Alice Abel Arboretum:
Nebraska Wesleyan University, 5000 St. Paul, Lincoln,
NE 68504 (401)465-7530.
Antelope
Park and Sunken Gardens: 23rd and N Street,
Lincoln,
NE (402)434-5335.
- The colorful gardens of this city park include
landscaped flower-covered terraces around fountains.
Arbor Lodge:
Arbor Lodge Historical Park, 2300 Second Avenue, Box 15,
Nebraska City, NE 68410 (402)873-7222.
- The 52 room neo-classical manner is the former home
of the man who created
Arbor Day
(J. Sterling Morton). His lovely estate includes an Arboretum (65 acres
featuring 250 species of trees and shrubs with 13 state champion trees),
an Italian Terrace Garden (with roses and other flowers, a sundial and a
pergola), and a Prairie Plants Garden (displaying native ornamental
grasses and wildflowers).
Arboretum at Maskenthine Lake State Recreation Area: 10 miles east of
Norfolk,
Stanton, NE (402)439-5388.
- This 20 acre arboretum is a collection of native
and exotic tree species planted in a natural arrangement and includes a
terraced native plants display garden.
A Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum affiliate.
Betty
Ford Rose Garden:
Gerald Ford
Birthplace, 32nd Street and Woolworth Ave.,
Omaha,
NE 68105 (402)444-5955.
- A lovely garden with roses, perennials and an
extensive pergola graces the birthplace of our 38th President.
Clemons Park
Arboretum: 16th and Garden City Road,
Fremont,
NE (402)727-2810.
- The labeled collection in this 6 acre arboretum
includes more than 100 species of trees, with special collections of
oaks, maples, crab apples and evergreens arranged along sidewalks and
walking trails. A Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum affiliated site.
Concordia
University Arboretum: 800 N. Columbia Avenue, Concordia University,
Seward, NE (402)643-7490.
- This campus arboretum features labeled trees and
works of sculpture and an oriental reflecting pool.
D. A. Murphy Panhandle Arboretum: University of Nebraska Panhandle
Research and Extension Center, Highway 71 (1 mile north of Scottsbluff,
Scottsbluff, NE 69361(308)632-1244.
- This 40 acre arboretum offers display and research
areas, including the David Nuland Ground Cover Collection, the Trails
West Iris Collection, the Diana Harms Cottonwood Collection, the
Panhandle Prairie Transition site, Spruce Row, Honeylocust Park, the
Hillside (xeriscape gardening), the Austrian Pine Parkway, the Olive
Grove, the Pine Forest, Scotch Pine Mountain, Juniper Hill and Linden
Lane. A Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum affiliate.
Gilman Park
Arboretum: East Main Street and North Mill Street,
Pierce, NE 68767 (402)329-4873.
- A 1.2 mile woodchip path meanders through 14 acres
surrounding Bill Cox Memorial Lake displaying over 300 different labeled varieties of trees and shrubs among the 813 woody plants in the arboretum.
Six landscape gardens showcase over 100 varieties of perennials and grasses. Gardens include the Historic Bridge Garden, the Xeriscape Garden, the
Wildflower and Ornamental Grass Garden, and the Butterfly Garden. The
newest feature is a Wet Mesic Garden (excessively wet in winter, spring, and after heavy rain, but often dries in summer).
A Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum affiliate.
Girls and Boys Town AARS Constitution Rose Garden and Garden of the Bible:
Father Flanagan's Boys Home,
Boys Town, NE 68010
(402)498-1900 or 1-800-989-0000.
- An extensive All-America Rose Selections test garden,
located at the Father Flanagan House, displays over 1,500 rose bushes in
48 beds. The 3 acre Garden of the Bible features plants mentioned in the
Bible arranged along a 1/5 mile walkway. Both gardens are maintained by
Boys Town children.
Glenn
Viehmeyer Arboretum:
UNL West
Central Research and Extension Center, South Highway 83 and State Farm
Road,
North Platte, NE 69101 (308)696-6740.
