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"Trees are our deepest connection to history, our versions of cathedrals and standing ruins.... When they are poached, though, they become stolen goods." Lyndsie Bourgon on Literary Hub, from their book TREE THIEVES lithub.com/the-pervasive-…

Poets, artists, environmental-humanities scholars, & writers of the living world: ARNOLDIA would love to consider your tree-entangled work! Check out submissions guidelines at the link below: arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia/arnol…

“Earth may be alive.... like a tree.... never moving except to sway in the wind, yet endlessly conversing with the sunlight and the soil.... all done so imperceptibly, that to me the old oak tree on the green is the same as it was when I was a child.” James Lovelock (1919–2022)

Project sounds fascinating!

Remarkable thread on these charismatic trees, their lichen fellow-travelers, the entangled land-use history and ecology that sustains—and their precarious status today.

Ad advert, but a good one, for horticulturists who want to support the preservation of breadfruit culture in the Pacific. x.com/patagonia/stat…

Congratulations to 2022 MacArthur Foundation fellow Robin Wall Kimmerer, whose generous voice and scholarship have changed public consciousness of plants—and who reminds us that traditional knowledge is vital knowledge. macfound.org/fellows/class-…

This storymap for Arnold Arboretum's Roslindale Gateway Path Project outlines plans for new infrastructure and experiences coming to our abutting neighborhoods, growing equity in the landscape. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0f3a83…

Want to help tell stories and foster engagement from the heart of a remarkable urban landscape? Have you led public programs in libraries, gardens, or museums? Then consider coming to work with us, as Head of Public Programs at Arnold Arboretum: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

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"The book is kind of embracing me": Diane Samuels on making her astonishing scroll of ‘The Overstory’ currently on view at Arnold Arboretum news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via Harvard University

"There's nothing that ranks higher in cultural significance and value to our people" than cedar. "It's right up there with salmon."

I have a poem, THE CHERRY BLOSSOM ON RUTTENSCHEIDER STRAßE, in the spring issue of Arnoldia: The Nature of Trees , a magazine on plant life published by Harvard University since 1911. arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia/arnol…

Arnoldia joined Twitter 5 years ago today! To celebrate, say hello to the friendly leaf of this dove tree, Davidia involucrata 'Lady Sunshine', which joined the collection of the Arnold Arboretum around the same time. a#MyTwitterAnniversary

Funding opportunity from Botanic Gardens Conservation International for collection development, seed/germplasm bank, planting, genetic study or other integrated conservation for threatened plants. Please RT! bgci.org/our-work/shari… In Defense of Plants American Public Gardens Association USDA Forest Service Center for Plant Conservation Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! Naomi Fraga @naomibot.bsky.social

Emergency ex situ #conservation of corals in #Florida with hopes of restoring someday- and a reminder that gene banks depend on reversing environmental damage and #climate change. Thank you Catrin Einhorn NYT Science for incredible #biodiversity reporting. nytimes.com/2023/07/31/cli…