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Category: History of Landscape

  • Farewell to a Beloved Sentinel: The Silver Maple of Meadow Road

    Legacies, Botanical Gardens, Curation, History, History of Landscape, Horticulture, Landscape, Living Collections
    Farewell to a Beloved Sentinel: The Silver Maple of Meadow Road
  • Street Renamed Flora Way to Honor Enslaved Woman

    Community, Environmental Justice, Events, Harvard Gazette, History, History of Landscape, Legacies, News
    Street Renamed Flora Way to Honor Enslaved Woman
  • City Approves Renaming of Bussey Street to Flora Way

    Community, Events, History of Landscape, Legacies, News
    City Approves Renaming of Bussey Street to Flora Way
  • Arboretum and Parks Department Petition City for Bussey Street Name Change

    Community, Environmental Justice, History, History of Landscape, Legacies, News
    Arboretum and Parks Department Petition City for Bussey Street Name Change
  • Interns Launch Explorers Garden Expansion

    Internships, Botanical Gardens, Conservation, Curation, Ecology, Education, History, History of Landscape, Horticulture, Landscape, Living Collections, Plant Exploration, Plant Production
    Interns Launch Explorers Garden Expansion
  • Renewing Olmsted’s Promise

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    Renewing Olmsted’s Promise
  • Eye Candy at the Arnold Arboretum!

    Director’s Posts, History of Landscape, Landscape, Living Collections
    Eye Candy at the Arnold Arboretum!
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We are committed to the Olmstedian principle that everyone is entitled to open space, so our gates are open to everyone, every day, free of charge.

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The Arnold Arboretum has been funded by the generosity of the supporting public since our founding in 1872. Give today and continue that legacy.

For over 7,000 years, the land on which the Arnold Arboretum now sits has been inhabited and used by diverse societies and cultures of Indigenous Peoples, including most recently, the Massachusett Tribe. Read about the deep history of the Arboretum landscape.

The Arnold Arboretum acknowledges that benefactor Benjamin Bussey, who bequeathed the land on which the institution now is sited, bought the property with funds amassed from trade in goods produced by enslaved persons. Read about the Arboretum and its entanglement with slavery.

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