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A Record Year for Kendal at Oberlin Volunteers!

What makes a difference these days?  The time and energy that Kendal at Oberlin residents and staff provide as volunteers makes a significant difference. Nearly 25 years ago, soon after…

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Arboretum Uses ArbNet Grant to Advance Best Practices in Tree Care

The John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin, located on the 100+ acre campus of Kendal at Oberlin, a life plan retirement community in northeast Ohio, has used a recent grant from…

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Generations United Recertifies Kendal

Generations United recently renewed Kendal at Oberlin’s intergenerational programming for another three years as a Program of Distinction. 

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Kendal’s Molly Kavanaugh Receives Excellence in Communications Award

  On September 15, 2017, Molly Kavanaugh of Kendal at Oberlin was awarded the Excellence in Communications Award by LeadingAge Ohio. The award was presented during the LeadingAge Ohio Awards…

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Kendal Collects 2017: Resident Stories About Art

“Kendal Collects” is a biennial art show at Kendal at Oberlin, alternating each summer with “Kendal Creates.” The 2017 exhibit of runs through August 13, and features over 80 cherished…

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Arbor Day 2017: A Memorial Tree Grows in Oberlin

As part of the 2017 Arbor Day celebration, The John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin, in partnership with the City of Oberlin, took part in a Memorial Tree planting…

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How to Grow an Urban Arboretum

The John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin’s second annual Arbor Day celebration was a day of education, with Alan Siewert, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Regional Urban Forester.

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The Care and Feeding of an Arboretum

The John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin is in its infancy, and as such the resident driven Arboretum Committee is responsible for decisions concerning its care.  A number of…

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Photography by Richard Baznik at Kendal at Oberlin

Currently showing in the Friends Gallery at Kendal at Oberlin is a retrospective show, As I See It, the works of Richard Baznik from the past quarter century. During most…

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