Make Your Favorite School an EPS School
Kansas Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) has become a flagship program at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains since we received training from EPS founders at University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum in...
View ArticleFive Reasons We are Giving Thanks at the Arboretum
November is a great time to reflect on the many blessings of the past year here at the arboretum. We are grateful for so many things. We enjoy serving you and serving with you to fulfill the mission...
View ArticleWinter Dreams of Prairie Gardens
We are near the longest nights of the year when your landscape is cold, brown, and sometimes snowy with few creatures stirring. But soon, if not already, you will be having visions of coneflowers and...
View ArticleThe Power of Many
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller Consider the power of one vs. the power of many. The power of one may at first seem insignificant. However, with persistence,...
View ArticleKansas – A Rich Heritage of Environmental Education
The prairie is central to our environmental education in Kansas (Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City, KS). It is Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) summer institute time again at Dyck...
View ArticleGrowing future gardeners through Earth Partnership for Schools
This week, is National Public Gardens Week. All week we are celebrating, with other public gardens around the country, the unique role botanical gardens and arboreta have in our communities and...
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