Tributes
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Tribute | Description | Type | Location |
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Theresa Tew |
Dogwood along the front of the building
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Tree | Building Front, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Tom and Jeanette Gaffield Children’s Garden |
The Gaffield Children’s Garden connects our youth to the environment to become stewards of tomorrow. It is a place of exploration and wonder for all ages, awakening the inner child in all of us.
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Garden | Gaffield Children's Garden, Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Tracey Niederhuber |
White oak
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Tree | Gateway Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Washington Heights Entrance |
University of Michigan Credit Union |
Bench at the Huron Riverfront Landing. Backless bench that allows visitors to face either the river or inland at one of the most popular sites in The Arb.
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Bench | Nichols Arboretum, River Landing |
Vandana Gupta Coy |
Bench in the Peony Garden
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Bench | Nichols Arboretum, Peony Garden, Washington Heights Entrance |
Verna Wied |
American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in honor of Verna Wied for her birthday
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Tree | Nichols Arboretum, River Landing |
Vogt Family Members |
Bench just south of Heathdale at the trail junction overlooking the Main Valley
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Bench | Main Valley, Nichols Arboretum, Nichols Drive |
Volunteer Appreciation |
Shingle oak
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Tree | Building Front, Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
Wayne E. Hazen |
Paw Paw tree along Wetland Boardwalk
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Tree | Nichols Arboretum, Wetland |
William A. Bow |
White flowering dogwood in Heathdale
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Tree | Heathdale, Nichols Arboretum |
William Drake |
Bench overlooking the Peony Garden
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Bench | Laurel Ridge, Nichols Arboretum, Washington Heights Entrance |
William Gregory Althouse |
Honey locust near the pool in the Gaffield Children’s Garden
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Plant | Gaffield Children's Garden, Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
William Hillegas and Kathleen Branson-Hillegas |
Bench in the Wet Woodlands in the Great Lakes Gardens at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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Bench | Great Lakes Gardens, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Mesic Woodland and Floodplain Wildflower Display Garden |
William J. Bies |
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 |
William Jay Sikkenga |
Bench overlooking the Peony Garden
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Bench | Nichols Arboretum, Peony Garden, Washington Heights Entrance |
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