MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION
3675 ARBORETUM DRIVE, CHASKA, MN 55318 arboretum.umn.edu

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO WELCOME, INFORM AND INSPIRE ALL THROUGH OUTSTANDING DISPLAYS, PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS, HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

EXPENSES INCURRED ARE FOR SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE AS A PLACE FOR NATURE-INSPIRED DISPLAYS, PLANT AND TREE COLLECTIONS AND NATURAL AREAS; AND SUSTAINING A CULTURAL ATTRACTION AS A DESTINATION TO EXPLORE THE WONDERS OF NATURE AND THE OUTDOORS. THESE INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING CARE OF PUBLIC GARDEN DISPLAYS, AND PLANT AND TREE COLLECTIONS; PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, DEVELOPMENT OF VISITOR EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS AND NATURE-INSPIRED EXHIBITS;LIFE-LONG LEARNING AND CHILDREN'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS; AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND A NATURE BASED THERAPY PROGRAM THAT OFFERS EDUCATION AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE. IN ADDITION, THE ARBORETUM AND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ARE ENGAGED IN HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE AND COLD-HARDY PLANT RESEARCH, PLANT CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE ARBORETUM CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 1,200 ACRES INCLUDING 48 DISPLAY AREAS AND SPECIALTY GARDENS, 45 COLLECTIONS, AND OVER 6,400 TAXA. SPECIAL FEATURES ARE A SPHAGNUM BOG, MAPLE BASSWOOD BIG WOODS, TALL GRASS PRAIRIE, AND RESTORED SEDGE MEADOW. NEW IN 2019 WAS THE FARM AT THE ARB WHICH DEMONSTRATES AGRICULTURAL CROPS AND U OF M RESEARCH TO A LARGELY URBAN AND SUBURBAN AUDIENCE.THE ARBORETUM WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE PLANT COLLECTIONS NETWORK, A NETWORK OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDEN ASSOCIATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN STANDARDS FOR ITS PINES AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES COLLECTION. THE ARBORETUM WAS SUPPORTED BY OVER 1000 VOLUNTEERS AND WAS NAMED IN 2017 AND 2019 BY USA TODAY READERS' CHOICE AS THE TOP BOTANICAL GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY AND CONTINUES TO BE A TOP VISITOR ATTRACTION IN THE MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL METRO AREA, PARTICULARLY DURING COVID-19'S SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS. VISITORSHIP WAS NEARLY HALF A MILLION AT 401,857 IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. MEMBERSHIP SALES WERE AT $2.058 MILLION AND NEARLY 27,052 HOUSEHOLDS AND GROUPS MEMBERSHIPS. VISITOR SHUTTLES OFFER STEP-ON, STEP-OFF ACCESS INTO THE HEART OF THE ARBORETUM. DIGITAL DISPLAY MONITORS AT THREE STOPS ALONG THREE-MILE DRIVE PROMOTE INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY FOR EXPLORING THE ARBORETUM GARDENS, LANDSCAPES AND NEARLY 12 MILES OF PAVED WALKWAYS AND TRAILS WITH THE FINAL SECTION OF THE 3-MILE WALK LOOP DEDICATED IN 2019. WINTER TRAILS FEATURE EIGHT MILES OF CROSS COUNTRY SKI TRAILS AND EIGHT MILES OF SNOWSHOE TRAILS. APPROXIMATELY 57,077 (HALF THE AMOUNT FROM FY2019 DUE TO COVID-19) STUDENTS FROM PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATED IN HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, NEW ONLINE REMOTE LEARNING TOOLKITS AND WEB-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE VERY POPULAR - BRINGING WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ON-SITE PROGRAMMING TO NEW AUDIENCES.THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER CONTINUES ITS INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED COLD-HARDY PLANT RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY, WITH 155 INTRODUCTIONS OF COLD-HARDY FRUIT AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS BENEFITING THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND WORLD TO ENJOY.

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