Henry Schmieder Arboretum
The Henry Schmieder Arboretum (60 acres) is an arboretum and collection of gardens located across the campus of Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum's tree and garden collections include:
- 1920s Cottage Garden
- Beech Collection
- Bieberfeld Oak Woods
- Gazebo Annuals Garden
- John Herbst Winter Walk
- Hillman Family Garden
- Iris and Peony Garden (redesigned in 2004-05)
- Lois Burpee Herb Garden
- Martin Brooks Conifer Collection
- Rose Garden (redesigned in 2003)
- Rock Garden
- Woodland Walk
Other trees on the campus include Cladrastis kentukea, Fraxinus Americana, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, Quercus phellos, etc.
See also
References
- Levine, Adam; Cardillo, Rob (2007). A guide to the great gardens of the Philadelphia region. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-511-0. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- Schlereth, Thomas J., "Early North American Arboreta", Garden History, Vol. 35, Supplement: Cultural and Historical Geographies of the Arboretum (2007), pp. 196–216.
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Coordinates: 40°17′56″N 75°09′31″W / 40.298793°N 75.158748°W
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