This week, on July 5, we celebrate the birthday of A. E. Douglass who was born in 1867. Although an astronomer by training, Douglass is incredibly important to the field of arboriculture. He is known as the “Father of Dendrochronology,”
This spring, the University of Maryland received the 2016 Tree Campus USA® recognition. This is the ninth consecutive year...
We are pleased to announce that the University of Maryland Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the USDA Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository began to incorporate rare plant germplasm into the campus landscape during the fall of 2011. To date, 124 of the USDA plants have been installed on campus. The partnership comes with obligations on the part of UMD. Since these plants are documented research plants, they need suitable planting locations, research access, and regularly addressed maintenance.
In early October 2012, the UMD Arboretum planted bur oak trees to take the place of the Chapel Oak, our iconic white oak tree that died and was removed in the summer of 2012
This week, on July 5, we celebrate the birthday of A. E. Douglass who was born in 1867. Although an astronomer by training, Douglass is incredibly important to the field of arboriculture. He is known as the “Father of Dendrochronology,”
This spring, the University of Maryland received the 2016 Tree Campus USA® recognition. This is the ninth consecutive year...
We are pleased to announce that the University of Maryland Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the
