Arboretum News (Press Releases)
Earth Focus Day Camp Sessions filling fast
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
Now in its 22nd year, Earth Focus Day Camp creates outstanding summer nature programs for children ages 3-14. With many different ecosystems including the oldest restored tall grass prairie in the world, the UW-Madison Arboretum provides hands-on experiences with native Wisconsin plants, animals and habitats. Children learn how to be ... Read more »
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Call for Artists Steinhauer Trust Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Visitor Center
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013The Arboretum will be accepting proposals for shows to hang in the Visitor Center gallery January through December of 2014. Deadline: March 28, 2013 The purpose ... Read more »
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Grant provides funds for extensive brush removal on the Grady Tract
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013Throughout 2013 you may notice large-scale restoration work in Greene Prairie and the Grady oak savannas. The Arboretum has hired Quercus Land Stewardship Services LLC ... Read more »
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A Call for Artists
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012A juried committee meets once each year to select art for exhibit in the Arboretum Steinhauer Trust Gallery. Submissions are reviewed in April, and artists ... Read more »
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Guide to native plants suitable for southern Wisconsin
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2010Those wishing to establish native plant gardens on their land can learn from Wisconsin Native Plants Gardens that surround the Arboretum Visitor Center.
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Skiing and Snowshoeing in the Arboretum
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010The snow has arrived—with a vengeance, and the Arboretum is prepared for snow and the skiing, snowshoeing and winter hiking season. We have designated ... Read more »
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Winter Enrichment Lecture Series begins January 13
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010Naturalists, environmental educators and the general public are invited to attend a series of environmentally themed lectures held each Thursday morning at the Arboretum Visitor ... Read more »
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Wisconsin Public Television Program Honors the Arboretum
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010The University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison is a leader in ecological restoration, research, and contains the oldest restored prairie in the United States. Landscape Legacy, ... Read more »
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‘Goose Lake—Wintering Over’ Captures the Beauty of a Wisconsin Winter
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010Goose Lake in Adams County, Wisconsin takes center stage at the Steinhauer Trust Gallery in the UW-Madison Visitor Center through December 28. Madison photographer John ... Read more »
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Arboretum Launches an Interactive Website Map
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010If visitors have ever wished there was a place on the Arboretum website where they could view a detailed and comprehensive map of the Arboretum ... Read more »
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Arboretum gallery features the fabric artistry of Barbara Schneider
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010Textile artist Barbara Schneider explores and interprets natural images such as leaves, pods and grasses, reshaping them into sculptural objects emphasizing light and shadow on ... Read more »
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Arboretum’s Steinhauer Trust Gallery features Oils and Watercolors by Cynthia Quinn
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010“PATHWAYS: Discovering Madison’s Arboretum” will be on exhibit from July 1 through August 29. The public is invited to meet the artist at an opening ... Read more »
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Science Day Celebrates 10th Anniversary
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010Plants, butterflies, beetles, bees, dragonflies and damselflies were all featured in the tenth annual presentations of research at the Arboretum…not to mention a culinary version ... Read more »
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Nationally recognized environmental artist part of Arboretum’s launch of 75th Anniversary events
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009Some artists work in oil, pastels or watercolors. Joseph Ingoldsby has used sun and sea, a tractor, an airplane, a flat-bottom boat and more ... Read more »
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‘Birches and Others’ exhibit combines industrial surfaces with natural elements
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2009Ann Singsaas, an artist and biologist living in Stevens Point, paints on steel and other metals. Her subjects are natural materials ranging from birch trunks ... Read more »
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Arboretum suffers extensive flood damage
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008Report from Steve Glass, Arboretum Land Care Manager. When the rains began about 7 p.m. on Saturday June 7, and finally let up Monday evening, ... Read more »
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Nature the Photogenic opens in the Arboretum Gallery
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008Nature photographer Ted Thousand began photographing birds along the Wisconsin River more than 20 years ago using a 35mm SLR camera mounted to the back ... Read more »
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Prescribed burns taking place at the Arboretum
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008Each spring and fall the Arboretum conducts “prescribed burns,” controlled fires conducted when a set of conditions fall within specified criteria, making conditions optimal for ... Read more »
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Arboretum bat monitoring station provides valuable information
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007Very little information exists about bats in Wisconsin: Where are the different bat species in the state? Are they resident or migrating through the area? ... Read more »
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Arboretum serves as an outdoor classroom for turkey tracking project
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007Of the many wild turkeys roaming throughout the Arboretum, two are now sporting fancy neckwear and participating in a UW-Madison Wildlife Management Techniques class project. Instructors ... Read more »
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Seedsong on exhibit in the Arboretum’s Steinhauer Trust Gallery
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2007Mazomanie artist Hilary Berg celebrates the inner life and outer beauty of seeds with “Seedsong,” a cycle of drawings that explores the quiet secrets of ... Read more »
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Just published—Prairie Plants of the Arboretum
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007Prairie Plants of The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, a handbook of Midwestern prairie plant species, including selected horsetails, ferns, rushes, sedges, grasses, shrubs, vines, weeds ... Read more »
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Arboretum Earth Partnership for Schools Program Receives Major Grant
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum is one 37 museums or libraries out of 183 applications to receive a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the Institute ... Read more »
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Earth Focus Day Camp at the Arboretum
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006Now in its 15th year, Earth Focus Day Camp continues to create outstanding summer nature programs for children ages 3-14. With more than 1,200 acres ... Read more »
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Science Day at the Arboretum
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2006On May 17, University of Wisconsin graduate students doing research in, or relevant to, the Arboretum will be presenting their findings from 1 to 4:30 ... Read more »
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Arboretum’s embattled Curtis Prairie a test area for adaptive restoration
TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2005When most people look at Curtis Prairie, they admire the beautiful grasses and flowers, but restoration ecologists see something different—and more ominous. Read more »
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Student Scientists Present Their Findings
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005Some of the world’s youngest researchers recently presented their findings at the Arboretum’s Earth Partnership for Schools Student Ecological Restoration Research Conference Read more »
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Young Researchers Share Their Findings
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2004Approximately 100 elementary, middle and high school students from Sparta to Hartland to Argyle gathered to share their ecological experiments and observations at “Restoring Wisconsin’s ... Read more »
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The Beauty Of Wildflowers Comes To Life With Andrew Hipp’s New Book, Spring Woodland Wildflowers of The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2004This spring, Arboretum-goers can come prepared to venture out into the forests and discover the fascinating species and beautiful colors of Wisconsin flora thanks to ... Read more »