News Archive

June

• Don't Miss These Upcoming Activities at Landis!
• The Arboretum’s Battle Against Invasive Species
• From the Director’s Desk: Where to See a Big Tree -- Locally! (Part 1)
• A Close Encounter of the Wasp Kind
• From the Garden: The Ever Popular, Low Maintenance Iris
• News and Muse from the Bluebird Trail
• State Museum to Preserve Landis Herbarium
• The Magic of Volunteering
• On the Road Again

March

• Landis Signature Spring Plant Book and Bake Sale
• Landis Houseplant Swap!
• A Shallow Dive into Vernal Pools
• Never Underestimate Nature: Rejuvenating Old Apple Trees
• News and Muse from the Bluebird Trail
• Landis Membership Away from Home
• How to Avoid Houseplant Heartbreak
• From the Garden - Gardening with Paper Mulch: Making of a Horticultural Myth
• From the Director's Desk: The Renewed Landis Grown Project
• Landis Portraits: A Series About the People Behind the Plants at the Arboretum - Bruce Kearns
• "Taking Big Steps": Nicholas J. Juried Family Foundation Gifts
• 2024 Activities at Landis: The Makings of an Exciting Year!

February

• The George Landis Arboretum 2023 Annual Report

October

• The Landis community mourns the loss of Anne Donnelly on October 4, 2023
• From the Director’s Desk: Update on the Big Tree Search
• From the Garden: Your Autumn Garden Must Haves!
• Landis Portraits: A Series About the People Behind the Plants at the Arboretum - Chuck Mueller
• Volunteers Celebrate Meeting House Renovation
• Apples and Man: A Book Review
• Volunteers and Donors Renovate Meeting House
• Landis 5K: A Perennial Tradition
• Landis Office Hours
• Litter of Pigs
• Scenes from a Plant, Book, and Bake Sale

September

• Lichens

June

• From the Director’s Desk: No Mow May/Low Mow Spring!
• From the Garden: Daylilies in Bloom!
• A Field Guide to Evergreen Trees
• Landis Portraits: A Series About the People Behind the Plants at the Arboretum - Shawn Bevins
• Man and Best Friend at the Landis Arboretum
• Yoga in the Grass at Landis
• First Houseplant Swap Grows Interest in Landis
• Summer Nights
• A Most Successful Sale!

April

• It's almost time for Landis' Signature Plant, Book, and Bake Sale!

March

• From the Director's Desk: Confessions of a Big Tree Hunter
• From the Garden: Beneficial Insects
• Things Are Looking Up
• S-L-O-W Birding: A Primer for Beginners
• Book Review: “The Nature of Oaks”
• Re-thinking Garden Pests
• At the HVCC Flower and Garden Show: Landis Volunteers
• Barn Swallows
• Picturing Landis through the year
• 2022 Annual Report

September

• From the Director’s Desk: Landis Trails, New Map and Guide
• From the Garden: Gardens Within a Garden
• Welcome Darkness!
• Landis Portraits: A Series About the People Behind the Plants at the Arboretum: Susan Strangia
• Volunteers Turn Jungle into Dream: Shanti Vun Meditation Garden Open for Enjoyment
• Spend a “Second Saturday” at a Landis Arboretum Used Book Sale
• Trees and Shrubs for Fall Color
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Wellington’s Herbs and Spices
• September 2022 Volunteer Appreciation Event

August

• Landis Forest 5K - August 6, 2022
• Reciprocal Admissions: The Wonderful Landis Membership Benefit that You May Not Know About

June

• Don't Overlook Your Reciprocal Admissions Privilege

May

• Scenes From the Spring Plant Sale
• From the Director’s Desk: Q&A, Part III
• From the Garden: Milkweeds for Monarchs!
• Life and Death on the Lawn
• Chasing the Impossible: Deer-Proof Shrubs
• Landis Website: New and Easy to Use
• In Praise of the Humble Rain Barrel
• Landis Portraits: A Series About the People Behind the Plants at the Arboretum
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Southside Beverage
• Arts @ the Arb: A Focus on the Artwork of Anne Jaster
• Recipe: Wild Ramp Pesto

March

• From the Director's Desk: Q & A with Fred Breglia
• Second Sunday Snowshoe: A Chance to Explore and Learn
• Hello, Puddle! Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review
• Babes in the Woods
• The Landis Calendar for 2022 is Ready!
• Mark Your Calendars for the Spring Plant, Book, and Bake Sale
• ​From the Garden: The Rainbow Connection
• Arts at the Arb
• Let's Get Sowing! A Quick Tip for Growing from Seed
• Spring Ephemerals and Wildflowers at Landis
• New Man in Town
• ​Landis Portraits: Floyd A. Guernsey III
• Keeping Time at Landis

