Arnold Arboretum

Arnold Arboretum
One of the small ponds within Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum is located in Greater Boston area
Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum is located in Massachusetts
Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum is located in the United States
Arnold Arboretum
Arnold Arboretum
TypeBotanical garden
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°17′52″N 71°7′22″W / 42.29778°N 71.12278°W / 42.29778; -71.12278
Area281 acres (114 ha)
Operated byHarvard University
StatusOpen year round
Websitewww.arboretum.harvard.edu
Arnold Arboretum
Built1872
ArchitectFrederick Law Olmsted
NRHP reference No.66000127[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLJanuary 12, 1965

The Arnold Arboretum is a botanical research institution and free public park affiliated with Harvard University and located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston.

Established in 1872, it is the oldest public arboretum in North America.[2] The landscape was designed by Charles Sprague Sargent and Frederick Law Olmsted and is the second largest "link" in the Emerald Necklace. The Arnold Arboretum's collection of temperate trees, shrubs, and vines has an emphasis on the plants of the eastern United States and eastern Asia,[3] where arboretum staff and colleagues are sourcing new material on plant collecting expeditions.[4] The arboretum supports research in its landscape and in its Weld Hill Research Building.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Arnold Arboretum". The Emerald Necklace Conservancy. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. ^ "Plants". Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. ^ "Plant Exploration". Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  5. ^ "Research in the Collections". Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.