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With one exception, these Newsletter issues reside on our newsletter website.  Click on the issue name to see the entire issue, or on individual article names to go directly to the article.

Winter 2017
From the Director's Desk
The Landis Wish List
From the Garden:  What Landis Gardeners Do to Beat the Winter Blues
The Oak Hotel
From the Meeting House Deck:  A Forester's Perspective
Do Birds of a Feather . . .?
Landis Portraits:  Mark Baptiste
Celebrating the End of Gardening Season: Butternut Squash Soup
Marketing the Arboretum:  Getting the News Out
Almost time for Second Sunday Snowshoe!
Decorating with Native Greenery
A Look Back in Time:  Sharing a Musical Evening in the Farm House
A Winter Montage at Landis:  A Slideshow


Spring 2017
From the Director's Desk:  Landis Announces the Great Oak Hunt!
From the Garden:  Weed Suppression Tips to Stay Chemical Free
Landis Portraits:  Bill and Roberta Winsman
From the Meeting House Deck: An Astronomer's View
To Puddle or Not to Puddle
We Appreciate:  Greenhouse Restoration
Carrot-Ginger Soup
Spotlight on Sponsors: Delaware Engineering, D.P.C.
"There's a Place": Intern Produces Landis VIdeo


Summer 2017
​From the Director's Desk: Trails at Landis
​From the Garden:  Keep Pests Away the Chemical-Free Way!
​​A Goldenrod Safari
Award-winning Author at Landis:  Lessons from Sweetgrass
Arboretum's Dragonfly Lady Introduces the Moss Lady
Landis Portraits:  Steven Cushing
Landis Portraits:  David Roy
Esperance Museum Educates and Inspire
Catching Up with the Boys of Landis 
View from the Meeting House Deck: An Herbalist's Perspective
 Landisaurus Roams the Arboretum
A Tangled Tale:  From the Capital Region Audubon Society
We Appreciate:  Key Bank
Summer Squash Casserole
The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at Landis
Anne Jaster's Botanic Drawings: A Retrospective


The web version of the Fall 2017 Newsletter has been lost.  You can download a PDF of the issue by clicking on the link below.  The article listing below is not clickable.
Fall 2017. 
In Memoriam: Mervyn Prichard, 1920 - 2017
Save the Date: 9th Annual Wine Tasting
​Evergreen Memories
Landis Honors “Can Do” Volunteers
​Landis Portraits: Dave Laraway

View from the Meeting House Deck: A Brief History of the Meeting House
We Appreciate: Bees, Saplings, and Greenhouse
Reciprocal Admissions: Open Doors, Big Savings!

Landis Out and About: Marketing and Networking with the Arboretum

​Winter 2018
This issue is our 2017 Annual Report.

​Spring 2018
From the DIrector's Desk:  Prehistoric Plants That Stand the Test of Time
From the Garden: Plants to Dye For
Some Like It Cold
In Memoriam: Art Coleman (1939-2018)
Landis Portraits: Amy Howansky
View from the Meeting House Deck: A Young Mother's Perspective
Ann Bevins' Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake
Gardening Apps: Getting Techie With It!
Central Park Zoo: The Macaw Takes a Bath  (poem by Fred Lape)
A Great Oak Thank You!
Landis Signature Spring Plant, Book, and Bake Sale
Save the Date:  Esperance Bicentennial!
Landis Out and About


Summer 2018
​From the Director's Desk: Building Better Soils for Better Results
​From the Garden:  Two Classic Garden Pests - Slugs and Aphids
​​A Very Important Question: Do You Like Butter?
Save the Date for the Fall Plant, Book, and Bake Sale!
​Help Landis Check Off Items on Our "Wish List"
From 6 to 76: All Ages in the Running
A New Addition to the Spring Plant Sale
"Writing in Harmony with the Natural World" Offers Creative Opportunity
 A Very Brief Guide to Gardener’s Latin (and Latinized Greek)
Esperance New York: Fred Lape's Home Town
Landis Portraits:  Scott Jackson
Save the Date for our  Volunteer and  Sponsor Appreciation Event!
Travels with Amy: Getting the Best Out of Your Reciprocal Admissions Member Benefit
Rosy Beet and Bean Salad
View from the Meeting House Deck: The Perspective of Two Visionaries
 Every Garden Has to Have a Tree: A Local Community Garden​
The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at Landis


Fall 2018
​From the Director's Desk: Notes from the 2018 ISA Conference   
​In Praise of Fuzzy Caterpillars
From the Garden:  Butterfly Gardening
Save the Date:  10th Annual Landis Wine Tasting 
American Chestnut Project at Landis
A Little Known Landis Treasure:  Buckleya distichophylla
From the Meeting House Deck: A Scoutmaster's Perspective
Landis Thanks Volunteers, Honors Nan Williams and Sue Tricario
Landis Volunteers Also Serve the Community​​
Landis Portraits: Vince DeSantis
The Healing Power of Plants: Donna Vincent and ARC
An Historical Timeline of the Landis Arboretum​
​Plant Sale Raffles Become a Tradition
The Dirt: Behind the Scenes at Landis