Events

    2023 Oct 08

    Second Sundays

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Come by the Arnold Arboretum for our series of Second Sundays community events, celebrating Peters Hill and the neighborhoods surrounding it. Enjoy family activities, play lawn games, talk to a horticulturist or a scientist, sample local apples, take a tour, and more!

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    2023 Sep 10

    Second Sundays

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Come by the Arnold Arboretum for our series of Second Sundays community events, celebrating Peters Hill and the neighborhoods surrounding it. Enjoy family activities, cool off with free ice cream, play lawn games, talk to a horticulturist or a scientist, take a tour, and more!

    Tour and Tree Mob Schedule:

    • 12:00pm: English-language tour of Peters Hill
    • 1:00pm: Spanish-language tour of Peters Hill / Recorridos guiados en español a las 13.00 horas
    • 1:15pm: Tree Mob – topic to be announced!
    • 2:...
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    2023 Aug 18

    Caterpillar Walk with Sam Jaffee

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The Caterpillar Lab is moving in, and while the exhibit will be full of their munching critters and offer lots to explore, the real story is the one going on outside where these creatures are living out their strange lives in the wild.

    Join Director of the Caterpillar Lab Sam Jaffe on a walk around the property exploring for native caterpillars and other insects. Learn how the Caterpillar Lab finds all of their caterpillars, learn about host plants and parasitoids, and get all of the caterpillar-finding secrets from one of the foremost caterpillar hunters in the world! This...

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    2023 Aug 18

    Caterpillar Lab

    Fri Aug 18 (All day) to Sun Aug 20 (All day)

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The Caterpillar Lab is returning to the Arboretum! This immersive, interactive exhibit will feature hundreds of native caterpillars at every stage in their life cycles. Visitors will be able to learn from the experts as they explore the displays. The Lab offers something for every age group, and will give new insight into the world around us.

    Event dates & times:

    • Friday, August 18: 12:00pm–4:00pm
    • Saturday, August 19: 11:00am–4:00pm
    • Sunday, August 20: 11:00am...
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    2023 Aug 13

    Second Sundays at the Arnold Arboretum

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Peters Hill, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Bring your family and friends to Peters Hill for an afternoon of free tours, crafts, family activities, and more! Did we mention free ice cream and bubbles? Free activities open to all ages include:

    • Tours of Peters Hill offered in both English and Spanish

    • Plant information tents featuring wildflowers and plant defenses, fascinating Arboretum plant highlights, know-how of Arboretum experts, and a rich assortment of cuttings to view up close

    • Ice cream, art activities, lawn games, StoryWalks®, and more!...

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    2023 Jul 22

    Make Your Own Cyanotypes: A Walk-Up Program

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Hunnewell Lawn, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Stop by the Hunnewell Lawn between 12:00pm–3:00pm to create beautiful nature-based cyanotype prints. Participants will arrange flowers, leaves, and seeds and expose them in sunlight to create a deep blue print with bright, ghost-white silhouettes.

    *While supplies last. No registration required.

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    2023 Jun 10

    Mr. Twister and the Tale of Tornado Alley

    12:00pm to 12:45pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    An opera for youth and families, Mr. Twister and the Tale of Tornado Alley follows Mr. Twister and his grandson Bobby on a journey around the globe—from the chilly arctic to the sizzlingly warm Gulf of Mexico. Through the power of his magic telescope, Mr. Twister can see just about everything—except the family reunion of the North and South winds that is about to create a cyclone in Tornado Alley! Join us on this operatic adventure (with puppets!).

    Families are also invited to a pre-show puppetmaking workshop where your child can make a puppet to use during the performance of...

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    2023 Jun 03

    Guided Tours at the Arnold Arboretum

    Repeats every week on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday until Tue Jun 27 2023 except Mon Jun 19 2023.
    10:30am to 12:00pm

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    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Join us for a 90-minute walk through the Arboretum! Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent.

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    2023 Jun 01

    Guided Tours at the Arnold Arboretum

    Repeats every week on Sunday, Thursday, Saturday until Thu Jun 29 2023 except Sun Jun 11 2023.
    1:00pm to 2:30pm

    1:00pm to 2:30pm
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    1:00pm to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Join us for a 90-minute walk through the Arboretum! Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent.

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    2023 May 21

    Family Hike: Flower Power

    1:00pm to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Families need nature at all times of the year! Meet inside the main gate at the Visitor Center. We’ll look at buds and blooms and learn how bees find flowers. Go on a StoryWalk®, get a bee tattoo, and look at flowers under magnifiers. Free and open to all, most suitable for children ages four through ten.

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    2023 May 14

    Lilac Sunday

    10:00am to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Bussey Hill Road, Arnold Arboretum

    Experience the springtime bloom of our renowned collection of over 400 lilacs. Visit for tours with Arboretum experts, hands-on children’s programming, and more. Picnicking in the Arboretum landscape is permitted on this day only.

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    2023 May 08

    Lilac Tours

    Repeats every day until Thu May 11 2023 .
    5:45pm to 6:30pm

    5:45pm to 6:30pm
    5:45pm to 6:30pm
    5:45pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Intersection of Meadow Road and Bussey Hill Road, Arnold Aboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Lilacs are blooming in the Arboretum throughout the month of May, not only on Lilac Sunday! Join Chris McArdle and other docents on a 45-minute amble up the hill from the ponds to see the lilacs, enjoy their scents, and hear the stories of the many different lilacs in our collection.

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    2023 May 06

    Lilac Tours

    Repeats every day until Sun May 07 2023 .
    1:00pm to 1:45pm

    1:00pm to 1:45pm

    Location: 

    Intersection of Meadow Road and Bussey Hill Road, Arnold Aboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Lilacs are blooming in the Arboretum throughout the month of May, not only on Lilac Sunday! Join Chris McArdle and other docents on a 45-minute amble up the hill from the ponds to see the lilacs, enjoy their scents, and hear the stories of the many different lilacs in our collection.

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