Preserving campus trees for education and enjoyment
The University of Georgia campus is one of the most beautiful in the United States. Stately, noble trees provide human scale, a sense of place, cooling shade, and tranquility. The mission of the Campus Arboretum is to provide biologically diverse and aesthetic collections of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants in designed settings for the enjoyment and education of students, staff, faculty, and visitors, and to map, label and otherwise promote the extant and future tree and shrub collections.
Campus Arboretum Walking Tours
Designation of the UGA campus as an arboretum ensures sustained tree planting and maintenance while providing valuable opportunities for research and learning. The tremendous woody plant diversity serves classes in Plant Biology, Forestry, Ecology, Horticulture, and Landscape Architecture. Students in art, photography, literature and other disciplines utilize the Campus Arboretum as a natural extension of the classroom. Visitors of all ages can experience campus history and culture while learning about campus trees.
Campus Arboretum Walking Tours highlight specimen trees in North, Central, and South areas of campus. Below are links to virtual tours that can be experienced from anywhere in the world through the screen of a personal device, as well as by traversing the campus in person. Printable maps with hand-drawn leaves from highlighted tree species are available for the North Campus Walking Tour (PDF). Campus visitors can keep an eye out for small signs at the feet of the trees identified on these tours.
