By Derek Lirange Every fall thousands of people come to New England to see the trees do their magical performance of changing colors before shedding their leaves for the winter. While our forested hillsides and mountains are beautiful any time of year, there is perhaps no time more iconic for our landscape than this. [...]
By Derek Lirange I have had the opportunity to prune a lot of trees and teach a lot of people how to prune trees. Most of my experience is in pruning small street trees, about 20 feet tall or less. Pruning street trees is a specific style of pruning and pruning trees when they’re [...]
By Derek Lirange & Ruth Seward College students in Worcester are literally getting their hands dirty working on trees in the community. The Worcester Tree Initiative Program of New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill has developed a close working partnership with Clark University Professor John Rogan and the Clark’s Geography Department students. Throughout [...]
Traditional approaches to lawn care can be hard on the environment. Using irrigation, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, and fertilizer can put a strain on your local habitat (and wallet). There are organic alternatives, however, than can save you money while helping the flora and fauna that call your neighborhood home. If it’s green, let it [...]
ArtReach students from Abby Kelley Foster Charter School helped plant four trees at the Greendale Eagle War Memorial. By Derek Lirange On a recent Tuesday New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s Worcester Tree Initiative program had the opportunity to plant with students of the ArtReach after school program at the park [...]
We are very excited to share with you the new Zacharis Shade Garden. It's a place where visitors can experience the peace of New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill's woodlands and the inspiration of beautiful plants that thrive in conditions where full sun does not exist. The new garden was made possible by [...]
