Welcome

This Baldcypress tree near the Sulphur Spring at Philips Hall dates back to the late 1800s.

Photo by Linda O’Horo

THE JANE DECKER ARBORETUM provides students, visitors, and members of the Delaware community with a living laboratory for learning about plant identification and diversity, arboriculture, landscape design, and ecology.

Ohio Wesleyan botany students and Professor David Johnson use the arboretum as a living laboratory.

Photo by Linda O’Horo

Today, the Jane Decker Arboretum includes 105 species of trees and woody plants from temperate regions around the world. Tours of the arboretum may be scheduled by contacting OWU Professor of Botany David Johnson at (740) 368-3505 or at dmjohnso@owu.edu.

Tree Trek Tour Brochure for Adults (632k PDF*)

Tree Trek Tour Brochure for Children (503k PDF*)

Tree Trek Tour Poster for Children (358k PDF*)

Fifth grade students from St. Mary School tour the arboretum with student guide Emily Esker ’10.

Photo by John Holliger

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