Earth Partnership for Insects
Sweeping for insects. We had a great time with our 11th annual Earth Partnership for Schools Summer Institute last week. K-12 teachers brought their enthusiasm for learning and a willingness to put...
View ArticleHAPPY THANKSGIVING!
We hope you have a great Thanksgiving as you celebrate the holiday with family and friends. We are most thankful for you and the opportunity to serve you. Your support in many different ways continue...
View ArticleInspiring Landscapers
This Saturday, February 24 at our Native Plant Landscaping Symposium, 10 inspiring landscapers will share their native plant gardening stories. Â A common thread of these landscapers/gardeners (I use...
View ArticleWinter Storytelling
We have below zero wind-chill temperatures today, making it not very conducive to being outside as a polar vortex grips the Great Plains and Midwest. But we are fortunate at Dyck Arboretum to have...
View ArticleGrowing future gardeners through Earth Partnership for Schools
This week, is National Public Gardens Week.  All week we are celebrating, with other public gardens around the country, the unique role botanical gardens and arboreta have in our communities and...
View Article2019 Year In Review
As the calendar year comes to a close, it is a natural time to reflect on the events that shaped 2019 at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. I reviewed the last 12 months of the staff calendar and social...
View ArticleNature Book Reviews for Winter
This is the time of year I get the most reading done. With no vegetable garden to tend and little watering to do, I finally have a little time to cozy up with all the books I have been neglecting...
View ArticlePlug(in) for Citizen Science
Opportunities to conduct citizen science are all around us and doing so can add great value to our lives. You can refer to an earlier blog post (Get Rich and Happy with Phenology) to see how much I...
View ArticleA Land Ethic is Alive and Well in Kansas
On Saturday, March 18, we held our 11th annual spring education symposium entitled Living the Land Ethic in Kansas, and learned how much we have to celebrate in Kansas. This symposium was many months...
View ArticleEarth Partnership for Insects
Sweeping for insects. We had a great time with our 11th annual Earth Partnership for Schools Summer Institute last week. K-12 teachers brought their enthusiasm for learning and a willingness to put...
View ArticleHAPPY THANKSGIVING!
We hope you have a great Thanksgiving as you celebrate the holiday with family and friends. We are most thankful for you and the opportunity to serve you. Your support in many different ways continue...
View ArticleInspiring Landscapers
This Saturday, February 24 at our Native Plant Landscaping Symposium, 10 inspiring landscapers will share their native plant gardening stories. Â A common thread of these landscapers/gardeners (I use...
View ArticleWinter Storytelling
We have below zero wind-chill temperatures today, making it not very conducive to being outside as a polar vortex grips the Great Plains and Midwest. But we are fortunate at Dyck Arboretum to have...
View ArticleGrowing future gardeners through Earth Partnership for Schools
This week, is National Public Gardens Week.  All week we are celebrating, with other public gardens around the country, the unique role botanical gardens and arboreta have in our communities and...
View Article2019 Year In Review
As the calendar year comes to a close, it is a natural time to reflect on the events that shaped 2019 at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. I reviewed the last 12 months of the staff calendar and social...
View ArticleNature Book Reviews for Winter
This is the time of year I get the most reading done. With no vegetable garden to tend and little watering to do, I finally have a little time to cozy up with all the books I have been neglecting...
View ArticlePlug(in) for Citizen Science
Opportunities to conduct citizen science are all around us and doing so can add great value to our lives. You can refer to an earlier blog post (Get Rich and Happy with Phenology) to see how much I...
View ArticleGardeners make EVERY DAY Earth Day
One week ago today was the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day demonstration in 1970. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts are lasting...
View ArticleWill Work for Lights: How We Prepare for Luminary Walk
It is that time of year again! Volunteers and staff are preparing for our annual Winter Luminary Walk event. This means stringing hundreds of extension cords and thousands of Christmas lights...
View ArticleDyck Arboretum is Turning 40!
The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains is turning 40 this Sunday, October 10, 2021. Join us from 4:00- 6:00 p.m. as we celebrate the past, present, and future. Many of our staff, board members, and even...
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