John A. Finch Arboretum
Encyclopedia
John A. Finch Arboretum (56.65 acres) is a public arboretum
located at West 3404 Woodland Boulevard, Spokane, Washington
, USA
on Sunset Hill
. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was established in 1949 along Garden Springs Creek, and now contains about 2,000 trees and shrubs, including 65 groups of lilac
s, as well as a rhododendron
grove, conifer and maple
collections, and a nature trail.
The arboretum is home to the Touch and See Nature Trail, which is owned by the Girl Scout council in the area. It was refurbished by Darlea Chatburn in 2004 who received her Gold Award after the completion of the project.
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
located at West 3404 Woodland Boulevard, Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on Sunset Hill
Sunset Hill, Spokane, Washington
Sunset Hill is a neighborhood located west of downtown Spokane, Washington, and just east of the West Plains. Sunset Hill is a region with a mixture of poorly-zoned areas, subdivisions, and old neighborhoods...
. It is open daily without charge.
The arboretum was established in 1949 along Garden Springs Creek, and now contains about 2,000 trees and shrubs, including 65 groups of lilac
Lilac
Syringa is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering woody plants in the olive family , native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere....
s, as well as a rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
grove, conifer and maple
Maple
Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple.Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or together with the Hippocastanaceae included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, favour inclusion in...
collections, and a nature trail.
The arboretum is home to the Touch and See Nature Trail, which is owned by the Girl Scout council in the area. It was refurbished by Darlea Chatburn in 2004 who received her Gold Award after the completion of the project.
External links
- Waymarking article about John A. Finch Arboretum
- http://www.thegreenzone.org/education/