Tourist and travel guide for Gardens listed in: Arboretums

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Gardens: Arboretums

The selection of beautiful trees that are featured in Arboretums are often tied in a very special way to the surrounding region. They often they form special showcases for the arboretum itself. Arboretums are actually botanical gardens that specialize in trees and other woodsy plants grown with education and science in mind.

Some arboretums harbor a large variety of different types of trees, while others focus on a few special local varieties. Parks often contain a large variety of trees as well, but the difference is that their main goal is often display rather than research.

Interesting little tidbit: Arboretums that grow conifers are known as "pinetums".

Below are the gardens in this category, listed by region:

Alabama: University of Alabama Arboretum, William Bartram Arboretum

Arizona: Arizona State University Arboretum, Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, The Arboretum at Flagstaff

Arkansas: Arkansas Arboretum, South Arkansas Arboretum

Connecticut: Dinosaur State Park Arboretum

Florida: Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

Illinois: Ladd Arboretum and Evanston Ecology Center

Iowa: Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

Kansas: Dyck Arboretum of the Plains

Kentucky: Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum

Montana: International Larix Arboretum

Nebraska: Gilman Park Arboretum, Lauritzen Gardens

New Hampshire: Jesse Hepler Lilac Arboretum

New Jersey: Herrontown Woods Arboretum

North Dakota: Fort Stevenson State Park Arboretum

Ohio: Dawes Arboretum

Oklahoma: Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum

Pennsylvania: Awbury Arboretum, Lake Erie Arboretum, Longwood Gardens

Rhode Island: Blithewold, Christopher Memorial Arboretum, Wilcox Park

South Dakota: Kuhnert Arboretum, McCrory Gardens, Ralph Cole Arboretum

Tennessee: Bonny Oaks Arboretum, Deerwood Arboretum and Nature Area, Memphis Botanic Garden

Texas: East Texas Arboretum

Utah: Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Robert L. Shepherd Desert Arboretum

Virginia: Boxerwood Gardens, Chesapeake Arboretum

Washington: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, John A. Finch Arboretum

West Virginia: Brooks Memorial Arboretum, Core Arboretum

Wisconsin: Boerner Botanical Gardens, University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum

Wyoming: Cheyenne Botanical Gardens

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