New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) By Leslie Duthie, New England Botanic Garden Volunteer November 2023 Fall is my favorite time of the year. The mornings are cool and crisp, and afternoons are warm and usually pretty sunny. Although the days are getting shorter, the gardens are still full of flowers and fruit [...]
By Brooke Harris, New England Botanic Garden Staff October 2023 As fall is in full swing, most people are winding down the gardening season, bringing their potted plants inside and gearing up for colder weather. With this introduction of the outdoors into your cozy space, you may notice some strange hitchhikers in your pots [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff October 2023 Plants are the ultimate pros at turning problems into opportunities. Since they can’t move on their own, they’ve evolved seemingly endless adaptations to get what they need from their surroundings. Over millennia, plants have honed survival strategies that stretch the imagination, inspiring wonder, awe, [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff September 2023 Apple season is in full swing, but visitors won’t find any growing at the Garden—at least not yet. This fall marks four years since the Garden cut down its historic apple orchard, razing the mature trees in order to save its rare collection of [...]
By Liz Nye, New England Botanic Garden Staff September 2023 On a day in late April 1888, a man named John Coulson, head gardener at the Salisbury Estate in Worcester, collected a sprig of Mayflower blooming in the city. Mayflower (Epigaea repens), also known as ground laurel and trailing arbutus, is a much-loved early [...]
Q&A with Robert Graham, New England Botanic Garden Staff August 2023 One summer spectacle at the Garden impresses guests even before they enter the Visitors Center. Acres of meadows bloom from June all the way through the fall. Though meadows may seem low maintenance, these unique and beautiful spaces require careful management. Recently, the [...]
