Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
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The premier northern landscape arboretum, welcoming all to enjoy, learn from and connect with nature. 🌱🌷 #MNarboretum
🌲 Grounds: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
🏘️ Buildings: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
🌲 Grounds: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
🏘️ Buildings: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
🎃🖤 Happy Halloween! Wishing you a spook-tacular day full of tricks and treats! Hop on your broomstick and fly to the Arboretum for the final days of scarecrows and pumpkins. 🦇👻 #MNarboretum #Halloween
It's also the final week of the AppleHouse before it transforms into the Holiday Boutique! 🧙😲
It's also the final week of the AppleHouse before it transforms into the Holiday Boutique! 🧙😲
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎃🖤 Happy Halloween! Wishing you a spook-tacular day full of tricks and treats! Hop on your broomstick and fly to the Arboretum for the final days of scarecrows and pumpkins. 🦇👻 #MNarboretum #Halloween
It's also the final week of the AppleHouse before it transforms into the Holiday Boutique! 🧙😲
It's also the final week of the AppleHouse before it transforms into the Holiday Boutique! 🧙😲
👋 It’s time to say goodbye to the annuals! On Monday, the garden will begin its transformation as tulip bulbs take their place. Visit soon to enjoy the last burst of citrus color! ✨🌺 #MNarboretum
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
👋 It’s time to say goodbye to the annuals! On Monday, the garden will begin its transformation as tulip bulbs take their place. Visit soon to enjoy the last burst of citrus color! ✨🌺 #MNarboretum
🌧️✨ A rainey day doesn't stop the dazzling display of fall color at the Arboretum! Plan your visit to get your fill of these gorgeous hues before they're gone! 🍂❤️ #MNarboretum
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🌧️✨ A rainey day doesn't stop the dazzling display of fall color at the Arboretum! Plan your visit to get your fill of these gorgeous hues before they're gone! 🍂❤️ #MNarboretum
✨🍎 It’s National Apple Day! Did you know the Arboretum’s Horticultural Research Center has developed 29 apple varieties — including Honeycrisp, SweeTango, and the newest, Kudos? 🔬🍏
Celebrate the day by finding your favorite Minnesota-grown apple at the AppleHouse! 🍎 #MNArboretum
Celebrate the day by finding your favorite Minnesota-grown apple at the AppleHouse! 🍎 #MNArboretum
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
✨🍎 It’s National Apple Day! Did you know the Arboretum’s Horticultural Research Center has developed 29 apple varieties — including Honeycrisp, SweeTango, and the newest, Kudos? 🔬🍏
Celebrate the day by finding your favorite Minnesota-grown apple at the AppleHouse! 🍎 #MNArboretum
Celebrate the day by finding your favorite Minnesota-grown apple at the AppleHouse! 🍎 #MNArboretum
✨🧡 Autumn magic is lighting up the Arboretum with a stunning display of color! Come get your fall fix and soak in the season. 🍂🍁 #MNarboretum
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
✨🧡 Autumn magic is lighting up the Arboretum with a stunning display of color! Come get your fall fix and soak in the season. 🍂🍁 #MNarboretum
✨🍂 Fall in love with the season at the Arboretum! 🧡 #MNarboretum
October 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
✨🍂 Fall in love with the season at the Arboretum! 🧡 #MNarboretum
🎃🍁 Explore the exciting line-up of October events at the Arboretum! Head to arb.umn.edu/events for all the details. 📕🏃
#MNarboretum #October
#MNarboretum #October
October 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🎃🍁 Explore the exciting line-up of October events at the Arboretum! Head to arb.umn.edu/events for all the details. 📕🏃
#MNarboretum #October
#MNarboretum #October
🌾🍎 Explore the exciting line-up of September events at the Arboretum! Head to arb.umn.edu/events for all the details.🌚🍁
#MNarboretum #September
#MNarboretum #September
September 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🌾🍎 Explore the exciting line-up of September events at the Arboretum! Head to arb.umn.edu/events for all the details.🌚🍁
#MNarboretum #September
#MNarboretum #September
✏️ Mark your calendars: the AppleHouse opens Aug. 21, just one week away! 🍎 Celebrate the start of fall with your favorite University of Minnesota introduced apples, plus gourmet treats and unique gifts.
Which apple are you most excited to bite into this year? ❤️🏠 #MNarboretum #AppleHouse
Which apple are you most excited to bite into this year? ❤️🏠 #MNarboretum #AppleHouse
August 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
✏️ Mark your calendars: the AppleHouse opens Aug. 21, just one week away! 🍎 Celebrate the start of fall with your favorite University of Minnesota introduced apples, plus gourmet treats and unique gifts.
