Explore the featured plants in several collections designed to enhance your learning of botany and appreciate the beauty and diversity of the plant kingdom.
Conifer Collection
Learn about the native and non-native conifers and their ecology.
Diseases and Invasive Species
Plants have always been traveling around the world with or without our intervention. Some species are very adaptable and quickly settle in new areas. Learn about which species have settled in the Arboretum of Eden and which plants are in danger due to exotic pathogens.
Ethnobotanically Significant
Can you think of an aspect of your life that is not somehow connected to plants? Almost impossible. Search our collection to learn about the uses of many common plants in our area.
New England Native
Explore the diverse species of New England forests.
Plants of Asia
Find out about the fascinating “living fossils” growing on our grounds as well as the similarities between East Asian and North East American flora.
Seasonal Plants
No matter when you come to visit there is always something extraordinary happening in the arboretum.
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