January

• 2021 Annual Report

October

• Spotlight on Sponsors: Faddegon's Nursery
• Fred Lape's Apples and Man

September

• The Same Venus
• Landis Day at Grapevine Farms
• Drum Circles at Landis: A Transformative Experience
• From the Directors Desk: Q & A With Fred Breglia
• Landis Portraits: Morgan McClary
• Dragonflies and Damselflies: Learning New Skills and Making New Friends
• Landis' Betty Corning and her Clematis
• From the Garden: Native Plants in the Garden
• Mysterious Mushrooms
• The Veteran Tree: A Survivor

June

• Landis Portraits: Janka Bialek and Pam Trickett
• The Magic Cicada
• Jean Beaudet, Friend of Landis
• From the Garden: The Power of Flowers
• From the Director's Desk A Changing Climate: New Problems, New Solutions
• Changing Times, Changing Calendar
• Native Curiosity - Ed Miller: Landis Marks the 20th Year of the Native Plant Collection
• The Bur Oak: A Meditation on a Tree and Time, Fathers, and Sons
• Our Fern Glen at Landis
• Spring Awakening: A Hike at Landis Arboretum

March

• Landis Portraits: Wendy Kass
• Meeting Mr. Lape
• ​From the Director's Desk: Technology Reshaping Arboriculture
• Roots and Shoots: Anticipating the Spring Plant Sale
• Volunteers and Landis: A Perfect Pairing
• In Remembrance: Louis Suarato
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Country Boy Realty
• Container Gardening: Plants in Pots
• From the Garden: Let's Make a Compost Pile!

December

• 2020 Annual Report

October

• Fingers Going, Fingers Comng

September

• From the Garden: "Pass Along" Gardening
• ​Spotlight on Sponsors: Stewart’s Shops
• Seedtime
• Farming, by Fred Lape
• In Memoriam: Agnes DeKay, 1925-2020
• From the Director’s Desk: Managing the Landis Arboretum During a Global Pandemic
• David Roy, Bevins Family Receive Landis Awards

June

• Landis Arboretum Named Old Growth Forest Headquarters
• Ginkgo biloba: A Bearer of Hope
• Fern Seed: A Fable
• LANDIS PORTRAITS: Anne and Pat Donnelly
• We Appreciate: Boy Scout Troop 501
• Midsummer Pause: A Poem by Fred Lape
• ​Little Green Thumbs: Introduce Your Kids to Gardening
• In Memoriam: Anne Jaster (1937 - 2020)
• A Message from the Communications Committee

March

• LANDIS PORTRAITS: Vijaya Luxmi
• A Fond Remembrance: Peter Rumora
• Ethical Foraging at Home and Afield
• From the Director's Desk: Grant Assists Buckleya Collection
• Attention, Please: FINAL Notice
• Breathe Easy
• Spread Your Wings, Flaunt Your Antlers at Landis
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Lancaster Development, Inc.
• ​Landis Meeting House Shelter Benefits Community
• ​Just for Kids: The Frog Chorus
• From the Garden: Pollinators in the Garden
• Roots and Shoots: Rare Plants Come to Landis

September

• Grandfather and Boy: A Poem by Fred Lape
• Gershwin at Landis
• Winter Birding for Families
• The Amazing Slug
• From the Director's Desk: A Real Life Lorax
• Landis Portraits: Gus Polli
• "The Collector's Corner:" Roots and Shoots
• From the Garden: This Fall, Introduce Your Kids to the Garden!
• Meet Our Support Staff

June

• Schoharie Lily Festival, July 13
• Spotlight on Sponsors
• This Native Plant: Faxinus americana
• LANDIS PORTRAITS:: Nan Williams
• The Care and Feeding of Hummingbirds
• From the Director's Desk: Update on Oak Wilt and Landis
• ​SAND: A Poem by Fred Lape
• Landis Celebrates Volunteers September 29
• Just for Kids: What's Bugging You?
• Small Shrubs and Fall Color
• From the Garden: Don't Let Ticks Kick You Out of the Garden

