Welcome to the University of Rochester grounds and Arboretum we're standing
here in front of the iconic Rush Rhees library dome a memory for many that have
spent many years here my name is Dan Chai I'm the manager of the horticulture
and grounds here at the University of Rochester no but blessed with the
opportunity to work here for 19 years over the past 19 years we've been
developing an Arboretum in collection of plants here at the University working
off a lot of our heritage trees The Oaks we have here in the quadrangle and
beginning to build small collections of plants throughout the campus as we go
through our tour today we'll reference some of those areas and how we've tried
to expand our university collections to have some unique little gardens and
plant species next spring when this garden is planted the plantings will be
from the 1899 Ellwanger berry catalog that catalog was quite extensive and
many of the plants are still growing on our Mount Hope campus which was a
portion of the Ellwanger berry nurseries this particular one is a variety of
river birch called heritage as you can see it has kind of a pink exfoliating
bark many people consider that attractive I know I do I consider that
winter interest this tree right here is labeled as a scarlet oak scarlet oak is
a nice oak tree and the color is a brilliant scarlet red as opposed to the
red oaks that kind of turn an orange and then go that bronzy color these get an
actual scarlet I'll get a very very nice dark red
this is Katsura tree and he has these heart-shaped leaflets the kind of
flutter in the breeze it's a very delicate leaf it's a delicate looking
tree probably the current guru of trees is called Michael Dirr he's travelled
the world looking at trees he is said about this tree if he could have one
tree and one tree only it will be the Katsura tree
If you're interested in a tour of the University grounds and Arboretum you can
do so at your computer by going to the University of Rochester Arboretum
website where you can find photos and other photographic tours of the campus
if you're going to be coming to campus and want to arrange a tour we certainly
welcome the opportunity to talk with you or you can go into Wallis Hall and find
our tree tour map that are available in the waiting room as you walk in and we'd
love to have you come and visit and tour the university and enjoy our wonderful campus