Our trails and boardwalks connect 178 acres of plant collections, meadows, wetlands, forest and Devonian bedrock—a natural sanctuary for visitors interested in horticulture, birding, geology, local craftsmanship, and hiking. Come visit the Arboretum in all its summertime glory.

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Events & More

Wild Yet Legible: Ecology-Based Landscapes for Public and Private Spaces
Sunday, September 3, 5:00 PM; book signing and cocktail reception immediately follow the talk.
Cost of Admission: Members Free, suggested $10 donation for non-members.

Ecology-based landscaping need not be a bitter pill to swallow in order to do something positive for the environment. In this session, landscape designer Larry Weaner will discuss the creation of people-friendly landscapes that also provide significant ecological function, including groundwater recharge, native plant proliferation, and wildlife habitat. By weaving fine garden techniques into an ecology-based approach we can enjoy the best of both worlds, whether enjoying an expansive public garden or our own private landscape.        

Larry Weaner, FAPLD, founded Larry Weaner Landscape Associates in 1982 and established its educational affiliate, New Directions in the American Landscape, in 1990. He is nationally recognized for combining expertise in horticulture, landscape design, and ecological restoration. His book Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change (Timber Press 2016) received an American Horticultural Society (AHS) Book Award in 2017. In 2021 he received the AHS Landscape Design Award and the APLD Award of Distinction.

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Story Walk in the Woodland

Saturday, September 2 @10:00 AM through Sunday September 10 @ 10:00 AM

Cost of Admission: Free.

Visit Mountain Top Arboretum for a Story Walk. Journey through the Woodland Walk and read the pages of Audrey Penn’s The Kissing Hand, illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak, posted along the paths. Supplies for a related craft will be available.

This program is part of the Story Time in the Shade series, a collaboration between Mountain Top Arboretum and Mountain Top Library.

No advance registration is required for this event.

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Poetry Potluck with Mermer Blakeslee
Saturday September 16, 10:00-11:30 AM
Cost of Admission: Free for members; $10 suggested donation for non-members.

This is an in-person event.

Poetry Potluck is for poetry lovers. Please bring a poem or two (not food!) written by someone else, a poem you find moving or meaningful. Or come to listen. We will read our chosen poems out loud to each other. The themes will be tree, shrub, grass, flower, weather, water, wood, stone, dirt, sky, air, animal, matter, color, season, death, life… If the weather is cooperative, we'll gather outdoors. 

Mermer Blakeslee has written three novels and one non-fiction book, but her first love is poetry. For her, a good poem is as essential as food. One of her missions in life is to bring accessible, soulful poems to people who think they hate poetry, often because of the archaic language and tortured syntax they were forced to endure in school.

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Yoga for Gardening with Pamela Martin
Every Wednesday, 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Cost of Admission: Suggested $10 donation.

Now extended!

Join us in the beautiful gardens of Mountain Top Arboretum for outdoor yoga classes led by Pamela Martin and other local yoga teachers. Learn tips and tricks to avoid injury, and to help support the body during gardening and yard work. A stretch and strength class appropriate for all levels. Please bring a mat, water, sunscreen, bug spray and anything else you need to be comfortable in.

No advance registration is required for this event.

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Brent and Becky's Bulbs

Select us as the designated non-profit recipient when you shop with Brent & Becky's Bulbs through their Bloomin' Bucks program.

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