Which apple are you most excited to bite into this year? ❤️🏠 #MNarboretum #AppleHouse
Which apple are you most excited to bite into this year? ❤️🏠 #MNarboretum #AppleHouse
🍹🌱 We had a spectacular night at 2025 Taste & Toast! The rain cleared just in time to hold an amazing outdoor event surrounded by the beautiful summer gardens at the Arboretum. #MNarboretum
🥇 Best in Show: New Scenic Cafe
😛 Best Taste: Food Gallery Catering
🍻 Best Toast: BlackStack Brewing
🥇 Best in Show: New Scenic Cafe
😛 Best Taste: Food Gallery Catering
🍻 Best Toast: BlackStack Brewing
July 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🍹🌱 We had a spectacular night at 2025 Taste & Toast! The rain cleared just in time to hold an amazing outdoor event surrounded by the beautiful summer gardens at the Arboretum. #MNarboretum
🥇 Best in Show: New Scenic Cafe
😛 Best Taste: Food Gallery Catering
🍻 Best Toast: BlackStack Brewing
🥇 Best in Show: New Scenic Cafe
😛 Best Taste: Food Gallery Catering
🍻 Best Toast: BlackStack Brewing
✨What's blooming? The sunflowers at the Farm at the Arb are brightening the crop plots with their incredible yellow petals. Did you know sunflowers follow the sun's movement across the sky from east to west each day? This is called heliotropism. 💛🌻🐝 #MNarboretum
July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
✨What's blooming? The sunflowers at the Farm at the Arb are brightening the crop plots with their incredible yellow petals. Did you know sunflowers follow the sun's movement across the sky from east to west each day? This is called heliotropism. 💛🌻🐝 #MNarboretum
🧑🌾🧺Celebrate the unfolding harvest season at Summer Fun at the Farm with hands-on learning. Drop in between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays for the perfect summer day, with a new theme each week. Summer Fun at the Farm is included with general daily admission. Learn more at arb.umn.edu/summerfun
July 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🧑🌾🧺Celebrate the unfolding harvest season at Summer Fun at the Farm with hands-on learning. Drop in between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays for the perfect summer day, with a new theme each week. Summer Fun at the Farm is included with general daily admission. Learn more at arb.umn.edu/summerfun
☀️🥉Sungate, a bold new granite-and-bronze sculpture by Murray Dewart, has found its home on the Keating Terrace beside the Oswald Visitor Center!🌞🩶 #MNarboretum
Learn more about the new sculpture on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/07...
Learn more about the new sculpture on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/07...
July 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
☀️🥉Sungate, a bold new granite-and-bronze sculpture by Murray Dewart, has found its home on the Keating Terrace beside the Oswald Visitor Center!🌞🩶 #MNarboretum
Learn more about the new sculpture on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/07...
Learn more about the new sculpture on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/07...
✨What's blooming? The Spiegel Entrance Garden greets you with an array of spectacular blooms! The garden’s design is a study in color, texture and variegation, in the style of an English Cottage Garden. 🌺🌱💜
Find the Spiegel Entrance Garden in front of the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
Find the Spiegel Entrance Garden in front of the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
July 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
✨What's blooming? The Spiegel Entrance Garden greets you with an array of spectacular blooms! The garden’s design is a study in color, texture and variegation, in the style of an English Cottage Garden. 🌺🌱💜
Find the Spiegel Entrance Garden in front of the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
Find the Spiegel Entrance Garden in front of the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
✨What's blooming? The perennials are back...again! This garden includes native and cultivated herbaceous perennial plants to inspire home gardeners and provide ample forage for pollinators. ⛲🌱☀️
Find the Perennial garden in the main gardens behind the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
Find the Perennial garden in the main gardens behind the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
July 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
✨What's blooming? The perennials are back...again! This garden includes native and cultivated herbaceous perennial plants to inspire home gardeners and provide ample forage for pollinators. ⛲🌱☀️
Find the Perennial garden in the main gardens behind the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
Find the Perennial garden in the main gardens behind the Snyder Building. #MNarboretum
The Showy Lady's Slipper is Minnesota's state flower. This June bloomer, our largest native orchid, is widely distributed throughout eastern and central North America in places including wet, dry, sunny and shady habitats. 💕🌱 #MNarboretum
June 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Showy Lady's Slipper is Minnesota's state flower. This June bloomer, our largest native orchid, is widely distributed throughout eastern and central North America in places including wet, dry, sunny and shady habitats. 💕🌱 #MNarboretum
The spring ephemerals have departed for the season, as the tree canopy is fully leafed out. On the blog, Minnesota Master Naturalist Mary Beth Pottratz shares her mid-spring findings in the Dayton Wildflower Garden, including a few small lady’s slippers! 💛🥿 #MNarboretum
