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Arnold Arboretum

Arnold Arboretum

Landscape architect

Frederick Law OlmstedFrederick Law Olmsted

Year

1872

Type

landscape

A 114-hectare (281-acre) living museum of temperate woody plants operated by Harvard University under a 1,000-year lease with the City of Boston, the Arboretum is a key link in Olmsted's Emerald Necklace. Olmsted's design integrated the…

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Arnold Arboretum
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  1. 1872

    Original construction

    Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles Sprague Sargent

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