Jimmie's Garden - University of Nevada, Reno - Arboretums on Waymarking.com

Located next to Manzanita Hall is a small garden and arboretum titled 'Jimmie's Garden'. This garden is one of many gardens to be found on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. I was able to locate a webpage devoted to all the arboretum gardens on campus here and reads:

John Claudius Loudon in 1806 defined an arboretum as a site where trees and other woody plants are deliberately cultivated for scientific, educational, and aesthetic purposes.

The University of Nevada, Reno was designated a state arboretum by the 1985 Nevada Legislature. The campus is a living collection of plants, trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamentals and native flora-with many designated areas on campus open to the public for enjoyment and educational pursuits. The wide variety of trees on campus represents over 60 genera and about 200 species, many with several cultivars present. Thirty-six stately elms line the Main Quad, located just north of Morrill Hall, the oldest building on campus.

Featured areas of interest include the Cherry Blossom Garden, the Benson Gardens, the Main Quad, Albert E. Hilliard Foliage Quad, Jimmie's Garden, the Fleischmann Agriculture Quad, the Merriam A. Brown Rose Garden, the Hettich Garden, and Manzanita Lake.

Located on the west side of Manzanita Lake, fragrant rock daphne fills the air in the spring. Hornbeam, Weeping Nootka Cypress, and a Japanese Pagoda Tree watch over the star magnolias, rhododendrons, perennial shrubs and flowers. Jimmie's Garden was created by Jim and Mary Ann Kidder in memory of their son, James Ezra, b. January 29, d. February 7, 1976. "Too briefly a tenth generation American."

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I visited this garden in the dead of winter so couldn't appreciate the natural beauty here. I encourage others visiting this garden in better weather to take as many pictures possible and I'll pick a better one to make it the default picture of this garden!

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