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A monarch butterfly lands on a purple flower in the pollinators' garden.

Entry gate will invite visitors to explore, experience the Pollinators’ Garden

2/6/19

The Pollinators’ Garden in The Arboretum at Penn State will have an entryway that invites visitors to explore and experience pollinators in their natural habitat, thanks to the students of Penn State’s class of 2019. Over the past two years, the Arboretum has partnered with the Center for Pollinator Research on campus, and is finalizing a conceptual design that will improve and expand the Pollinators’ Garden to nearly triple its present size.

Pumpkin Festival 2016 jack-o-lanterns

The Arboretum at Penn State hosts 2018 Pumpkin Festival Oct. 14, 19-20

10/11/18

The 2018 Pumpkin Festival, hosted by The Arboretum at Penn State on Oct. 14 and 19-20, will feature a pumpkin-carving contest and lighted jack-o'-lantern display. Festivities will take place in the Arboretum's H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens, at the corner of Bigler Road and Park Avenue on the University Park campus.

'Pick of the Litter' by Aurora Robson

Arboretum at Penn State hosts 'Gravity Schmavity' plastic sculpture exhibition

5/29/18

The Arboretum at Penn State invites the campus and surrounding communities to the public opening of a summer art exhibition — "Gravity Schmavity: Repurposed Plastic Sculpture by Aurora Robson" — on Saturday, June 2. The works will be displayed at three locations in the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens: the Overlook Pavilion, the Glass House in the Childhood's Gate Children's Garden, and the Poplar Court.

Flower Trials one

Penn State Flower Trials aid industry, consumers in picking posies

4/27/18

Each May, the expression "flower power" takes on a new meaning at Penn State's Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Manheim, Lancaster County, when an 85-year-old tradition — the Penn State Flower Trials — gets underway. Samples also are evaluated at collaborative sites around the state.

Arboretum Prescribed Burn Spring 2018

Prescribed burn to be conducted April 23 at Arboretum

4/23/18

The Arboretum at Penn State, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, will conduct a prescribed burn on a 12-acre portion of the Arboretum site at 11 a.m. on April 23. The burn site is located in College Township near Big Hollow and Tower roads.

Arboretum Prescribed Burn Spring 2018

Prescribed burn to be conducted between March 12 and May 25 at Arboretum

3/5/18

The Arboretum at Penn State, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, will conduct a prescribed burn on a 12-acre portion of the Arboretum site between March 12 and May 25. The burn site will be located in College Township near Big Hollow and Tower roads

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