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Interns Launch Explorers Garden Expansion at Arnold Arboretum

Each summer, participants in the Isabella Welles Hunnewell Internship Program at the Arnold Arboretum complete a group project in the landscape as the culmination of their training in public garden management. The challenge for 2024 interns was to interweave the distinct and historically relevant stories of the plants and history of the eastern slope of Bussey Hill. Near the summit of the hill the Arboretum’s crown jewel of plant collecting: the Explorers Garden.

The Bee-Bee Tree at the Arnold Arboretum

The aptly named bee-bee tree, Tetradium daniellii, is the place to be if you like bees. Standing next to one of the Arnold Arboretum’s four specimens when this tree is open for pollinator business in mid to late summer, is not just a visual experience, but also an auditory one.

Protect Yourself: West Nile Virus Detected in Jamaica Plain

While risk remains low, the Boston Public Health Commission is encouraging residents to take precautions, after West Nile Virus was recently detected in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Roxbury, and West Roxbury.