Tag: Arboretum

UW–Arboretum looking to make website updates, seeks advice from LSC 532 students

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While the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum is known by some as being a peaceful nature retreat in the middle of the city, it is also the site of historic and on-going ecological restoration research. While the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum is known by some as being a peaceful nature retreat in the middle of the …

Researchers explore place meanings surrounding UW Arboretum as a public natural area

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LSC doctoral candidate James T. Spartz, working with Assistant Professor Bret Shaw, recently published a paper exploring the varied and sometimes conflicting meanings associated with the UW Arboretum as a public natural area. Their article, “Place Meanings Surrounding an Urban Natural Area: A Qualitative Inquiry,” appears in the December 2011 issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Spartz and Shaw found …