2021 Mar 08
"Every Pecan Tree": Trees, Meaning, and Memory in Enslaved People’s Lives
7:00pm
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum—Online
This is the third lecture in the Arnold Arboretum's 2021 Director's Lecture Series. Tiya Miles takes up the pecan tree as inspiration for exploring the meaning of trees in the lives of enslaved African Americans. Using a family heirloom, slave narratives, oral histories, and missionary records, her talk underscores the importance of trees in the Black experience of captivity and resistance, ultimately revealing the centrality of the natural world to Black, and indeed human, survival.
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2021 Mar 06
A History of Path-Making at the Arnold Arboretum
2:00pm
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum—Online
At the time of its founding in 1872, the land on which the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is sighted was a patchwork of farmland and forest. As the Arboretum was planted, pathways were developed to lead people through the picturesque landscape. As the landscape developed, economies shifted, wars took place, and directors changed. Each of these factors subtly influenced shifts in the park’s path system. Join the Arnold Arboretum on Zoom with Jared Rubinstein as he reveals the layers of change in this beloved landscape.
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2021 Mar 03
2021 Arnold Arboretum Tournament of Trees
Wed Mar 3 (All day) to Tue Mar 30 (All day)
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum—Online
Participate in the Arnold Arboretum’s 2021 Tournament of Trees! Get to know this year’s Sweet Sixteen contenders (March 3–9) and cast your votes in this fun bracket style tournament. Let the March Tree Madness games begin.
The tournament schedule is:
• Sweet Sixteen Round: March 3-9
• Elite Eight Round: March 10-16
• Final Four Round: March 17-23
• Championship Round: March 24-30
• Winner Announcement: April 1
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2021 Mar 01
Everyday Nature Tasks: Simple Activities For Outdoor Fun and Learning
Mon Mar 1 (All day) to Wed Mar 31 (All day)
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum—Online
Shed the winter blues and head outdoors for a new season of exploration and nature noticing. EverydayNature Tasks, a calendar with daily activities to try outdoors, resumes its offerings on March 1. Do something natural every day! Free and open to all.
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2021 Mar 01
Skunk Cabbage Wonder Spot
Mon Mar 1 (All day) to Wed Mar 31 (All day)
Location: 
Arnold Arboretum—Online
A plant that generates heat and attracts pollinators with its stink? Learn more about skunk cabbage in the Arnold Arboretum’s newest winter Wonder Spot, at the Arboretum meadow’s edge or online. Free and open to all.
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2020 Oct 29
Voting, Participation, and Why it Matters
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Online via Zoom
 
Join Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Tova Wang, a Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center, Michelle Tassinari, Director and Legal Counsel of the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division, and Eneida Tavares the Interim Commissioner for the City of Boston’s Elections Department for a conversation on the importance of local voter participation, education and civic engagement, and to learn more about what’s at stake for our...
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2020 Sep 25
In Pursuit of Equitable Development: Lessons from Washington, Detroit, and Boston
12:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
Online—Harvard Graduate School of Design
In this half-day virtual symposium, leading practitioners and scholars from three cities, Washington, DC, Detroit, and Boston, will explore efforts to bring equitable development to their communities and outline how they are responding to current challenges. The presentations and discussions will help students, scholars, community leaders, public officials, and others identify innovative strategies and successful approaches to advancing social justice in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.
Co-sponsored by the Joint Center for Housing...
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2020 Sep 23
Leaving New Orleans: A Personal Urban History
12:00pm
Location: 
Online—Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard
As the Beatrice Shepherd Blane Fellow, Leslie M. Harris is completing “Leaving New Orleans: A Personal Urban History.” She uses memoir and family, urban, and environmental histories to explore the multiple meanings of New Orleans in the nation, from its founding through its uncertain future amid climate change.
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2020 Aug 15
Visit an Artist and Demonstration: Delanie Wise
10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Join us for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! We will visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work and how it has progressed throughout their career. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussion.
Time for tea! Teapots are the focus during this very special 2-hour event with Delanie Wise from her home studio just outside of Boston. Delanie will demonstrate her very special technique of combining both hand built and thrown forms to create...
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2020 Jun 08
When “Stay at Home” Isn’t Safe: Domestic Violence During COVID-19
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Online Event
Although communities have been asked to stay home to stay safe, for many domestic violence victims, home can be a dangerous place. Spikes in intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse have been noted across the country and around the world since the onset of the COVID-19 stay-at-home directives as victims and witnesses of IPV and child abuse find themselves isolated within their homes and confronted with difficult decisions about when and how to seek care or shelter. In this Radcliffe webinar, scholars, public officials, community activists, and...
