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.
What’s Happening
- June 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Summer Safari: Children’s Program at Matthaei
at Matthaei Botanical Gardens - June 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Care and Training of Eastern White Cedar Bonsai
at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
What’s in Bloom
There’s something blooming year-round at the botanical gardens and arboretum. Click on the image above or here for galleries of blooms throughout the seasons.
Earth Words (our blog)
Women in Science: Elzada Clover and the Story of a Pioneering Botanist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
By Emily Welch The Nature Academy is focused on training a new generation of environmental leaders in sustainability, conservation, and ecological restoration. As part of the Nature Academy program, each intern writes a blog post and develops a project....
Art Exhibit: Fables of Green – Selected Works by Brenda Miller Slomovits
Presenting "Fables of Green," an art exhibit of ecology collages by Brenda Miller Slomovits. Stephanie Douglass in the Ann Arbor Observer writes of Slomovits's work: "Beautiful and moving her collages not only evince a synergy among pretty and patterned...
Ethnobotany for Gardeners: Summer Speaker Series at The Strawbale @ Campus Farm
Join us for a series of lectures summer 2019 by three experts in ethnobotany. Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. This summer seminar series will convene...
The Case for Non-native Biocontrols: Purple Loosestrife and the Galerucella Beetle
By Katie Ferran The Nature Academy is focused on training a new generation of environmental leaders in sustainability, conservation, and ecological restoration. As part of the Nature Academy program, each intern writes a blog post and develops a project....
No Giant Hogweed at Matthaei-Nichols
By Jeff Plakke, Matthaei-Nichols Field Services ManagerAbout this time of year people start asking, and the answer is still no, thankfully: we do not have the exotic giant hogweed growing on our properties. What people often report is in fact the...
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