Past Events
Friday, October 13, 4:00 pm
Ceremony at the Japanese Garden for Reflection and Contemplation
First designed in 1986, this garden has gone through many changes over the past 30 years. In its latest incarnation, the garden has been re-envisioned by Japanese garden consultant John Powell. It has been restored, while still respecting the original intent.
Tuesday October 3, 12 noon and 7:00 pm
Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House
In this gallery talk, Victoria I discusses her experiences working with Wilhelmina Jashemski as well as the process of creating the illustrations, working with botanist Frederick Meyer at the U. S. National Arboretum and botanist Massimo Riccardi in Naples.
Arbor Day Lecture by Richard Higgins
Friday April 28, 12:00 noon - Campus Center Room 103/104 - lunch provided for the first 30 people
Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau’s creativity as a writer, his work as a naturalist, his thought, and his inner life. When he wrote that the poet loves the pine tree as his own “shadow in the air,” he was speaking about himself.
Music in the Noon Hour
12:30 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall
Musical tributes to some of the champion-sized trees and other remarkable and historic tree specimens that grace the Smith College Campus Arboretum — now recognized as an accredited arboretum and as a Tree Campus USA.
Botanical Explosions: The Evolutionary Impact of Ultra-fast Plants by Joan Edwards
Friday, March 3, 2017, 7:30 pm - Campus Center Carroll Room
This lecture explores ultra-fast plant movements through high-speed video.
Joan Edwards is a botanist whose research focus is plant-animal interactions. She is Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Williams College.
The New Volunteer 2017 three day training session runs from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day. Registration is required.
Understanding Northampton's Landscape:
A Sense of Place
Presented by Laurie Sanders '88, Co-Executive Director of Historic Northampton
LOCATION CHANGE: Campus Center Carroll Room - 7:30 pm
The Smith College Campus Tree Advisory Committee and students invite the community to celebrate our Champion Trees on Campus during Arbor Day, April 29th from 11:00 am-1:00pm.
Trees, Science, You and the Future presented by Lea Sloan, Vice President for Communications, American Forests
Thursday, April 21, 4:15 in the Neilson Library Browsing Room.
Science continues to gather compelling evidence of how physical and emotional health are essentially connected to trees and forests in ways that were likely more obvious to our ancestors. We’ll discuss those findings, and opportunities for you to get involved, and to change the way city planners, the health industry, developers, politicians and educators shape our future.
To celebrate Botanic Garden Director, Michael Marcotrigiano's retirement, Dr. William Friedman will present a special guest lecture.
