Secrest Arboretum
100 year timeline of plantings, collections & events...
The Arboretum has various theme gardens and amenities with paved walkways, seating areas and a diverse collection of woody and herbaceous plantings. When is the best time to visit Secrest? "...It's everyday at Secrest to learn, explore, wonder, connect."
Look at, learn about, and love the plant life around you. Over the past 100+ years, we have grown into an expansive outdoor laboratory and landscape garden.
At Secrest, our beautiful theme gardens illustrate the use of style, color and texture within plant habitats to establish a sustainable landscape. Enjoy our gardens and discover plant selections for yours. Stroll our paved walkways through forests and meadows.
Signature Tree Program... is one of the components of the Why Trees Matter Program in cooperation with the Secrest Arboretum of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Initiated on March 11-12, 2009 in Wooster, Ohio, by OSU President E. Gordon Gee, this program is intended to increase awareness of the importance of trees for sustainable communities and to raise money for tree research at The Ohio State University. Features of the Signature Tree Program include the following:
Three tree selections offered for sale each year as Signature Trees. For 2009-2010, these are Silver Linden, Scarlet Buckeye, and Pagoda Dogwood. Cost is $30.00 ea.
Each tree sold in 2009-2010 will include President E. Gordon Gee's signature, along with a statement of "why trees matter" to President Gee.
Each tree sale will also include an explanation of the environmental services trees provide, based on the science-based i-Tree model developed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Ohio-based Davey Tree Company, the largest tree care company in the world. Each tree will also have a tree care tag with proper planting and care information.
Signature Trees will be available for sale at selected tree planting programs and Secrest Arboretum and other OSU horticulture programs throughout the year, as well as, Ohio counties, OSUE 4-H camps, and other events. Proceeds will be placed in an OSU Development Account for tree research at OSU.
Check out the new Buckeye Forest play area and embankment slide, complete with giant frogs,tortoises and more...for kids of ALL ages! Make the most of your environment by spending time in ours.
Tie-Dyed Buckeye T-Shirts support ongoing renewal projects.Adult and Youth sizes available.
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