Field Trip Ideas in Ontario to Learn About Trees

An arboretum is a botanical garden devoted to trees and shrubs, and if often to used to support identification and education about trees. Besides that - they're beautiful relaxing places to visit that green their local environment.

Arboretum - Barrie

Arboretum - Barrie Horticultural Society 70 acres of trees, shrubs and park. See full grown specimens of numerous trees, all labelled for easy identification. Open Year Round

Corner of Sunnidale Road and Cundles Road, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Cost: Free

Arboretum - Guelph

Arboretum - Guelph University The Arboretum is 408 acres (165 hectares) of spectacular green space with formal and natural gardens, 10 km of nature trails and 35 plant collections (more than 3000 trees and shrubs), over 400 species of woody plants, free from pesticides.

Open Year Round, Dawn to Dusk Ontario Agricultural College,Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

For more information, call: 519-824-4120 ext. 52113

Cost: Free

Arboretum - Sherwood Fox, Univ. of Western Ontario - London

Arboretum - London

Dominion Arboretum - Ottawa

The Dominion Arboretum is located at the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It displays 1,700 different species and varieties Check the website for a list of trees and map of the nut trees.

The Arboretum is in zone 5a (zone 6 with microclimates). Temperatures can range from above 35ºC in the summer, to below -32ºC in the winter.

The arboretum is open from dawn to dusk and the admission is free.

Arboretum - Toronto - Humber College

Arboretum - Humber College

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