The garden tour series featuring the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum and other East Campus plantings continues today. The free, public tours are from noon to 1 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month.

Emily Levine, special projects research horticulturist with agronomy and horticulture and former grounds supervisor for the arboretum, leads the tours.

Participants meet at the Karl Loerch Gazebo, one block east of the UNL Dairy Store. In event of rain, the monthly tour will shift to the second Tuesday.

The tours will examine the woody plants of the arboretum.

Originally dedicated in 1969, Maxwell Arboretum later became one of the first sites of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Growing out of experimental plantings by Maxwell, the state extension forester, in the 1940s, the arboretum is the university’s premier green space, showcasing collections of tree and shrub species, herbaceous gardens, native prairie, a vine arbor and much more.

Tour updates and information about Maxwell Arboretum are available at http://unlgardens.unl.edu.