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April 4, 2022 by Kristin Faurest

April is World Landscape Architecture Month

“Nature surrounds us, from parks and backyards to streets and alleyways. Next time you go out for a walk, tread gently and remember that we are both inhabitants and stewards […]

Filed Under: Arboretum, Deep Connections with Nature, Education, Homepage Blog Feed, Horticulture Tagged With: Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architecture, Olmsted, World Landscape Architecture Month

March 23, 2022 by Kristin Faurest

The Story of Water at Bernheim

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one. —Jacques Yves Cousteau Access to clean water is the very foundation of ecological sustainability, social equity and a […]

Filed Under: Deep Connections with Nature, Ecological Stewardship, Edible Garden, Education, Homepage Blog Feed, Uncategorized Tagged With: creek, Edible Garden, Lake Nevin, Olmsted, Olmsted Ponds, Rock Run, water, word water day

September 21, 2020 by Kristin Faurest

A Few Thoughts on a Pond

The Olmsted Ponds are one of Bernheim’s iconic sites, a place rich with aquatic wildlife and dancing, dappled sunlight. The ponds were created by the Olmsted Brothers, the successor firm […]

Filed Under: Arboretum, Conservation Leadership, Deep Connections with Nature, Education, Homepage Blog Feed, Thought Leadership Tagged With: Cedar Pond, Holly Pond, Olmsted

June 24, 2020 by Ken Johnson

Isaac W. Bernheim, Volunteer

If you have read anything at all about the founder of Bernheim Forest, you are likely to have encountered a few pieces of information in the first sentence or two: […]

Filed Under: Conservation Leadership, Homepage Blog Feed, Volunteer Tagged With: Homewood, Isaac Bernheim, Olmsted

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