Event Details

Drs. Gregory J. Anderson and Mark H. Brand, co-chairs of the UConn Arboretum Committee, will lead participants on a tour of one of the most spectacular natural resources at UConn Storrs: the trees! Based on the concept of the “campus as arboretum,” the Arboretum Committee helps to protect, promote, catalogue, and manage the trees and shrubs across campus. Greg and Mark will identify and share stories about some of the campus’ most interesting trees.

Sign-in begins at 9:45AM outside Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Hillside Rd, followed by a 1.5 hour guided walk through the campus arboretum.

 

*** This event is FREE and open to the public ~ space is limited and registration is required! ***

Participants 16 and under must be accompanied by a chaperone.

Visit https://csmnh.uconn.edu/programs/ for additional details

 

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the CSMNH at 860-486-4460 or CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu by Monday October 16, 2023.

 

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is a unit of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Connecticut.

Kentucky Coffee, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

American Sweetgum, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Japanese Snowbell, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Lacebark, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Katsura Tree, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Weeping Japanese Pagoda, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Magnolia, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Ohio Buckeye, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Quince, Photo © UConn/Sean Flynn

Mark Brand, UConn Arboretum Committee co-chair, introduces participants to the Arboretum

A few of the trees that are thought to be from the original UConn Forest, before the founding of the University