By Ruth Seward Director, Outreach & Community Engagement As the weather becomes colder and the excitement of Night Lights consumes visitors, staff and volunteers at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, a smaller group of volunteers and staff plods carefully along in the community, methodically pruning city of Worcester street trees. By comparison the [...]
Artist rendering of The Ramble. The actual garden may look different upon completion. We are very excited to share that you'll be noticing some improvements, additions, and original exhibits at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in 2020, including a new entry experience and an inspirational garden for children and the [...]
By Ruth Seward Director, Outreach & Community Engagement "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now" – Chinese Proverb. With news reports of extensive land development, global deforestation and increased weather disasters, it is hopeful for me to read about the growing interest in mass tree plantings throughout the United States. Planting a tree today will not instantly [...]
By Ruth Seward After the infestation of the Asian Long Horned Beetle, which resulted in over 30,000 trees being cut down in the area, community foresters thought about the best way to replant trees there to prevent such devastation in the future. The monoculture of trees in the Burncoat neighborhood of Worcester, had created a perfect feeding ground for this foreign [...]
Troy Thompson photo By Ruth Seward When our Tree Stewards are out in the field, pruning trees in the cold days of winter, we recycle the branches of flowering species to force their blooms indoors. The best time to prune trees and woody plants, in New England, is the middle of winter. [...]
❄❄❄ Night Lights is New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill's largest annual event and helps fund our nonprofit museum's four season operations as well as our efforts to connect people and plants. More than 40,000 people visit in roughly a 30 day period, and it takes a lot of planning, creativity, and hard [...]
