November 1, 2014

Walking tour explores Maxwell Arboretum


Garden tours of UNL’s Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum continue Nov. 4. The tours are held from noon to 1 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month.

The tours are led by Emily Levine, special projects research horticulturist with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and former grounds supervisor for the arboretum. They are free and open to the public. Each event begins by the Karl Loerch Gazebo, located one block east of the UNL Dairy Store.

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 individual 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.

For more information, contact Levine at elevine2@unl.edu or 402-472-6274.