- This research and education center exhibits over
100 species of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and grasses.
Hans Burchardt Arboretum: Branched Oak Lake State Recreation Area, 12000
West Branched Oak Road, (402) 783-3400 (4 miles west of Raymond, 3 miles
northeast of Malcolm),
Raymond, NE 68428-9728
(402) 783-3400.
- The Parks and Game Commission has established an
arboretum with 100 species of trees and shrubs within this state
recreation area. The Arboretum is located near Lieber's Point and Area
6.
Itha T.
Krumme Memorial Arboretum: West 25th and Clifton Street (next to Stanton
Lake Park),
Falls City, NE 68355 (402)245-2850.
- This 2 acre arboretum showcases plants native to
Nebraska including such species as paw paw, shagbark hickory, currant
and prairie grasses and wildflowers with over 30 varieties of trees and
20 varieties of shrubs . Benches and a concrete walkway recently
installed by the Eagle Scouts allow easy access.
Joshua C. Turner Arboretum: Union College, 3800 South 48th Street,
Lincoln, NE 68506-4300 (402)486-2536.
- On this campus of Union College, this young but
growing arboretum displays more than 100 different trees and shrubs.
Future plans envision gardens such as a prayer garden and a prairie
garden. A Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum affiliate.
Lauritzen
Gardens, Omaha’s Botanical Center: 100 Bancroft Street,
Omaha, NE 68108 (402)346-4002.
- This 75 acre garden includes a 4 acre arboretum, a
Rose Garden (2,000 plants), a Shade Hosta Garden, a spring flowering
walk, a Children's Garden, and Herb Garden. A 6 acre Japanese Garden is
planned, as are a perennial species garden, a formal pedestrian
promenade, an English walled garden and more.
Lincoln Children's Zoo and
Botanical Garden: 1222 S. 27th Street,
Lincoln,
NE 68502 (402)475-6741.
- The zoo is divided into four different habitats:
grassland, desert, forest, and inland waterway that are home to 300
animals representing 95 species. In addition, 400 species of plants are
showcased throughout the grounds and in special displays including a
water plant exhibit, a children's garden, a butterfly garden, the
ReZOOvenation Garden, an herb garden, a forest walk, and a native plants
display.
Lincoln
Regional Center Arboretum: West Prospector and Folsom
Streets,
Lincoln, NE 68509-4949 (402)471-4444.
Visits by appointment.
- This arboretum, located at a mental health center,
is maintained and improved by patients as a therapeutic (and
public-spirited!) endeavor. 300 species of woody plants are displayed,
making it one of the largest collections in the state.
A Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum affiliate.
Living Memorial Gardens: Legion Park, 11th and Toledo,
Sidney, NE 69162 (308)254-5851(Chamber of
Commerce).
- An old swimming pool was transformed into this
terraced sunken garden as a memorial to veterans and another garden is
in the shape of a map of the United States. The park includes a 141 foot
flag pole and a proportionately large American flag.
Lower Platte South Natural Resources
District: P.O. Box 83581, 3125 Portia Street,
Lincoln, NE 68501-3581
(402)476-2729.
Luther Hormel Memorial
Park: 925 N. Broad Street,
Fremont, NE 68025
(402)727-2810.
Memorial
Park Rose Garden: Omaha City Parks Department, 56th and Underwood
Avenue,
Omaha, NE 68132 (402)444-5900.
- This city park, honoring America's
veterans, displays an All-America Rose Selections accredited rose garden.
Museum of the Fur Trade
Heirloom Indian Garden:
6321Highway 20 (3 miles east of Chadron,
Chadron, NE 69337 (308)432-3843.
- This excellent museum displays extensive and priceless items from the North
American fur trade, a reconstructed 1837 trading post, and a Native American
garden.
Nebraska College
of Technical Agriculture Arboretum: 404 East 7th Street,
Curtis, NE
69025 (800)328-7847 x226.
