: Jake Cammarota, 2025 Summer Horticulture Intern Rhus typhina ‘Dissecta’ (staghorn...
Gardener’s Almanac: Selecting Peony Blossoms for Competition
Interim Executive Director of the Scott Arboretum & Gardens and Grounds Jeff Jabco shares tips...
Gardener’s Almanac: Indigenous Medicinal Plants – Winter Edition
Public Horticulture Intern Seamus Lewin highlights native plants that Indigenous people used for...
Plants of the Week: February 10
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ (hybrid witchhazel) While the weather is certainly unpredictable...
Gardener’s Almanac: Heritage Tree
Summer Intern Annarose Klinger explains the Heritage Tree program and how you can protect your...
Gardeners Almanac: 7 Common Garden Weeds
Public Horticulture Intern Seamus Lewin helps us identify and remove 7 common garden weeds. Tune...
Plants of the Week: December 2
Guest Author: Seamus Lewin, 2024 -2025 Public Horticulture Intern Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning...
Plants of Week: November 18
Polygonatum odoratum 'Red Legs' - Solomon’s seal There is, rightfully so, much excitement for the...
Plants of the Week: November 4
Quercus x saulii ‘Jolyn’ - Saul oak Due to the recent time-change, my walks around the Arboretum...
Plants of the Week: October 28
Hamamelis virginiana - common witchhazel I was recently in the northwestern corner of Connecticut...
Gardener’s Almanac: Bulb Planting during a Dry Fall Season
Gardener Dale Nemec shares tips on how to plant bulbs during our dry fall season. Tune into the...
Gardener’s Almanac: My Favorite Maples
Scott Arboretum staff and students share there favorite maples and why they would be great in your...
Plants of the Week: October 21
Guest Author: Seamus Lewin, 2024 -2025 Public Horticulture Intern Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine...
Gardener’s Almanac: Pressed Flower Crafts: Part 2
Join our Assistant Education Programs Manager Rachel Warren as she continues her exploration of...
Gardener’s Almanac: Pressed Flower Craft: Part 1
Join us as our Assistant Education Programs Manager Rachel Warren teaches us how to press flowers...
Plants of the Week: October 7
Picea orientalis ‘Gowdy’ oriental spruce Picea orientalis ‘Gowdy’ (oriental spruce) As the days...