Secrest Arboretum

Leisure Birding

Saturday, February 13, 2010

9:00 am - 11:00 am

Seaman Orientation Plaza

Members of the Greater Mohican Audubon Society guide birders of all skill levels. Spot birds, learn their calls, and discover their habitats in the arboretum. Free. Please dress for the weather.

The Secrest Arboretum at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center...The Ohio State University, Wooster

Our gardens are open to the public from dawn to dusk, year round.

Discover a landscape ecosystem that piques your interest. Offering research, educational and aesthetic value, OARDC's Secrest Arboretum helps people to better understand and enjoy the world of plants. Over the past 100 years, Secrest has grown into an outdoor laboratory and educational display garden, strengthening the relationship between people and plants with research-based knowledge. Today, continuing development meets the rising needs and trends of the citizens of Ohio and beyond.

Pleasant vistas among open lawns and extensive plant collections, designed landscapes, educational exhibits and meeting places all capture the Secrest experience.

As Dr. H. Marc Cathey, President Emeritus, American Horticultural Society states, "The quality of our environments and what people should be doing to ensure its continued viability for future generations should be the primary objectives of Secrest Discovery Gardens an arboretum." Secrest Arboretum showcases plants for landscape solutions to assist you in selecting appropriate plants for a sustainable landscape. At Secrest, our beautiful theme gardens and planting communities illustrate the use of style, color and texture, while being situated within plant habitats created according to existing climate and soil conditions to establish a sustainable landscape.

Secrest Arboretum 2008-2009 Gold Sponsor

Hybrid Witchhazel - Hamamelis x intermedia

If it seems miraculous that a shrub could flower in an area of the country that has average minimum winter temperatures of -10 to -20 degrees Fahrenheit, it is! But the wise witchhazel has a special adaptation to cold: while a sunny day above even slightly above freezing will pop the flowerbuds open, a sudden chill will cause the petals to roll up for protection. Then, at the slightest hint of warmth, they unfurl again, just like those paper favors kids like to blow on at birthday parties.