- Horticulture students are involved in all aspects of
designing, installing and maintaining plantings on this campus arboretum.
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: P.O.
Box 830715, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68583-0715 (402)472-2971.
- The umbrella organization that promotes the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
program.
Northeast
Arboretum: Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, 57905 866 Road,
Concord, NE
68728 (402)370-4024.
- This arboretum, part of an agricultural research
center, evaluates trees and shrubs for suitability to northeast Nebraska
conditions, including trees that serve as snow-fences.
A Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
affiliate.
Omaha
Botanical Gardens: Now Lauritzen Gardens, above.
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo: 3701
South 10th Street,
Omaha, NE 68107 (402) 733-8401.
- This remarkable zoo, situated on 130 woodland
acres, displays 13 major animal habitats and many smaller exhibits and
is home to 18,000 animals of 629 species including a Komodo Dragon,
pot-bellied seahorses, and trained gorillas.
Railside Green Arboretum:
1103 B Street,
Schuyler, NE 68661 (402)615-3179.
- Located at the site of an old rail
siding in downtown Schuyler, this 2.7 acre arboretum displays 22 over-story
trees, 18 under-story trees, 70 evergreens, 254 shrubs and three varieties
of native shrubs.
A Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum affiliate.
Sallows Conservatory and
Arboretum/Sunken Gardens and Military Museum: Central Park, 11th and Niobrara,
Alliance, NE
69301 (308)762-2385.
State Fair Park Arboretum:
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, 17th and Holdrege Streets, P.O. Box
81223,
Lincoln, NE 68501 (402)473-5371.
- Former site of the
Nebraska State Fair, the
grounds contain an arboretum featuring a 1/2 acre Display Garden with
over 400 varieties of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses and wildflowers as well
as the Heritage Village, the Native Plants Display and the Stair Steps
annuals display.
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer: 3134 West Highway 34 at
intersection with U.S. Highway 281,
Grand Island, NE 68801 (308)385-5316.
- The arboretum includes a windmill and mill pond beside a small lake as well
as flower gardens, shrubs and trees.
Taylor Park: 2
blocks south of 66th and "O",
Lincoln, NE 68510 (402)489-3006.
Thousand Oaks Arboretum:
Peru State College,
Peru, NE 68421-0010
(800)742-4412 or (402)872-3815.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Botanical Garden and Arboretum: City
Campus: 14th and "R" Streets, East Campus: 35th and Holdrege Streets,
Lincoln, NE 68588-0609 (402)472-2679.
- The City Campus Gardens include the
Andrews and Burnett Gardens (perennials), the Cather Garden (native
wildflowers, grasses, trees and shrubs), the Donaldson Garden (exotic trees,
conifers and oaks), the Love Garden (trees, shrubs, and perennials at the
campus entrance), and the Sheldon Garden (contemporary sculpture against a
backdrop of mature trees, water gardens and native plant displays). The East
Campus Gardens include the Maxwell Arboretum (5 acres of five acres
displaying 420 varieties of native and exotic species of plants with special
collections of hosta and lilacs), the Fleming Slope (perennials), the
Magdaline Pfister Appreciation Iris Garden, the Old Mall (trees and shrubs),
and The Porch and Old Rose Garden, and the Yeutter Garden (shrubs,
perennials and rock plantings).
A Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum affiliate.
Wayne State College Arboretum: 1111 Main Street,
Wayne, NE 68787-1447
(402)375-7384.
- The campus arboretum includes an herb garden, a nature center,
the Wildcat Fitness Trail (through the Prairie Area, the Ecological Study
Area and the Nursery and Propagation Area), and the Willow Bowl Trail
through the Campus.
A Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum Landscape Site.
Waterwise Landscape Garden: (scroll down) Lincoln Water System, 2021 N.
27th Street,
Lincoln, NE.
- The City of Lincoln developed this garden to
showcase plants requiring minimal amounts of water.