Gardens & Arboreta

Brook Hall Estate and Gardens

By David Gilliland | April 12, 2021

A Irish garden with a rich history intends to create an oak showcase

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The Iturraran Botanical Garden

By Francisco Garin... | October 1, 2020

One of the world's leading oak collections is located in Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Bayard Cutting Arboretum

By Kevin Wiecks | August 15, 2020

A 691-acre arboretum in Great River, New York, USA, with a collection of native and non-native oaks.

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Oaks in Two Parks of the Northern Great Plains

By Dirk Giseburt | August 8, 2019

This report highlights two sites near the limits of the footprint of Quercus macrocarpa in north central North America: the Prairie Arboretum in Freeman, in southeast South Dakota, and the Assiniboine Forest, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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The Wivenhoe Park Millennium Oaks Collection

By Website Editor | March 5, 2019

An article by Maria Fremlin describes the oak collection in Wivenhoe Park at the University of Essex, Colchester, in the United Kingdom.

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Starting an Oak Collection in Porto Botanical Garden, Portugal

By Website Editor | February 15, 2018

The Botanical Garden of Porto is located on the west side of the city of Porto, on a plateau overlooking the mouth of the Douro River and the Atlantic Ocean. Currently covering 4 hectares, it is part of the grounds of the University of Porto campus and is situated on what was once Quinta do Campo Alegre, a historic estate formerly on the outskirts of Porto.

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An International Accreditation Program for Arboreta

By Roderick Cameron | August 19, 2017

ArbNet is an interactive community of arboreta, sponsored and coordinated by The Morton Arboretum in cooperation with the American Public Gardens Association and Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Its Arboretum Accreditation Program recognizes arboreta at various levels of development and capacity, based on an arboretum’s collections and curation, education and public programming, scientific research and conservation initiatives, governance, and staff or volunteer support.

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Oaks at Armstrong State University Arboretum

By Roderick Cameron | September 7, 2015

Philip Schretter has amassed an interesting collection of oaks at the campus-wide arboretum at Armstrong State University.

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The Oak Collection at Mereweather Arboretum in Australia

By Bill_Funk | August 30, 2015

Bill Funk writes about his oak collection at Mereweather Arboretum in Victoria, Australia.

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The Oaks at Eastwoodhill

By Roderick Cameron | August 21, 2014

Eastwoodhill is the National Arboretum of New Zealand, located on the East Coast of the North Island 35 km northwest of Gisborne. It is considered to be the largest collection of Northern Hemisphere trees growing south of the Equator, and the over 3,600 taxa that can be found there include a large number of oak species.