Nebraska Statewide Arboretum

The grounds surrounding the Joslyn Castle included an urban farm, vegetable gardens and over 100 fruit trees

The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is a network of nearly 100 arboreta, botanical gardens, parks, and other public landscapes in 56 communities across Nebraska, and supported by the arboretum office at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. The arboretum was founded in 1978 as a partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and is an affiliate of the Center for Plant Conservation.^[1]^[2]

The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum promotes and sells native plants as part of a goal to create environmentally-sustainable landscapes across the state.^[2]

Some of its larger collections include sites at Omaha's Metropolitan Community College at Fort Omaha, Joslyn Castle, Swanson Science Park, the Blair Community Arboretum (Steyer Park, Black Elk Park, and the Dana College campus), Gilman Park Arboretum in Pierce, the Joshua Turner Arboretum at Union College in Lincoln, and Clemmons Park Arboretum in Fremont.

References

^ Wishart, David J. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. U of Nebraska P. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8032-4787-1.
^ ^a ^b "Who We Are - History". plantnebraska.org. Retrieved 2020-11-19.