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Learn how to create a garden that buzzes with life and attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators at a free educational program at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne.  The program is scheduled for Saturday, June 25th at 10 am.  Master Gardener Lourdes Osorio will discuss how to improve a local ecosystem […]

Punch and Punch Line by Fitzhugh Karol. Photo by Sean Holzli. The most-recent Sculpture Trail installations at Laurelwood Arboretum are Punch and Punch Line, two works with the exact same outer dimensions—one a solid form in painted steel and the other an outline in aluminum of the silhouette. According to Fitzhugh Karol, their creator, the

Visitors to Laurelwood Arboretum are invited to experience “Forest Bathing,” a morning immersed in the senses, mindfulness, community and the beauty of the natural world.  The walk, sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum, is scheduled for Sunday, June 12 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at 725 Pines Lake Drive West in Wayne. It will

A Sculpture Trail at Laurelwood Arboretum, in partnership with the Wayne Public Library and the Broadfoot & Broadfoot – A Collection of Fine Art, will present a series of three, FREE, outdoor summer concerts at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive in Wayne.  The first concert, featuring the eco-oriented woodwind quintet, “Englewinds,” will be held

Photographs taken by Wayne Hills High School students will be on exhibit at the Knippenberg Center at Laurelwood Arboretum from Sunday, June 5th through Thursday, June 23rd.  The exhibit is sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum. The Opening Reception for the exhibit is scheduled for Sunday, June 5th from 2:30 pm to 4 pm.  Admission

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will offer free guided cart and walking tours of Laurelwood Arboretum on Sunday, June 5 at 10:30 am and Sunday, June 26 at 10:30 am.  To join a tour, meet at the entrance patio of the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Road West in Wayne.

Stretch your body, relax your mind and relieve your tensions at gentle chair yoga classes at the Knippenberg Center for Education at Laurelwood Arboretum, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne.  There will be two 10-week sessions of classes on Wednesdays at 10:30 am.  The first session begins June 1st and the second begins August 24th

Artist Arline Lowe will be offering two series of drawing/sketching classes for adults (over 18), sponsored by Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum.  All classes will be held on Mondays from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Series #1 will be on June 6, 13 and 20.  Series #2 will be on July 11, 18 and 25.  Classes

On a beautiful spring day, Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum dedicated the long-anticipated Dorothy Knippenberg Propagation Greenhouse.  The handsome new structure replaces the original greenhouse built in the 1930s that had fallen into a hazardous state of disrepair. From left, Horticultural Manager Joan Scott-Miller; Linda Ransom, President of Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum; David Kooistra, Vice President;

Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum will host a Rhododendron Festival the weekend of May 18 and 19. During the two-day festival, visitors and their families can enjoy peaceful walks surrounded by majestic flowers, guided tours to learn more about the rhododendron collection, and opportunities to learn about the Knippenberg legacy of rhododendrons.