Join Kyle Port, Manager of Plant Records, on November 2 at 2 pm to learn how plant inventory work is being tackled on Hemlock Hill at the Arnold Arboretum. Participants will travel less than a quarter mile over gravel, woodchips, and pavement. Meet at the bottom of Hemlock Hill Summit Road near Tsuga canadensis 1230-98*A. See map at website https://arboretum.harvard.edu/events/event-signup/?id=59014 for on-site location.
Docent Robbie Apfel leads this February 16 winter walk in an exploration of the Arnold Arboretum’s conifer collection. Beginning from the Bussey Street Gate at 1:30, you will be introduced to the Arboretum’s grand gymnosperms, learn the botany of conifers, and hear about Hemlock Hill’s evolving ecosystem. This tour will also introduce you to native and non-native conifers in the winter landscape. In case of inclement weather, please call 617 384-5209.
Free, registration is limited and requested at my.arboretum.harvard.edu
On Sunday, June 2, from 1 – 3, stroll through the Rhododendron Dell at the foot of Hemlock Hill at the Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway in Boston, and enjoy the diverse display of rhododendrons in blooms. Free. For information and to sign up, visit www.arboretum.harvard.edu.
The Arnold Arboretum invites you to a reception with artist Anthony Apesos on Saturday, February 20, from 1 – 3 pm, at the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall in the Arnold Arboretum. The exhibit, Summer in Winter, will be on view January 9, 2010 through March 3, 2010, and Mr. Apesos will also give an artist talk on Thursday, February 25, from 6:30 to 8 pn. For more information log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.
Anthony Apesos has been painting the Arboretum since he moved to Jamaica Plain in the early 1990s. His recent series of paintings shows the Arboretum at the height of summer’s verdant glory. A perfect antidote to winter weather, Apesos depicts the wide-ranging Arboretum landscape in deep summer, from the rugged outcrops of Hemlock Hill to the meadows from which dawn redwoods spring.
Anthony Apesos is a professor of painting and art history at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His paintings are inspired by such landscape artists as George Inness, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer.
