Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
In just a few days, North America will experience a phenomenon that hasn’t occurred in nearly twenty years: a total solar eclipse which will pass from Oregon to South Carolina.
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Rain Gardens Installed at UMD Golf Course
The University of Maryland Golf Course now features three rain gardens.
Birthday Wishes
This week, on July 5, we celebrate the birthday of A. E. Douglass who was born in 1867. Although an astronomer by training, Douglass is incredibly important to the field of arboriculture. He is known as the “Father of Dendrochronology,”
University of Maryland Receives Ninth Consecutive Tree Campus USA Recognition
This spring, the University of Maryland received the 2016 Tree Campus USA® recognition. This is the ninth consecutive year...
USDA/University of Maryland’s Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Plant Germplasm Preservation Partnership
We are pleased to announce that the University of Maryland Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the USDA Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository began to incorporate rare plant germplasm into the campus landscape during the fall of 2011. To date, 124 of the USDA plants have been installed on campus. The partnership comes with obligations on the part of UMD. Since these plants are documented research plants, they need suitable planting locations, research access, and regularly addressed maintenance.
Maryland Named Tree Campus USA for Seventh Consecutive Year
For its seventh consecutive year, the University of Maryland has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.
