Tributes
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Tribute | Description | Type | Location |
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Rintamaki Whistle Pig Bridge |
Bridge located on the trail behind the Children’s Garden
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Bridge | Gaffield Children's Garden, Gardens and Service Areas, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Rita and Soly Bencuya |
Bench along the Commons between the Gateway Garden and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden
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Bench | Commons, Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Robert and Susan Smith Gray |
Bur oak between the terrace and Gateway Garden. Tree dedicated in honor of Robert and Susan’s marriage at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
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Tree | Gardens and Service Areas, Gateway Garden of New World Plants, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Robert Drake |
Bench at the Huron Riverfront Landing
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Bench | Nichols Arboretum, River Landing |
Robert E. Sell |
‘Prairie Fire’ crab apple next to the ‘Snow Drift’ crab apple in Perennial Garden
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Tree | Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Perennial Garden |
Robert E. Sell |
‘Snow Drift’ crab apple next to the ‘Prairie Fire’ crab apple in the Perennial Garden
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Tree | Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Perennial Garden |
Robert Forlenza |
Six crabapple trees and two red horsechestnuts
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Tree | Geddes Entrance, Nichols Arboretum, Orchard |
Robert L. Frost, II |
Bench closest to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens on the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail
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Bench | Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Matthaei Botanical Gardens Trail |
Robert Prevaux |
Ancient bur oak at top of slope above the wetlands
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Tree | Great Lakes Gardens, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Robert Spengler |
Cockspur Hawthorn, smooth rose and Carolina rose located at the Geddes Entrance
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Tree | Centennial Shrub Collection, Geddes Entrance, Nichols Arboretum |
Robyn Robeson |
Black gum near the entrance to the Sue Reichert Trail and Willow Pond
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Tree | Discovery Trail, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Sue Reichert Discovery Trail |
Ruth B. Brackett M.D. |
Bench on the upper level of the tropical house
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Bench | Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Tropical House |
Ruth Steinicke |
A bur oak located in the Centennial Shrub Collection at the Geddes Heights entrance
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Tree | Centennial Shrub Collection, Geddes Entrance, Nichols Arboretum |
Sam Graham Trees Trail |
The Sam Graham Trees trail introduces visitors to the diversity of Michigan’s native trees. It honors the pioneering work of Dr. Graham, the UM’s first forest ecologist.
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Trail | Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Sam Graham Landscapes |
Sandra Alt Awood |
Bench near the Helen V. Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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Bench | Helen V Smith Woodland Wildflower Garden, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
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