Category: Arb Talk

Deciduous trees have leafed out in the past couple of weeks, and the campus and Arboretum are a wonderful array of greens. At this colorful time of year, coniferous trees…

The Canadian Geese (Branta canadensis) have been seen around the Lyman Lakes and in The Arb with their little goslings these days. The protective moms and dads hiss at pedestrians,…

If you’ve been out in the Upper Arb this spring, you may have noticed some construction along Wall Street Rd. While it looks like a mess at the moment, this…

With the weather finally beginning to rise above 50 degrees, Carls are emerging from their dens, ready to embark on their first arb walks, bench sits, and picnic blanket lounges…

If you frequent the Arboretum, you will often come across patches of prairie that have been charred by fire or smell a whiff of smoke. Changes are, these are the…

If you’ve been out and about in the evening recently, you may have noticed some new voices piping up near ponds. Breeding season has started for Minnesota’s frogs and toads—and…

In these early April days you have probably noticed every excursion in The Arb accompanied by lots of wind. April is the windiest month in Minnesota, with a daily average…

Before Carleton’s beloved Farm House existed, there was the Carleton farm. In the first decade of the 1900s, then-president Donald Cowling started noticing aesthetic issues with the state of Carleton’s…

Spring migration is a-coming, and it’s a fantastic time of year to go birding. The Arboretum is a home to many bird species, and many migrators visit as they follow…

In recent years, we’ve experienced societal disruptions ranging from political and climate tumult to racial and pandemic reckoning. While experienced differently across communities, lessons learned in Carleton’s Arb make me…