When you picture an arboretum, what do you see? Lush green trees? It’s now nearly winter, so most of those trees are leafless and brown. Like all of us, plants […]
Bernheim master plan wins an American Society of Landscape Architects award
We are thrilled to announce that landscape architecture firm, Studio Outside, has won a landscaping and planning award for its master plan vision of Bernheim’s forest and arboretum. The American […]
Bernheim at 90: Celebrating the Oak Collection
The earliest specimens in the Oak collection were planted in the late 1950s—the largest and oldest can be found around the Arboretum Loop. Today, those original plantings of pin, willow, […]
Bernheim at 90: Celebrating the Magnolia Collection
The first Magnolia plantings began in 1960, and now the Magnolia Collection at Bernheim boasts over 120 Magnolia selections. While some magnolia varieties are evergreen and bloom in the summer, […]
Bernheim at 90: Celebrating the Ginkgo Collection
The Ginkgo Collection started in 1954 as 9 specimens, purchased for a cost of $99. Since then, it has expanded to include 16 different cultivars. Ginkgo biloba, commonly referred to […]
