The University of Illinois Arboretum (160 acres) is a new arboretum

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...

, with gardens, currently under construction on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

 campus. It is located at the intersection of Florida and Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois

Urbana, Illinois

Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....

, and open daily without charge.

The arboretum is being constructed on the university's south campus farmlands. As of 2005, developed sections are as follows:

• Welcome Garden - an entrance and meeting place.

• Japan House - tea garden (2002), dry or Zen garden (2003). The house itself contains three tea rooms, and is otherwise used for classes and meetings; it is not generally open to the public.

• Hartley Garden (1994) - a 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) sunken garden with All American Selections trial ground and annual and perennial beddings.

• Idea Garden - six areas including borders, ornamentals, vegetables, children's, and Special Projects.

See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States