The University of Illinois Arboretum is a new 160-acre arboretum currently under construction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Located at the intersection of Florida and Lincoln Avenue, and open daily to the public, free of charge, the arboretum features a welcome garden with an entrance and meeting place, a Japanese tea garden, a dry Zen garden, and a 3-acre sunken garden called the Hartley Garden, which features annual and perennial beddings. The garden also has an Idea Garden, which consists of six areas including perennial borders, ornamentals areas, vegetable gardens, children's gardens, and special projects as well as the Sen Cherry Tree Alleé and the Frank W. Kari walkway – a short third-of-a-mile pathway that winds around the yard with tranquil ponds and educational signs.

2001 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61802, Phone: 217-333-7579

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