Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum

June 8, 2021
The bloom is on the peonies at the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden

The Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden is bursting with color and is expected to continue blooming through mid-June. View photos from a recent day in the garden.
May 19, 2021
Historic Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden is open this year

Following a pandemic year in which visitors were asked to stay away, the nearly 100-year-old peony garden in Nichols Arboretum is open to the public and getting ready to bloom.
May 4, 2021
Matthaei-Nichols expert offers advice on emerging cicadas

Tom O’Dell, collections and natural areas specialist at U-M’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, recalls the last time 17-year cicadas visited Ann Arbor and offers some advice.
December 11, 2020
Anthony Kolenic named director of Matthaei-Nichols

Anthony J. Kolenic will become director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Kolenic’s five-year appointment is effective March 1, 2021, and he succeeds Bob Grese, who retired in June 2020.
May 12, 2020
Nichols Arboretum cancels 2020 peony celebration

The historic peony garden at Nichols Arboretum at U-M, which has bloomed every spring for nearly 100 years, will do so without any visitors but will offer virtual sightings of the bloom.
March 16, 2020
Advisory committee to aid search for Matthaei-Nichols director

An advisory committee has been named to assist in the search for a new director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Bob Grese is stepping down after serving in that role since 2004.
April 6, 2017
Grandmother Tree Walk tours at the Arb run throughout 2017

Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum are celebrating U-M’s bicentennial with the Grandmother Tree Walk, a self-guided journey through Michigan’s 200-year history from the perspective of trees.
September 8, 2015
Medicinal garden opens at Matthaei Botanical Gardens

Continuing a long tradition of research, education and healing through botany, U-M’s newly dedicated medicinal garden now is open at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
August 17, 2015
U-M’s Saginaw Forest offers adventure, beauty and escape

While Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum offer a satisfying Ann Arbor nature experience, lesser-known Saginaw Forest, on the city’s west edge, offers a more untamed adventure.