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Urban Arboretum


Urban Arboretum The word arboretum comes from the Latin word ‘arbor’ (a tree) forming the word arboretum (a place with trees) and the word urban meaning “in, relating to, or characteristic of” a town or city. Putting the two together we get a meaning for the word urban arboretum, a city or town with a place for trees. “Arboretum: a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.

In Lewes in the UK, one of the earliest urban arboretums was established where the objectives were that trees are “cultivated, studied, appreciated, and enjoyed for their educational, tourism, amenity and environmental value”

Where does one find definitions or interpretations of an urban arboretum? The Clintonville arboretum (US) sums up what an urban arboretum is. They were among the first of the pioneering urban arboretum groups to set up an arboretum in an urban residential neighborhood. Most examples of an urban arboretum are a collection of trees in a urban area combining street based trees and neighbouring trees in private houses and properties that can be viewed from the public areas. Other trees that might participate could be based in schools, commercial premises and even waste ground.

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.Pherson Mc E Gregory,Nowak David,Heilser Gordon,Grimmond Sue,Souch Catherine,Grant Rich,Rowntree Rowan., 1997. Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project. Springer.

Urban arboretums and urban arboretum groups is a great way to conserve and enhance the trees in our cityies. Saunders, D., 2013. Lewes tree survey. Survey. Lewes: Friends of Lewes South Downs National Park Authority.

Ohio, u.s., (2005). Chadwick arboretum and Learning Gardens. [Online] Available at: http://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/.

Laughlin, M.M., 2010. Lower Olentangy Urban Arboretum. [Online] Available at: http://lowerolentangyurbanarboretum.org/press/.

John ,F, Dwyer. Herbert, W , Schroeder and Paul , H , Gobster., (1990). THE SIGNIFICANCE of URBAN TREES and Forests. In John, F., ed. Sustainable Cities Sympysoem. Chicago, (1990). Journal of Arboriculture 17(10): October 1991.