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American Public Gardens Association The American Public Gardens Association is the leading professional organization for the field of public horticulture.

Our Mission: Advancing public gardens as leaders, advocates, and innovators.

🌳Congratulations to our member, The Morton Arboretum, on this incredible global milestone!Through its ArbNet program, Th...
10/18/2026

🌳Congratulations to our member, The Morton Arboretum, on this incredible global milestone!

Through its ArbNet program, The Morton Arboretum is celebrating the addition of its 1,000th accredited arboretum: Arboretum Kórnickie (Kórnik Arboretum) in Kórnik, Poland!

It’s wonderful to see this international recognition shine a spotlight on a public garden beyond the United States while celebrating the value of global collaboration. By connecting arboreta and tree professionals around the world, ArbNet is helping advance tree conservation, research, and education across borders.

Congratulations to The Morton Arboretum and the entire ArbNet community on this remarkable achievement!

Read more: https://bit.ly/3UlNYWW

First Photo Caption: ArbNet Manager Andrea Brennan, Ph.D., formally recognizes Kórnik Arboretum's accreditation with Professor Andrzej M. Jagodziński, director of the Institute of Dendrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, at its October 12 “Trees and Forests in a Changing Environment” conference.

Photo Credit: Katarzyna Szwed-Pietras

🍂Just minutes from downtown Portland, Hoyt Arboretum is a premier destination for fall color in the Pacific Northwest. I...
10/17/2026

🍂Just minutes from downtown Portland, Hoyt Arboretum is a premier destination for fall color in the Pacific Northwest. Its nationally accredited Maple Collection features more than 90 species, subspecies, and cultivars, many showcased along Maple Trail, where maples put on a spectacular display each October.

🍁But the color doesn’t stop there. Trees from around the world add rich seasonal hues, from ash, hawthorns, tupelos, beech, ginkgo, and smoke trees to deciduous conifers like larches and dawn redwoods that change in waves across 189 acres and 12 miles of trails. Follow Hoyt Arboretum’s Fall Color Watch for weekly updates on where to find the best displays.

🍂🎃 The American Public Gardens Association is excited to share how our member, Myriad Botanical Gardens, has been celebr...
10/16/2026

🍂🎃 The American Public Gardens Association is excited to share how our member, Myriad Botanical Gardens, has been celebrating fall and the 100th anniversary of Route 66 with its beloved Pumpkinville: Road to Route 66! Pumpkinville runs from October 1–25.

Through thousands of pumpkins, seasonal displays, and larger-than-life pumpkin murals, visitors can explore iconic roadside attractions from Oklahoma to Texas and Arizona, honoring the history of America’s legendary Mother Road.

For a century, Route 66 and highways like it have connected communities across state lines, bringing people together through travel, shared experiences, and roadside discoveries. This fall, Myriad Botanical Gardens invites visitors to celebrate that enduring spirit of connection while making new memories amid the magic of autumn! 🍁🚗

Read more: https://bit.ly/3WcOcA9

On October 6, 33 public garden professionals from 13 different organizations representing 5 states (MI, IN, OH, IA, NY) ...
10/16/2026

On October 6, 33 public garden professionals from 13 different organizations representing 5 states (MI, IN, OH, IA, NY) gathered at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum (MBGNA) for our Regional Learning Series focused on Plant Collections & Management.

Highlights from our day together in Ann Arbor:

- Strategic insights into MBGNA’s history, plant records, and living collection policies.
- Deep-dive overviews of the historic Peony and Bonsai collections.
- Behind-the-scenes guided tours of the Melvyn C. Goldstein Bonsai Garden and the Conservatory.
- A collaborative Conservatory Roundtable co-hosted with Holden Forests & Gardens.

Thank you to our incredible hosts at MBGNA, co-hosts Holden Forests & Gardens, and every attendee who joined us for these critical conversations.

Together, we’re shaping the future of living collection stewardship!

- Oaks, one of North America’s most diverse and dominant tree genera, were a natural choice for the first multi-instit...
10/16/2026

- Oaks, one of North America’s most diverse and dominant tree genera, were a natural choice for the first multi-institutional Plant Collections Network collection. After nearly two years of planning led by Dennis Collins, Curator of Plant Collections at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 15 gardens with significant oak collections were inducted in August 2007.

