Presented by Sean Schoville, Associate Professor of Entomology, and the current Director of the Center for Ecology and the Environment, UW-Madison Montane ecosystems of western North America provide a wonderful system to test a wide range of evolutionary and ecological processes, as environmental gradients across elevation and isolation among mountains provides opportunities to repeatedly study […]

Presented by Hilary Dugan, Assistant Professor, Center for Limnology, UW-Madison A look at how climate change is affecting freshwaters in Wisconsin. How, why, and where lakes are changing, and what we can do to curtail current trends. Luncheon-Lectures are held in the Arboretum Visitor Center Auditorium. A light lunch is followed by the educational presentation. This […]

  Presented by Michael Hansen, Land Care Manager, UW-Arboretum Michael will provide an introduction to the Grady Tract, the Arboretum's 200-acre parcel located south of the Beltline Highway. He will discuss the site's history and unique features, early Arboretum restoration projects such as Greene Prairie and current projects being undertaken by the land care crew. […]

  Presented by Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation/Center for Human and Nature;  Adjunct Associate Professor, UW-Madison The Driftless Area of the Upper Midwest is distinguished by its unique natural and cultural history.  The region’s rugged landscape of ridges and valleys has presented special environmental challenges.  The region has also fostered important innovations to […]

Presented by Susan Carpenter, native plant garden curator, UW-Madison Arboretum As spring approaches, our dormant garden comes to life. This garden's growth and development provides lessons for creating resilient gardens at our homes and in community spaces. Discover practices and inspiration for starting or enhancing your native plant garden. Luncheon-Lectures are held in the Arboretum […]

Presented by Elizabeth Koehler, Wisconsin State Director for The Nature Conservancy From Wisconsin’s Northwoods to Door County and the grasslands of southern Wisconsin, The Nature Conservancy has been protecting the lands and water we depend on and cherish for almost 63 years. Wisconsin State Director Elizabeth Koehler will share some conservation highlights from the past […]

Presented by Will Barnett, Professor of History at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois May Theilgaard Watts was a beloved naturalist at Chicago’s Morton Arboretum and her grassroots campaign established the Illinois Prairie Path in three years. She represented a distinctly Midwestern set of ideas, linking earlier conservationists and 1960s environmentalism with a strong focus […]

                                                        Join the Friends of the Arboretum for an adventure to the world-renowned Horicon Marsh.  The northern two-thirds of the marsh is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the 22,000 acre Horicon National Wildlife […]

Presented by Douglas Hill, Emeritus Professor of Music, UW-Madison Douglas Hill will present and discuss excerpts from four of his original compositions, inspired by the wilderness writings of Leopold, Olson, Derleth or Thoreau...the setting of word rhythms and subtle inferences from the selected language, the application of vocal qualities and instrumental tone colors to suggest […]