Dyck Arboretum of the Plains

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The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains is a 13 acre (53,000 m²) botanical garden at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas, USA. It was begun October 11, 1981, to feature native Kansas plants and trees, and now contains more than 600 varieties of native and adaptable trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses.

The Arboretum contains plant varieties from all the major grassland biomes of central North America, including wildflowers of the Great Plains, a buffalo grass meadow, beds of tallgrass, shortgrass and mixed grass prairie plants.

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