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CAMPUS ARBORETA: OUTDOOR SPACES FOR LEARNING AND FOR PLAY
throughout the university, including, but not limited to, Penn Design, School of Arts and Sciences, Masters of Environmen-
tal Studies, Masters of Public Health, Development & Alumni Relations, Staff & Student Eco-Reps and the Kite & Key Society. Students use Penn Plant Explorer for research projects within various programs. Externally, the Arboretum at Penn collabo- rates with the U.S. Forest Service, Philadelphia Parks & Recre- ation, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, UC Green, UC District and others on programs related to Penn’s urban forest.
“We have been thrilled with our ArbNet Level II Arboretum accreditation. It has helped us raise the level of the conversation we have with our community around campus trees. I have had nu- merous people tell me they are better able to steward our trees now that we are an official arboretum. People just get it more than they did before—now we can immediately cut through the noise and people understand that trees are important in an arboretum.”— Chloe Cerwinka, landscape planner, The University of Pennsylvania
Georgia Tech Arboretum – Level II
Using the campus as a living learning laboratory, the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta has developed its tree inventory and stormwater master plan as part of the larger vision to build
and define a performance landscape. As an example of this, Geor- gia Tech hosted a training workshop combining the i-Tree models with its current stormwater model to further evaluate the effects of trees on the proposed stormwater management system. The i-Tree Hydro model was developed by stormwater engineers and U.S. For- est Service scientists. It simulates the effects of changes in tree and impervious cover characteristics within a defined area of interest on stream flow and water quality.
Georgia Tech Arboretum has multiple methods of labeling the trees on campus: printed brochures, physical tags, an open-access web based GIS inventory, and an Augmented Reality (AR) walking tour.
“We are really excited to be accredited as a Level II Arboretum. “The Georgia Tech Arboretum will provide a platform for
the development of educational tools to define the value and performance of individual trees and the collective forest in our urban landscape.”—Jason Gregory, senior educational facilities planner and landscape architect with Capital Planning and Space Management, Georgia Tech
UC Davis – Level IV
UC Davis in California incorporated into their plan the GATE- ways Outreach (Gardens, Arts, and the Environment), a master planning framework for the arboretum as an inviting campus portal and connection to campus research and teaching, with educational landscapes, public art, outreach centers, interpretive exhibits, per- formance spaces, and gathering areas. New GATEways landscapes include the Native American Contemplative Garden (partnership with the Native American Studies Department), Oak Discovery Trail, Arboretum Teaching Nursery, California Rock Garden (with the Geology Department), and the Animal Science GATEway Garden (with the Animal Science Department). The GATEways initiative is designed to produce an engaging, multifaceted educational experi- ence for campus visitors, while providing UC Davis students with leadership training and experiential learning opportunities.
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