NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. SCHNUCK PAVILION 202 The WashU Arboretum and Forest ReLeaf, a local nonprofit, are hosting a TreeKeepers course for the WashU community. This class is designed for anyone with an interest in trees, regardless of experience level, and will be taught by Billy Haag, Forestry Manager […]
TUESDAY, April 22, 2025 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. MEET AT the brookings Arch Celebrate Earth Day on the Danforth Campus with a plant identification arbor walk. Participants will learn basic techniques for plant identification and be given resources for how to tackle tougher plant IDs. The walk will take place over an approximately 1.5-mile […]
FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. McDonnell 362 The WashU Arboretum and Forest ReLeaf, a local nonprofit, are hosting an abridged TreeKeepers course for current students interested in learning everything there is to know about trees. This class is designed for any student with an interest in trees, regardless of experience level, […]
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. South of Fraternity Row Learn about willows, one of the most diverse species collections in the WashU Arboretum, while helping our Arboretum team set up herbivore deterrents for this year’s crop of willow sprouts. Willow branches from last year will be woven and wrapped around […]
Sunday, February 23, 2025 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burning Kumquat, Wallace Drive (behind Alumni House, across from Butterfly Garden) Visit the Burning Kumquat garden between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday, February 23rd to witness the final stage of the maple tapping process — boiling the maple sap! Come by to enjoy the […]
Do you have an oak that you study under? A magnolia whose flowers you adore? A ginkgo you hold your nose around but still cherish? Visit the Arboretum table at the times and places below to write a letter to your favorite tree! This is the third year of the Love Letters to Trees campaign, […]
Friday, January 31, 2025 3 PM to 4:30 PM Danforth University Center (DUC), Room 248 6475 Forsyth, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 Join the WashU Arboretum for a hands-on lesson about identifying winter trees with Tyson research scientist Erin O’Connell. The event will involve a short presentation on how to identify trees based on characteristics like bark, […]