The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a museum of trees teaching the world about plants.
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Golden Rain Tree 14928-1*B
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Silk Tree 1442-77*B
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Tree Clethra 241-96*A
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Bottlebrush Buckeye 12652*A
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Rosebay Rhododendron 94-82*A
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Golden Rain Tree 14928-1*B -
Silk Tree 1442-77*B -
Tree Clethra 241-96*A -
Bottlebrush Buckeye 12652*A -
Rosebay Rhododendron 94-82*A
Featured Event
All-Ages Insect Safari
Join us for an interactive look at all the tiny critters that crawl, fly, or slither through the Arboretum landscape. We will have sweep nets and bug boxes to catch bugs in Kent Field, digital microscopes to get a closer look, and entomologists to help us identify everything we find. This is an all-ages, interactive program: come prepared to move around and get up close with some bugs and insects!
What’s New
Learn, Grow, Explore
Summer Program Guide
Discover a free and enriching summer of guided walks, hands-on art, nature exploration, and wellness experiences at the Arnold Arboretum—inviting you to connect with plants in fresh, inspiring ways.
Plants and People
Get To Know a Tree
Arnold Arboretum Director and Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology William (Ned) Friedman teaches an innovative first-year Harvard seminar titled Tree that invites students to form meaningful, firsthand connections with individual trees to transform their relationship with the natural world. See the course syllabus and development a new friendship in our landscape.
Legacies in the Landscape
Celebrating Hu Xiansu
Hu Xiansu (H. H. Hu), a pioneering botanist who laid the foundation for modern plant taxonomy in China, earned his doctorate at Harvard 100 years ago. His groundbreaking identification of the “living fossil” dawn redwood and leadership in creating China’s botanical institutions cemented his legacy as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century botany.
An Entrance Revitalized
Washington Street Gate Renewal
With completion of donor-funded renovations to the Washington Street entrance nearing, the gate into Bussey Brook Meadow and Blackwell Footpath have reopened to visitors and green transit commuters. Additional landscape work at Washington Street will continue this fall.
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Stories
Today’s Virtual Walks
Director’s Tour
A Walk Through Time, Part 2
Keeper’s Tour
Explorers Garden Tour
Plants & Collections
‘Crimson Gem’ Bracted Viburnum
This one-of-a-kind viburnum was collected as a result of the Arboretum’s commitment to plant conservation. Its exceptional single red floret was noted 18 years after planting.
Bigleaf Magnolia
Bearing the largest simple leaves and flowers of any temperate species in North America, bigleaf magnolia is a striking native of the Southeastern United States. Its exotic foliage, fragrant flowers, and showy fruit make it a popular specimen tree in gardens and arboreta.
