On Saturday June 6, 2026, Arboretum Committee members Eileen McHugh, Nick Pettit and Greg Tormey (retired) led a tour of the UConn Arboretum.  The walk was sponsored by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History.  The two-hour, one mile walk included 32 common and unusual trees and focused on trees in the Heritage District of UConn’s Storrs campus.

On Monday, April 27, 2026 UConn Arboretum Committee members Kate Larsen, Eileen McHugh, Patrick McKee, Matt Opel, and Andy Zhang joined over 20 students in the annual class tree planting for the graduating Class of 2029.  UConn Facility arborists and Arboretum Committee members Bill Bates and Brian Murray prepared for the tree planting the week before.  See the Class Tree Planting Tab on our website.