Allegheny Arboretum News

The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and the Morton Arboretum has renewed Level 1 Accreditation for the Allegheny Arboretum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The annual report summarizes the activities of the Allegheny Arboretum board from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Highlights include examples of some of the arboretum education and research activities of the Arboretum Academic Committee.

The annual report summarizes the activities of the Allegheny Arboretum board from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017.

At the December meeting of the Allegheny Arboretum Board, recognition was given to Tom Borellis for his contributions to the arboretum and IUP. A bench and recognition plaque will be placed on the IUP campus in his honor.

The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development awarded the Allegheny Arboretum at IUP $220,000 to start the work of creating a conceptual master plan for Confluence Park. The grant will allow the process of turning land that had been some parts wetland, other parts industrial use, into a multi-use park to complement the Allegheny Arboretum at IUP.

The Allegheny ArboretumTour is now live on the IUP Interactive Map, allowing viewers to learnabout 25 of the more than 100 varieties of trees on the 354-acre universitycampus and givinginformation that lends an understanding of the importance of trees to thenatural beauty of the IUP campus.

Read about the challenges the Allegheny Arboretum faced in 2015–16 as the IUP landscape continued to change.

Read about the arboretum’s designation as one of the “most beautiful college arboretums,” as well as the proposed art in the arboretum program in the 2014–15 Annual Report.

Indiana University ofPennsylvania’s Allegheny Arboretum was named to the listing of “most beautifulcollege arboretums” by Best College Reviews.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Arboretum was named to the listing of “most beautiful college arboretums” by “Best College Reviews.” The ranking was determined in part by the North American Plant Collections Consortium.

The Allegheny Arboretum at IUP has received a Level I accreditation from the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program.

Read about thearboretum-community activities as well as the impressive list of arboretumsupporters.

The video features Allegheny Arboretum chair and retired IUP Biology Department professor Jerry Pickering, as well as beautiful aerial footage of the IUP campus. Much of the footage was filmed using remote controlled helicopter cameras.

Read about the arboretum-community activities as well as the impressive list of arboretum supporters.