A newly formed Oak Curatorial Group, with representatives from all member gardens, guides the collection’s growth and management. Starhill Forest Arboretum joined in 2009, followed by Donald E. Davis Arboretum in 2010, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories Arboretum and Gabis Arboretum later that year, and Boyce Thompson Arboretum in 2012.

🍂We want to share these great tips from our member, Franklin Park Conservatory, on how small changes at home can make a ...
10/15/2026

🍂We want to share these great tips from our member, Franklin Park Conservatory, on how small changes at home can make a big difference for biodiversity this fall!

🦋Fall is a great time to plant native species, which support pollinators, improve water quality, and reduce stormwater runoff. You don’t need to transform your entire yard. By adding a single native plant to a pot on your balcony or windowsill can help bees and butterflies!

🌿The Conservatory also recommends leaving dormant stems and seed heads standing through winter to provide insects with shelter during the colder months.

Ready to make a difference for local wildlife? Take a cue from our member and discover how small, simple steps can help support healthier ecosystems!

Read more: https://bit.ly/47iyLJe

📣The 2027 Annual Conference Call for Sessions deadline is October 30! Have an idea, experience, or perspective that coul...
10/14/2026

📣The 2027 Annual Conference Call for Sessions deadline is October 30! Have an idea, experience, or perspective that could help move the public garden field forward? Now is your chance to submit a session proposal for next year's conference in Pennsylvania!

You don’t need to work at the biggest garden or have the flashiest topic to stand out. You need specificity. Our Program Selection Committee reviews dozens of proposals in every track, and the submissions that rise to the top aren’t necessarily the most impressive on paper, they’re the ones that make reviewers immediately envision the room, the audience, and what participants will take away.

What will attendees learn from you? What can you share that they can take back to their teams and gardens?

Visit our Annual Conference page to learn more and submit your session proposal before October 30: https://members.publicgardens.org/events/annual-conference/

🍂The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens offers a spectacular autumn experience, immersing visitors in some of the most vibrant and...
10/14/2026

🍂The Iowa Arboretum & Gardens offers a spectacular autumn experience, immersing visitors in some of the most vibrant and architecturally stunning fall foliage in the region. Across 170 acres of native woodlands and curated botanical collections, thousands of trees transition into a brilliant, multi-week display of gold, orange, and crimson canopy layers.

🍁As summer landscapes begin to decline, the arboretum’s expansive fall aster collection rises to the moment and creates stunning displays. These resilient perennials produce a garden tapestry of intense purples, deep blues, vibrant pinks, and whites, maintaining peak bloom throughout October to offer an exceptional autumn highlight.

🌿Designed meadows and savannas along hiking trails hit their autumn peak with an explosion of purples, oranges, and yellows as native perennials feed the last of the season’s pollinators. Now is also the time to check out the Perennial and Shrub Trial Program for fall color and interest as new to the market varieties show off their stuff!

Photo credit Maddy Stevenson, Horticulture Technician

Great work, everyone! Lake Lure Flowering Bridge is looking incredible!
10/13/2026

Great work, everyone! Lake Lure Flowering Bridge is looking incredible!

🍁This Canadian Thanksgiving, we’re giving thanks for the gardens, landscapes, and people who help connect us to the land...
10/12/2026

🍁This Canadian Thanksgiving, we’re giving thanks for the gardens, landscapes, and people who help connect us to the land and to one another. Canada’s Thanksgiving traditions are rooted in harvest, gratitude, and gathering, and have their own history that is separate from an American Thanksgiving.

🍂In 1578, English explorer Martin Frobisher and his crew held a Communion service and gave thanks for their safe arrival in what is now Nunavut—an event often recognized as the first “Canadian” Thanksgiving.

🦃Nearly 50 years later, in 1606, Samuel de Champlain and the settlers of New France gathered with the Mi’kmaq for feasts of thanksgiving. The Mi’kmaq also introduced the French to cranberries, or petites pommes rouges (“little red apples”), which helped protect the settlers from scurvy.

We want to wish all of our members in Canada a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Historical facts were acquired from www.canadashistory.ca.

Photos taken at VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, Canada.

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