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September 29, 2021
Profit from the Woods
This short guide will help you evaluate opportunities for sustainable income from your woodlands. more
September 29, 2021
Keep the Woods Healthy
Learn about protecting the health and ecological integrity of your woodlands. more
September 29, 2021
Enjoying the Woods
Evaluate the benefits your woodlands provide, and plan for the future. more
September 29, 2021
Jessica Miller Mecaskey
Jessica Miller Mecaskey is a rising star in the areas of conservation and land management. As a Community Forester, Jessica has worked with numerous Northeast Ohio institutions in ecological sciences,... more
September 28, 2021
How to Plant a Tree
Imagine that there was one thing that you could do today that could mitigate climate change, nurture wildlife, and bring health and beauty to your community. Planting a tree... more
September 27, 2021
Photo Submission Form
What’s Your Favorite Place at Holden Forests & Gardens? Send us your photos for the chance to be featured on our social media channels or our member magazine. more
September 24, 2021
Celebrating National Mushroom Month with a Book Review and a Recipe too!
By Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, Jessica Miller, Sarah Kyker, and David Burke
As September winds down, we are taking one more week to celebrate fungi during National Mushroom Month! Fungi are the main recyclers of dead plant material in the forest and... more
September 17, 2021
National Mushroom Month: Sharing Some Science & a Recipe, Too!
By Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, MS, Graduate Student, Sarah Kyker, Postdoctoral Research Associate, and David Burke, VP, Science & Conservation
Mycorrhizal at HF&G: We continue to celebrate September as National Mushroom Month at HF&G! Today we want to tell you about our favorite fungal group: mycorrhizal fungi! While we certainly... more
September 16, 2021
Fall Forum: Attention Club Presidents and Representatives
Fall Forum, open to all club presidents and representatives, is scheduled for October 21 at 10:00 a.m. in Woodland Hall at the Cleveland Botanical Garden campus. Watch your email... more
Bootanical Bash
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 22nd, 2023 from noon – 5pm for our annual family-friendly Bootanical Bash! Little wizards and witches will meander their way from the seasonally decorated Terrace... more
September 10, 2021
Soil, Mushrooms & a Recipe, Too!
By Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, MS, Research Specialist
by: Claudia Bashian-Victoroff, Sarah Kyker, and David Burke We continue to celebrate September: National Mushroom Month. Mushrooms are amazing (and delicious) and definitely deserve a month of focus and celebration.... more
Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn Fantasy’ (Freeman maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Being a Freeman maple, the ‘Autumn Fantasy’ is a hybrid of Acer rubrum and A. saccharinum resulting in A. rubrum’s strong branch structure and A. saccharinum’s fast growth. The ‘Autumn Fantasy’ really takes this to heart with an improved... more
Quercus alba
Quercus alba (white oak)
Pyramidal when young, upright rounded to broad-rounded habit with wide-spreading branches at maturity. Foliage is dark green changing in fall from brown to reddish-purple. Majestic native tree for large areas. Prefers... more
Nyssa ‘Tupelo Tower’
Nyssa ‘Tupelo Tower’ (black gum)
This selection has a very tight, upright habit unlike the species. The lustrous dark green summer foliage turns impressive shades of orange in early fall. The upright narrow habit is ideal for smaller... more
Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’
Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry’ (gingko)
‘Princeton Sentry’ is an all-male cultivar with an upright, narrowly conical habit. Leaves turn a uniform golden yellow in autumn and persist for several weeks. When the leaves do drop,... more
Carya laciniosa
Carya laciniosa (shellbark hickory)
Shellbark hickory, a.k.a. kingnut is native from western New York to Iowa, south to Georgia and Texas. Although widely distributed, it is not common, certainly not in Holden’s natural areas... more
Carya cordiformis
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
According to Klyn Nursery, “This Ohio native is one of the faster-growing hickories. It will eventually become a slender tree with an irregular, cylindrical crown of stiff ascending branches. The interesting bark is gray to brown and shallowly-furrowed. The tree is salt tolerant, and... more
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “A columnar red maple! Narrower when young, this tree becomes a broad column at maturity with a spread ranging from 18–25’. Green foliage turns yellow-orange to reddish-orange in fall. ‘Bowhall’ can be used as a shade... more
Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’
Acer rubrum ‘Brandywine’ (red maple)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum, the ‘Brandywine’ is a selection from the native species Acer rubrum. It forms an upright, oval crown as it matures but does not... more
Zelkova serrata ‘Green Vase’ (green vase zelkova)
According to Klyn Nursery, “A vigorous-growing tree whose vase-shaped outline is ideal for use in urban plantings. Compared with other Zelkova species, it experiences more rapid growth when young, better winter hardiness,... more
Zelkova serrata ‘Musashino’
Zelkova serrata ‘Musashino’ (Musashino columnar zelkova)
According to Klyn Nursery, “Introduced to the North American nursery trade in 2000 by Frank Schmidt & Son Co., who describe it as a “landscape exclamation mark”. The upright branches and... more
Quercus glandulifera
Quercus glandulifera (Konara oak)
Acoording to Klyn Nursery, “Native to Japan, Korea, and China, this oak is extremely rare in cultivation. The shiny leaves have slight serrations on the edges and are a perfect background for... more
Parrotia subaequalis
Parrotia subaequalis (Chinese parrotia)
According to Klyn Nursery, “This Chinese form of Parrotia is extremely rare in its native habitat with no more than 100 reproductive individuals in the wild. Closely related to Parrotia persica, P. subequalis is more compact while boasting an even... more
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