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Where the Grickle Grass grows
There are no Truffula trees in the famed Arboretum collection of species. However, each year on Earth Day the Lorax visits Haverford College to make sure the old Once-ler is not creeping about. Earth...
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113th Arbor Day
The weather could not have been better. Friday was Arbor Day in our part of the country and the Arboretum carried out a tree planting ceremony for the 113th time. Faculty, students, staff and...
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Summer Soggies
While the month of June went in the history books as the wettest in Philadelphia history, the area accumulated 10.55 inches of liquid sunshine. the average for June is 3.43 inches. This total spilled...
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They’re Grrrreat
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park was created in 1934 by President Roosevelt, to protect the area from logging. The park consists of 521,895 million acres and is visited by more than 9 million...
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OURtopia
Why should we not, when deliberating the well being of our planet, make every effort to pursue a course leading to a better stewardship of the environment? One definition of utopia is “an imaginary...
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Stream bank restoration
Bethany Simmonds and Zoe McAlear both Class of 2016, work with horticulturist, Charlie Jenkins This summer, folks who frequent the nature trail noticed a lot of activity. The arboretum hired an...
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Under Used Fall Bloomers
There is so much going on during the autumn months. Fall festivals, chili cook-offs, trips to the orchard to pick apples and football games pack our calenders. Meanwhile, the sugar maples and...
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Presidential Prep
It doesn’t happen very often, in fact, only thirteen times since 1833. This Saturday, Dr. Dan Weiss will be inaugurated as Haverford College’s 14th President. The Grounds and Arboretum crews have...
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First Flakes
The frost was barely on the pumpkins this fall. As I write this, Mother Nature looks to be giving us a foretaste of the winter to come. Early snow squalls like this make for some beautiful...
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The structure of a garden and the movements of a ballet are not that all dissimilar. This thought comes to my mind, I must admit, during our family’s annual overdose of the Nutcracker Ballet. My...
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2 Above, Too Cold, Today
The in car thermometer read 2 degrees as I pulled onto the campus this morning. It is the kind of cold that goes right to the bone, no matter what you wear. The grounds and arboretum crews were on...
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Ice Ice, Baby
What a beautifully dangerous day this February 5th was. It started sleeting in the midnight hour, the College lost power in the neighborhood of 4am and seamlessly continues to operate on generator...
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Be Happy, Spring is Here
Three great things happened today. 1. I’ll bet a lot of you didn’t know today is the International Day of Happiness. www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/happiness-day#obs 2. It is of course, the first day...
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Up to Twenty
Haverford’s Pinetum is home to a diverse collection of conifers; that is a plant that bears cones. The Pinetum was planted in the late 1920s and the arboretum staff continues to add new species and...
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Welcome Class of 2018
Welcome to the Class of 2018, returning ‘Fords, faculty and staff. The Arboretum invites all 18s to assist in planting your Freshman tree. This year an Okame Cherry will be planted in your honor by...
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Freshmen plant their tree
As part of the Class of 2018 Customs Week and the Arboretum’s tradition of planting a freshman tree with the class, last Thursday turned out to be a beautiful day. Before the campus was busy with the...
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13 years
As today wears on, please take comfort in this poem by U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins titled “The Names” www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment-july-dec11-poetcollins_09-11/ The flag at Walton Field...
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A Hole New Yew
Adriana Cvitkovic ’16 and horticulturist Carol Wagner with a Hole new Yew. Foundation plantings are under-going a slight upgrade. Horticulturist Carol Wagner is replacing old and overgrown hollies at...
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