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What will an arboretum offer University faculty members,
staff, and students?
The Value of Adding an Arboretum to Penn State's Campus
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The Arboretum at Penn State will provide opportunities for
research, teaching, and outreach throughout 244 acres of managed
natural plant communities in Big Hollow, a 68-acre Overlook
Heights teaching and research area, and demonstration gardens
for home landscapes, fruit and vegetables, and flower trials.
As an example, we have already erected an air
quality monitoring station as part
of a statewide network. In response to the initiative of an individual faculty
member, this area will be expanded into a teaching and research installation
dealing with the effects of ozone on plants.
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An article in the Arboretum's Summer 2001 newsletter, "Arboreta
as Outdoor Classrooms," provides a student's perspective
about the benefits of having an arboretum for conducting research.
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By preserving "green space" on the border of an expanding
University, in a rapidly urbanizing landscape, the Arboretum
will contribute to the quality of life of those on campus
and in the Centre Region. You can read about how planners
have designed the Arboretum to maximize its value as a campus
amenity on the Planning and
Design page.
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