Dear Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens Members, The Pawpaws are beginning to ripen, and we would like to celebrate them!  Join us for a garden tour that will feature our Pawpaw trees and include a tasting of their unique native fruits.  The tour will leave the John J. Willaman Education Center lobby at 1 pm on Wednesday, September 12.  […]

Led by Steve Wright, Director of Horticulture/Curator of Plant Collections at Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens Fall is a great time for planting.  The heat of summer has passed but there is still time for newly-planted roots to establish before heaving frosts begin. You can think of late-season planting as a head start on the next […]

Get your creative juices flowing and join us as we draw our way through Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens! In this morning of “graffiti with permission” we will use sidewalk chalk to illustrate a mural stretching from the Green Ribbon Native Plant® Gardens near the John J. Willaman Education Center through the forest, and all the […]