Tributes
Search through our existing tributes below. For additional information on tributes or memorials click here.
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| Tribute | Description | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Yaffee |
Virginia roundleaf birch as part of a four-tree cluster planting.
|
Tree | Main Valley, Nichols Arboretum, Valley Floor |
| Anne and Glenn Morrison |
Bench in the Bonsai and Penjing Garden
|
Bench | Bonsai and Penjing Display Garden (not specimens), Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
| April Pickrel |
A cut-leaf European beech where one trunk is the normal leaf condition.
|
Tree | Magnolia Cove, Magnolia Glade, Nichols Arboretum |
| Arthur Geoffrey and Marian Norman |
Red and sugar maples in the picnic grove
|
Tree | Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, West Service Areas |
| Arthur Geoffrey and Marian Norman |
Sundial in the Perennial Garden
|
Sundial | Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Perennial Garden |
| Arthur Geoffrey Norman |
Commemorative boulder in the picnic grove
|
Rock | Discovery Trail, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Sue Reichert Discovery Trail |
| Arthur S. Dunning, Jr. |
Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) next to the Reader Center patio at Nichols Arboretum
|
Tree | Gateway Garden, Nichols Arboretum, Washington Heights Entrance |
| Arthur W. Brant |
Native fruit trees and shrubs
|
Other | |
| Arusha Wilhite |
Bench overlooking the Main Valley
|
Bench | Black Oak Kame, Main Valley, Nichols Arboretum |
| Barbara Louise Bates-Smith |
A tribute bench in memory of Barbara Smith, donated by her friends and family
|
Bench | Gardens and Service Areas, Gateway Garden of New World Plants, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
| Barbara Major |
Sweet gum tree near the east entrance to the Sue Reichert Discovery Trail
|
Tree | Discovery Trail, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Sue Reichert Discovery Trail |
| Barbara R. Pfeiffer |
Tuliptree outside of the pocket garden
|
Tree | Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
| Barnett and Jennifer Helzberg |
‘Colby’s Fountain’. A wrought iron drinking fountain for people and dogs located in the Main Valley
|
Fountain | Main Valley, Nichols Arboretum, Valley Floor |
| Barry and Marjorie Checkoway |
Bench in the Lower Valley
|
Bench | Magnolia Glade, Nichols Arboretum, Tuliptree Valley |
| Ben Reuland |
Bench along the Commons between the Gateway Garden and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden
|
Bench | Commons, Gardens and Service Areas, Main Building, Matthaei Botanical Gardens |
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