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How Nonnative Plants Respond to Climate Change: Holden Arboretum Researchers Report
Scientists agree: Global warming is real, and it’s happening today. Here in northeast Ohio, we can most clearly see the signs during spells of too-warm-too-early weather in the spring or in stronger-than-average storm fronts.
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Holden researchers put forest management strategies to the test. Here’s what they found
Private landowners play a critical role in preserving Ohio’s natural heritage where a majority of the state’s eight million acres of forest are privately owned. To manage these forests, land stewards commonly employ strategies like selective thinning and removal of invasive shrubs, but what do these strategies actually accomplish?
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Continuing our Work on Beech Leaf Disease
One of the reasons why BLD research at Holden Arboretum is important is because we are located in the same county where this disease originated. But it’s also important that we go beyond the arboretum to study this disease as it spreads in Ohio and across North America.
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September 4, 2025
Moths on the Move
My job at Holden Forests & Gardens as the propagator is to produce and take care of baby plants. That often involves going out into the gardens and natural areas… more
August 28, 2025
Veterans Find Healing in the Beehives at Cleveland Botanical Garden
Our fascination with bees is as old as time itself. The Paleolithic cave art in Spain shows honey hunters perched on cliff faces 10,000 years ago. In ancient Egypt, the… more
July 30, 2025
Discover What Happens Behind the Scenes at Holden at the 10th Annual SEARCH Symposium
Curious about what goes on behind the scenes at Holden Forests & Gardens? The 10th annual Symposium for Ecological Research (SEARCH) offers a window into the real work happening across… more
