Gardens
Linnaeus Arboretum is home to twelve official gardens which are as follows:
- Thornberg Garden - Color from spring-flowering bulbs to chrysanthemums in the fall.
- Greater Gustavus Hosta Garden - More than 20 varieties of hosta plants.
- Melva Lind Rose Garden - Nearly 50 rose bushes selected from Canadian varieties.
- Evelyn Gardens - Two gardens of perennial flowers, shrubs, and small trees.
- Swenson White Garden - White flowering annuals, perennials, and shrubs: dogwoods, viburnum, potentilla, magnolia, plum, and mock orange.
- Thompson Herb Garden - Culinary, medicinal and fragrant herbs; herbs important to Native American cultures; and herbs with Biblical roots.
- First Ladies' Lilac Walk - A collection of lilac bushes.
- Presidents' Oak Grove - An oak tree in honor of each president of the College.
- Uhler Prairie - Grasses and flowers native to the drier areas of Minnesota.
- Johnson Prairie Outlook - A quiet place where one can sit on glacial boulders and observe the prairie.
- Gamelin Linden Grove - Trees from both the Old World and the New World displaying variation within the genus Tilia.
- Esbjornson Ironwoods - Ironwood trees.
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