Discover the Arboretum - Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

HOURS & ADMISSION
Explore the Arboretum
The Arboretum is a place
for all seasons: the brilliant
blossoms of spring, lush
summer blooms and
greenery, awesome autumn
colors and serene winter
snowscapes. Enjoy quiet
reflection or vigorous
recreation on Three-Mile
Drive, 12 miles of hiking
trails, 9 miles of crosscountry ski trails and 3.5
miles of snowshoe trails.
Open 363 days a year
(closed Thanksgiving and
Christmas)
Begin at the Oswald Visitor Center. Find out what’s
in bloom at the touch-screen kiosks, then pick up
exhibition guides, garden brochures and more.
GROUNDS
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. or sunset
(whichever occurs first)
There are so many choices - stunning gardens,
comprehensive plant collections, innovative
environmental models - all amid a peaceful landscape
of natural woodland, wetland and prairie.
Admission: $12 ages 13
to adult. Children 12 and
under free. Members free
year round.
BUILDINGS
April-October Monday - Saturday 8 a.m.* – 6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Use this listing of popular Arboretum highlights to
plan your visit. More features on the map.
November - March
Monday - Saturday
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Display gardens that showcase specialty plants (e.g.
roses, peonies, vegetables, annuals, herbs), model
landscapes on the home scale, even a green maze.
*Visitor Center doors open at
7:30 a.m. for rental groups.
Open to public at 8 a.m.
KEEP THE GARDENS BEAUTiFUL
Be Kind
Be Respectful
•Stay on walkways, nature
trails and grass
Footsteps elsewhere crush
plants and damage soil
• Do not pick or collect
materials from flowers,
plants or trees. Leave
everything here for others
to enjoy.
Be Safe
• Children must be
accompanied by an adult
• Teachers and chaperones
must stay with their
group at all times
• Bicyclists allowed on
Three-Mile Drive; no
scooters, skateboards or
in-line skates
• No pets except dogs
assisting people with
disabilities
• Respect others in your
group and other visitors
• No vehicle parking on the
grass
Photos and video for
personal use are welcome
• No climbing on trees,
walls, rocks, statues or
exhibits
Signs on play structures
and certain exhibits note
where climbing is invited
• No wading in fountains,
ponds or streams
See map on back.
Gardens
Shrub & Tree Collections
4 Herb Gardens (g11)
Kitchen, fragrant, knot, cloistered
and dyer’s gardens
Francis de Vos
5 Home Demonstration
Gardens (h12)
Fruit & vegetable garden and
other demonstration backyard
gardens
Pauline Whitney MacMillan
6 Hosta Glade (h12)
Hostas, ferns, and shade-loving
perennials
SEISUI-TEI
7 Japanese Garden (H11)
Waterfall garden, stone lanterns,
tranquil beauty and pathway
Maples (f13)
Organized by type. Savor the seasons from spring
bloom through fall glory, look for landscape ideas.
Maze Garden (c10)
Two mazes in one, to challenge
and delight all ages
Environmental Models &
Natural Areas
Anne Relf Doerr
Memorial Grove (e13)
High Point on Arboretum land
Ideas for earth-friendly living and gardening; original
and restored native plant heritage areas.
Nut Trees (d10)
The Mary L. Griggs
1 Annual Garden (H11)
Brilliant summer color, new design every year
Azaleas (B11 & d9)
Bog Boardwalk (f9 - g9)
Wetland plants and orchids
Crabapples (e14)
Over 100 varieties for a fragrant spring show
2 Dwarf Conifers (H10)
Evergreen beauty in every shape and size
The Richard & Judith Spiegel
3 Entrance Garden (H10)
Perennial border display
Johanna Frerichs
Garden for Wildlife (e15)
Demonstrates effective ways to attract birds, insects & mammals
Harvest Your Rain models (j11)
Three ways to manage stormwater on the home scale. Green roof,
rain garden, rain barrels
Oaks (c10)
Ornamental Grasses
(d11)
Peonies, daylilies & Lilies
(h11)
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Elizabeth Carr Slade
9 Perennial Garden
(h11)
Traditional European-style garden
Pines (c11)
Capen
Prairie Garden (f15)
Native prairie plants in garden
settings
Bennett-Johnson
Prairie (g15)
20 acres of restored prairie
Rain Gardens (j10)
Parking lot plantings in sunken
beds that filter and cleanse
rainwater
Palma J. Wilson
Rose Garden (g12)
Garden with 400 varieties
of tea roses
Ankeny-Lang
10 Rose walk (H11)
Promenade of newer rose varieties
RAIN WATER Runoff Model
(j12)
Compares 5 parking lot surfaces
with different permeability to
rainwater
Clotilde Irvine
Sensory Garden (g12)
Plantings appeal to all senses, in
accessible beds
Eleanor Lawler Pillsbury
Shade Tree Exhibit (f14)
Compares shape, growth rate,
shade quality and planting
methods for shade trees
Nelson
Shrub Rose Garden (e11)
Hardy landscape roses that need
no winter protection
Bailey
Shrub Walk (e13)
Displays 350 shrub varieties that
perform well in Minnesota
visit
Spring Peeper Meadow
Wetland Restoration
(d2 - e2)
Experimental wetland sedge
meadow restored in a former
cornfield
Sarah Stevens MacMillan
11 Terrace Garden (H10)
Blends pastel-hued perennials
and annuals
Grace B. Dayton
Wildflower Garden (g12 - g13)
Wildflowers in a wooded ravine
garden
12 Woodland Azalea
Garden (h12)
‘Northern Lights’ series azaleas
introduced by the Arboretum
Discover the Arboretum
Guide to Minnesota’s Premier
Public Garden and Horticultural
Research Center.
Map on Reverse.
www.arboretum.umn.edu
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HERB GARDENS
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SHELTER
ROSE
GARDEN
Hedge
Display
SENSORY
GARDEN
Fir
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GARDEN
Azalea
Reseach Trials
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DWARF
11 CONIFERS
TERRACE
GARDEN
STAFF ONLY
PARKING
ENTRANCE
GARDEN
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ANNUAL
GARDEN
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PEONIES,
DAYLILIES
& LILIES
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HOME DEMO
GARDENS
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Linden
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Shrub Collections
WOODLAND
AZALEA
GARDEN
ROSE WALK
Pine
Red Barn
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Larch
Maze
Garden
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JAPANESE
GARDEN
HOSTA GLADE
W 82nd Street
Oak
W 82nd Street
Nut Trees
Ash
Dahlia Trial Garden
Ornamental
Grasses
Birch
Shrub
Roses
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Dining
Shopping
First Aid
Tram Stop
& Tickets
Gate
House
Lilac
Bennett-Johnson
Prairie
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Rose
Garden
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Mile Drive
Berens
Cabin
Wood Duck Trail
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Wood Duck Pond
Oswald Visitor
Center
Maple Syrup
House (Seasonal)
Frog Hollow
(Staff Work Area)
Apple
Research
Orchards
Rain
Gardens
Horticultural Research Center/
SummerHouse/Applehouse
1.5 Miles West
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Snyder
Building
Available at the
Oswald Visitor Center
Information
Shade Tree
Exhibit
Sensory
Garden
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Prairie
Garden
Wildflower
Garden
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Meyer-Deats Conservatory
Restrooms
Meadowlark
Trail
Maple
Arborvitae
Magnolia
Iris
Garden
Andersen Horticultural Library
Ridge
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Garden For
Wildlife
Green Heron Trail
Restrooms
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Boardwalk
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Spring Peeper Meadow
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Marion Andrus
Learning Center
Overflow Grass Parking
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