Lewis W. Barton Arboretum

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The Lewis W. Barton Arboretum (160 acres) is an arboretum and nature preserve located on the grounds on the Medford Leas Retirement Community, 1 Medford Leas Way, Medford Township, New Jersey.

The arboretum is on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and includes landscaped grounds, courtyard gardens, wildflower meadows, natural woodlands and wetlands, as well as tree collections. It was created with the assistance of the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania.

Attractions include the Pinetum, a conifer collection, a 0.5 acre rhododendron woodland, holly, viburnum, and crabapple collections, and an experimental planting of chestnut trees being grown in cooperation with The American Chestnut Foundation.

[edit] See also

• List of botanical gardens in the United States

[edit] External links

• Medford Leas Arboretum and Nature Preserve
• The Barton Arboretum