March

• Celebrate Spring: Russian Spinach Soup
• Try UniGuide at Landis – and Beyond!
• We Appreciate: An Eagle Scout at Landis
• Just for Kids (and the Young at Heart): Tracking the Timberdoodle
• Pokeweed: Patience is a Virtue
• “The Year Everything Changed”: An Unpublished Work by Fred Lape
• LANDIS PORTRAITS: Sue Tricario
• From the Garden: Health Benefits of Gardening
• Spring Plant Sale: Something Old, Something New!
• From the Director's Desk: Preserving the Legacy of Fred Lape
• Ed Miller: Renaissance Man
• Adventures to Cherish: Remembering Ed Miller

January

• 2019 Annual Report

October

• The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at Landis, Fall 2018
• Plant Sale Raffles Become a Tradition
• An Historical Timeline of the Landis Arboretum
• The Healing Power of Plants: Donna Vincent and ARC
• Landis Portraits: Vince DeSantis
• Landis Thanks Volunteers, Honors Nan Williams and Sue Tricario
• Landis Volunteers Also Serve the Community
• From the Meeting House Deck: A Scoutmaster's Perspective
• A Little Known Landis Treasure: Buckleya distichophylla
• American Chestnut Project at Landis
• From the Garden: Butterfly Gardening
• In Praise of Fuzzy Caterpillars
• From the Director’s Desk: Notes from the 2018 ISA Conference

June

• The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at the Arboretum
• Every Garden Has to Have a Tree: A Local Community Garden
• View from the Meeting House Deck: The Perspective of Two Visionaries
• Rosy Beet and Bean Salad
• Travels with Amy: Getting the Best Out of Your Reciprocal Admissions Member Benefit
• Landis Portraits: Scott Jackson
• Esperance, New York: Fred Lape's Home Town
• A Very Brief Guide to Gardener’s Latin (and Latinized Greek)
• "Writing in Harmony with the Natural World" Offers Creative Opportunity
• From 6 to 76: All Ages in the Running
• A Very Important Question: Do You Like Butter?
• From the Garden: Two Classic Garden Pests -Slugs and Aphids
• From the Director’s Desk: Building Better Soils for Better Results

March

• Central Park Zoo: The Macaw Takes a Bath
• Gardening Apps: Getting Techie With It!
• Ann Bevins’ Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake
• View From the Meeting House Deck: A Young Mother’s Perspective
• Landis Portraits: Amy Howansky
• In Memoriam: Art Coleman (1939 - 2018)
• Some Like It Cold
• From the Garden: Plants to Dye For
• From the Director's Desk: ​Prehistoric Plants That Stand the Test of Time

January

• 2017 Annual Report

July

• Anne Jaster's Botanical Drawings: A Retrospective
• Landisaurus Roams the Arb
• Esperance Museum Educates and Inspires
• From the Director’s Desk: Trails at Landis
• The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at Landis
• Summer Squash Casserole
• We Appreciate: Key Bank
• A Tangled Tale
• View from the Meeting House Deck: A Herbalist’s Perspective
• Catching Up with the Boys of Landis
• Landis Portraits: David Roy
• Landis Portraits: Steven Cushing
• The Arboretum’s Dragonfly Lady* Introduces Robin Kimmerer, The Moss Lady**
• Lessons from Sweetgrass
• A Goldenrod Safari
• From the Garden: Keep Pests Away the Chemical Free Way!

May

• Missing (PDF available)

March

• Carrot-Ginger Soup
• Landis Portraits: Bill and Roberta Winsman
• “There’s a Place”: Intern Produces Landis Video
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Delaware Engineering, D.P.C.
• We Appreciate: Greenhouse Restoration
• To Puddle or Not To Puddle
• From the Meeting House Deck: An Astronomer’s View
• From the Garden: Weed Suppression Tips to Stay Chemical Free
• From the Director's Desk: Landis Announces the Great Oak Hunt!

December

• Decorating with Native Greenery
• A Winter Montage at Landis
• A Look Back in Time: A Musical Evening in the Farm House
• Almost Time for Second Sunday Snowshoe!
• Landis Wish List
• Marketing the Arboretum: Getting the News Out
• Celebrating the End of Gardening Season: Butternut Squash Soup
• Landis Portraits: Mark Baptiste
• Do Birds of a Feather . . .
• From the Meeting House Deck: A Forester's Perspective
• The Oak Hotel
• From the Garden: What Landis Gardeners Do to Beat the Winter Blues
• From the Director's Desk: Giving Thanks!

