Where did summer go? I looked at the calendar, and September is almost over. Time does fly when you’re having fun, and there’s been plenty to enjoy in the gardens at Joslyn Art Museum this season. Planting is, of course, a common garden activity, but this year we seriously…
In the fall, I always welcome some of the reprieve that winter offers. No more mowing. No more weeding. I think I would probably hibernate myself if it were possible. However, once February rolls around, winter’s romance is usually gone for me. I’m done with snow. I’m tired of…
Although it doesn’t feel like November, one glance at Joslyn Art Museum’s gardens leaves no question that fall is most definitely here. At this point in time I could wander off into the biology of deciduous trees, why they shed their leaves, and what happens to the chlorophyll and…
Four years ago I met Julie Dierberger with University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Service Learning Academy (SLA) and Cathy Nelson with Blackburn Alternative High School. Little did I know that this partnership (and subsequent friendship) would lead to Joslyn Art Museum installing a life-size Truffula Tree in the Discovery…
The gardens have been buzzing at Joslyn Art Museum this summer. A healthy environment means life, and that’s what I’ve been seeing a lot of this season, which is exciting. Using primarily organic means to care for our campus the last 3 years has helped create an environment that…
Spring has sprung! Although this winter was pretty average by many accounts, it’s always refreshing to be able to say that it’s finally spring. Over the last month or so as I’ve anxiously awaited spring’s arrival, when the landscape will explode into a crescendo of green, I find myself…
I keep hearing murmurings about the ominous predictions that Farmer’s Almanac is making for this winter, but I’m trying not to think about that. Instead, I’m choosing to savor the last bit of nice weather, take in the gorgeous fall colors beginning to appear, and reflect on this season…
After a long and frigid winter, spring is finally here! I do enjoy the change of the seasons, snow, and the bit of reprieve that winter offers, but once March is here, the any novelty that winter had is long gone. 2013 was an exciting year here at Joslyn…
My name is Kyle Johnson, and I’m the Landscape Maintenance Technician here at Joslyn Art Museum. I have a pretty broad background as far as landscaping and grounds maintenance goes, and this is my third season here at Joslyn. When people ask me what all I do here, I…