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The spring ephemerals have departed for the season, as the tree canopy is fully leafed out. On the blog, Minnesota Master Naturalist Mary Beth Pottratz shares her mid-spring findings in the Dayton Wildflower Garden, including a few small lady’s slippers! 💛🥿 #MNarboretum
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
Have you ever walked outside and wondered: Why are flowers different colors? Why do plants grow in certain places but not others? Why do herbs smell? If so, you may enjoy stopping by the Arboretum’s Discovery Booths. 🌸🌱 #MNarboretum
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
May 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Have you ever walked outside and wondered: Why are flowers different colors? Why do plants grow in certain places but not others? Why do herbs smell? If so, you may enjoy stopping by the Arboretum’s Discovery Booths. 🌸🌱 #MNarboretum
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
🎨✨ Starting June 5 through August 30, join us for one-hour Art Tours at the Arboretum! Explore the Harrison Sculpture Garden at 11:30 a.m. and the art at the Visitor Center and Snyder Building at 1:30 p.m. every Thursday and Saturday. 🌿🖼️ #MNarboretum
Learn more: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
Learn more: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
May 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🎨✨ Starting June 5 through August 30, join us for one-hour Art Tours at the Arboretum! Explore the Harrison Sculpture Garden at 11:30 a.m. and the art at the Visitor Center and Snyder Building at 1:30 p.m. every Thursday and Saturday. 🌿🖼️ #MNarboretum
Learn more: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
Learn more: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/05...
On the blog: Minnesota Master Naturalist Instructor Zan Tomko explores different ways of looking at nature's seasons, including the Dakota moon calendar and the Japanese 24 sekki. #MNarboretum
Read the full blog post at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Read the full blog post at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
April 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On the blog: Minnesota Master Naturalist Instructor Zan Tomko explores different ways of looking at nature's seasons, including the Dakota moon calendar and the Japanese 24 sekki. #MNarboretum
Read the full blog post at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Read the full blog post at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
These ephemeral wildflowers are a sure sign that spring has arrived. On the blog, Arboretum Gardener Jake LaVigne explores the various flowers you might spot throughout the Dayton Wildflower Garden. 🌱🌸 #MNarboretum
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
April 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
These ephemeral wildflowers are a sure sign that spring has arrived. On the blog, Arboretum Gardener Jake LaVigne explores the various flowers you might spot throughout the Dayton Wildflower Garden. 🌱🌸 #MNarboretum
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Learn more at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Happy National Orchid Day! Did you know Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants? There are more than 25,000 species. Get a glimpse of some of your favorites in the Conservatory! 🫶💜 #MNarboretum #NationalOrchidDay
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Happy National Orchid Day! Did you know Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants? There are more than 25,000 species. Get a glimpse of some of your favorites in the Conservatory! 🫶💜 #MNarboretum #NationalOrchidDay
Walking is beneficial for our overall wellbeing and health — but what is the science behind it? Jean Larson explores how the benefits of walking are directly related to our evolution as a species. 🚶👁️ #MNarboretum
Read the full blog post: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Read the full blog post: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Walking is beneficial for our overall wellbeing and health — but what is the science behind it? Jean Larson explores how the benefits of walking are directly related to our evolution as a species. 🚶👁️ #MNarboretum
Read the full blog post: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
Read the full blog post: arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04...
It's the best time of the year — the Osprey Cam is live! As we patiently await the arrival of our feathered friends, learn about these large raptors on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04... 🪺🎥 #MNarboretum
Photo of osprey and chick in 2024 by Richard Bachrach.
Photo of osprey and chick in 2024 by Richard Bachrach.
April 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's the best time of the year — the Osprey Cam is live! As we patiently await the arrival of our feathered friends, learn about these large raptors on the blog at arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/04... 🪺🎥 #MNarboretum
Photo of osprey and chick in 2024 by Richard Bachrach.
Photo of osprey and chick in 2024 by Richard Bachrach.
Feeling a bit lost when it comes to starting your garden this year? Find your inspiration in the Home Demonstration garden 🏡🧑🌾 #MNarboretum
Learn more on the blog at
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/03...
Learn more on the blog at
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/03...
March 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Feeling a bit lost when it comes to starting your garden this year? Find your inspiration in the Home Demonstration garden 🏡🧑🌾 #MNarboretum
Learn more on the blog at
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/03...
Learn more on the blog at
arb.umn.edu/blog/2025/03...