October

• Another Successful Landis Perennial Forest 5K Walk-Run
• Fall Plant Sale a Riot of Color, Blessed by Good Weather
• A Remembrance
• From the Director's Desk: The Death and Rebirth of Our Great Oak
• Spotlight on Sponsors: Fenimore Asset Management and FAM Funds
• Find Your Sweet Spot at Landis Come Spring
• Duckweed: Not Just for Ducks
• From the Meeting House Deck: A Writer’s View
• Landis Portraits: Peter Rumora
• From the Garden: A Busy Year in the Garden -- and It’s Not Over Yet!
• Gail Browning, Peter Rumora Receive Arboretum Awards
• Mowing the Meadow

June

• Creature Creations - Larger Than Life - at the Arboretum
• New Arboretum Gate Policy
• Volunteer Appreciation Party
• Royal Beauty: Marie Antoinette…and Poison Ivy?
• It's a Summer Picnic at Landis!
• From the Meeting House Deck: A Birder's View
• Bake Sale Faves - Gluten Free Carrot Cake
• Memorial Trees
• Landis Portraits: Darcy and Chet Zink
• Attracting Attention
• Volunteerism: A Poem
• A Message and an Invitation
• From the Garden: Volunteers in the Garden, Human and Otherwise
• From the Director's Desk: The Right Tree for the Right Site

March

• Renewing your Membership – or Joining for the First Time
• Everything was About the Kids
• Spotlight on Sponsors: NBT Bank of Duanesburg
• Landis Portraits: Chandra and Emma Burkhart
• Propagation Update
• From the Meeting House Deck: A Geologist’s View
• Celebrate the Spring Gardening Season: Asparagus Rarebit
• Lichens: Nature’s Pollution Monitor
• From the Directors Desk / From the Garden: Essential Tools for Gardening and Pruning

December

• Landis through the Seasons - A Gallery
• Almost Time for Second Sunday Snowshoe!
• Don't Know When to Quit - The American Beech
• Video Focuses on Thacher Park
• Birds who Call Landis Home
• Celebrate the End of the Gardening Season: White Bean, Butternut Squash, and Kale Stew
• Spotlight on Allies: New York State Bluebird Society
• Landis in 2025: The "Futuring" Project
• An Awareness, an Avowal - and an Appeal
• Landis Portraits: Florence Grimm
• In the Winter Sky
• New Year's Resolutions
• From the Garden: Bringing the Outdoors In
• From the Directors Desk: The Latest on New York State's Top Six Insect Threats

October

• Florence Grimm, Wendy Kass Honored at Volunteer Appreciation Event
• Harvest Time Restoration Wellness Retreat

September

• Let Us Introduce Ourselves: Mohawk-Hudson Land Conservancy
• ARC: Our Partner Through the Years
• The 2015 Landis Perennial Forest 5K Walk / Run: What a Day!
• Oaks: An Appreciation
• An American Garden
• Fur- and Family-Friendly Landis
• Focus on Supporters: Dr. Russell Newkirk
• Sculpture Installation at the Arboretum
• Landis Portraits: Jeanne Post-Sourmail
• From the Garden: Dividing Perennials - When, How, and What Then?
• From the Director's Desk: An Obituary

July

• From the Directors Desk - Mulch: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• From the Director's Desk - Mulch: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Scenes from the Spring 2015 Plant, Book, and Bake Sale
• Landis is Ready for her Closeup!
• From the Garden: Themed Containers at Landis
• Going Native with Fiddlehead Creek
• Landis Gardens at the Bull’s Head Inn
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Message from “The Bookies”
• Spotlight on Allies: Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce
• Nature’s Crayons
• “S’cary Leg Runners” Anticipate Landis 5K
• Landis Portraits: Karl Gustafson
• Ed Miller Receives MHLC Award: MHLC Inaugurates Partnership with Landis

March

• Photography Contest Winner Announced
• Date Changes for 2015 Activity Calendar
• Highlights in Landis' Dark Skies
• Ferns Added to Miller Native Plant Trail
• Behn's Best for Landis
• Landis Portraits: Ann Bevins
• Buds: Springs Yet to Come
• From the Garden: Landis Plant Sale Welcomes Novice Gardeners
• From the Director's Desk: Springing Forward

December

• Photo Essay: Landis in Winter
• The Great Oak - Then and Now
• In the Greenhouse: Propagation Afoot!
• The Golf Cart: New Accessibility for All!
• Second Sunday Snowshoe!
• From the Director's Desk: Sustainability
• Landis Links . . . to the Schoharie Valley Association
• What's Up (and Around) at the Meeting House
• Landis Portraits: Anita Sanchez
• Time to Think about Membership Renewal
• Ever Green
• Wildlife Rehabilitation: Saving the Wild Among Us
• From the Garden: Garden Club Gathers to "Cuss and Discuss"