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White Oak in Winter

Tree Mob: The Oldest Tree in the Arboretum

November 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 10:45 am
Peters Hill Gate Peters Hill Gate, Boston

Long before this landscape had ever dreamed of becoming an Arboretum, a white oak grew quietly on the slopes of Peters Hill. Years passed and Arboretum staff eventually incorporated this very old tree into our official collections, making it possibly the oldest accessioned tree in the landscape. Join Assistant Curator Miles Sax for a Tree Mob to learn about this oak, what the landscape looked like before it was an Arboretum, the science of tree age, and how the Arboretum manages those trees that we never chose to plant but which are a treasured part of our collections nonetheless.

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