Specialized Resources
The Connecticut College Arboretum provides a welcome connection with the natural world, offering opportunities for teaching, research, conservation, recreation and public education.
The Arboretum is open to the public seven days a week from dawn to dusk.
Select Sundays May through November
Meet in front of the Olin Science Center at 10 a.m. Tours last 60 to 90 minutes. Free; no registration required.
Next tours: July 1, Native Plant Collection; July 8, Caroline Black Garden
Visiting the Arboretum
The Arboretum is excited to announce that we have developed new interactive maps to identify woody plants in the Native Plant Collection, Caroline Black Garden and 1,310 trees on the Connecticut College campus.
Maps
The Nancy Moss Fine Native Azalea Garden is located in the Native Plant Collection. This garden was established in 1978 with funding from the family as a memorial to Nancy Moss Fine (1929-1965). The Fine Native Azalea Garden includes seventy-nine deciduous Rhododendron shrubs. Fifteen are species and three are selections of natural hybrids. There are a total of eighteen taxa represented.
The Nancy Moss Fine Native Azalea Garden