Who We Are
We are one organization with two locations at the University of Michigan. Our mission is to promote environmental enjoyment, stewardship, and sustainability through education, research, and interaction with the natural world.
Please visit the peony garden online this year (not in person!)
What’s in Bloom at Matthaei-Nichols
Something is blooming or growing throughout the year at the Arb and Gardens. Click here to view our galleries.
Earth Words (our blog)
Invasive of the Week: Creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
By Katie StannardWe wanted to share a changing of the guard: Emily Lilla (invasives guru, founder of this series and all-around terrific natural areas technician) is off to grad school with our best wishes and gratitude for her work at Matthaei-Nichols....
Notes from a Plague Year for Shakespeare in the Arb 2020
Director Kate Mendeloff (center) during the 2018 production of Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Daryl Marshke, Michigan Photography. In this uncertain time, don’t you long to watch an Arb sunset as you listen to Elizabethan music and are drawn into another...
Mnomen – Wild Rice Restoration Assessment Funded at Matthaei-Nichols
Winnowing the mnomen. Photo credit: Todd Marsee, Michigan Sea Grant. Southeastern Michigan was known for its productive Mnomen / wild rice beds (also spelled Manoomin: both mean ‘the good berry’) into the early 20th century. These beds increasingly...
What’s in Bloom at Matthaei-Nichols May 22
What’s in Bloom: DogwoodFrom Matthaei-Nichols Woody Plants and Trails Technician Chad Machinski: Cornus florida, also known as flowering dogwood, is going off right now! This small native tree has been around the nursery trade for some time due to its many...
Scenes from the 2019 Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden Bloom Season
Michigan Photography's Scott Soderberg captured the peony celebration in this gallery of photos from 2019.
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