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2020 Feb 26
Grafting Woody Plants: Fruit Trees
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: 
Dana Greenhouse Classroom, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Grafting is the technique of joining parts of separate plants in such a manner that they unite and continue their growth as one. Learn basic principles of grafting with an overview of different types of dormant-season grafts. Arnold Arboretum propagator Sean Halloran will provide step-by-step instructions so that you can practice both cleft and side veneer grafts using apple root stock. Simple after-care will be required until planting out in springtime. Registrants will need to sign an Assumption of Risk and Release in order to participate in this class.
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2020 Feb 16
Conifers in Winter
1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Bussey St. Gate, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Docent Robbie Apfel leads this winter walk in an exploration of the Arboretum's conifer collection. Beginning from the Bussey Street Gate, you will be introduced to the Arboretum's grand gymnosperms, learn the botany of conifers, and hear about Hemlock Hill's evolving ecosystem. This tour will also introduce you to native and non-native conifers in the winter landscape.
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2020 Feb 09
Winter Wellness Walk
1:00pm to 1:45pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Great scenery and exercise, who could want more? Take a brisk walk this winter and stay healthy and connected to the Arboretum at a time when the landscape is pared down to its beautiful bones. This walk emphasizes fitness, with a healthy dose of information on seasonal highlights. Winter tours are geared to adults and led by trained Arboretum docents.

After your tour, stay on for a warm drink and more conversation with your guide and staff in the Visitor Center.
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2020 Feb 06
A Rose is a Rose: The Art of Botanical Prose
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Attention gardeners, readers, and writers! Come in from the cold for an afternoon as delightful as a spring garden. Jonathan Damery, the associate editor for Arnoldia, will provide an enlivening and breathtaking tour of the artistry found in horticultural and botanical reference books. Bask in the profound eloquence of even the most exhaustive of botanical descriptions. Often cloaked in scholarly tomes, these compositions boast opinion, passion, simply gorgeous wordsmithing, and even intrigue, in some cases.
Cost
Members: $5
Nonmembers: $10
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2019 Dec 14
Measure Twice, Cut Once: Introductory Tree and Shrub Pruning
9:30am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Put down the hedge shears! Through both classroom instruction and hands-on field training, this class will include what’s, why's, and how’s of proper pruning approaches and techniques. Andrew Gapinski will focus on small ornamental trees, young shade trees, and shrubs with general approaches towards maintaining a plant’s natural form and encouraging health and vigor.
Note: Pruning for fruit production will not be covered in this offering. Dress for indoor and outdoor learning.
Cost: $30 member, $38 nonmember.
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2019 Dec 07
The Bare Essentials: Winter Trees
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Winter is the barest of times in the Arboretum; however, there is much to see and much happening in the landscape. Join a docent for a walk on the bare side—notice shapes, textures, even the personalities of plants that are often missed when the land is heavy with green. You will see buds already forming and the dried seeds that are more visible when leaves are gone.
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2019 Nov 17
Family Hike: Get Ready For Winter!
2:00pm to 3:30pm
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 learn how Arboretum animals get ready for winter. Go on a StoryWalk, get a tattoo, and make a winter home for your favorite animal!
Free and open to all, this event is most suitable for children ages four through ten.
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2019 Nov 17
Fall Into Health
10:30am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Fall is one of the most beautiful times of the year to visit the Arboretum. Explore the less-traveled paths of the Arboretum on informative walks designed for enjoyment, health, and learning about this special landscape. Pause to hear about interesting plants and unique collections. Please dress appropriately and bring water.
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2019 Nov 13
Propagating Semi-Hardwood Cuttings
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Dana Greenhouse Classroom, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Enhance your garden! Join Manager of Plant Production Tiffany Enzenbacher to learn how to propagate woody plants from fall cuttings. Students will collect and stick cuttings of several taxa (Ilex and Rhododendron to name a few), and will take their propagules home. After rooting, small plants may be ready to transplant as early as next year. Post-class nurturing will be required.
Fee for all materials is included in the cost of the class. Students should bring their own pruners to class.
Cost: $42 for members; $52 for nonmembers...
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2019 Nov 06
The Diffusion and Adoption of Welfare-Enhancing Innovations
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge
Todd Rogers is a behavioral scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Using his two decades of work in behavioral policy as a base, he will discuss his current research into what leads to welfare-enhancing innovations and practices. In particular, he aims to help scholars and practitioners design, identify, and invest in innovations that are likely to successfully scale.
This event is free and open to the public. 
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