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Arnold Arboretum

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Nov 29, 2022
  • 1 min read

The Arnold Arboretum was established in 1872 by Harvard University and is America’s oldest public arboretum. One of its designers was Frederick Law Olmstead, who also designed Central Park in New York. The park is 281 acres.



Image: “Arboretum roadway, artists painting beneath trees in bloom” by Leon H. Abdalian (1920). From the Boston Public Library, Arts Department

 
 
 

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