Visit Secrest Arboretum and enjoy the tranquility of a simpler lifestyle.  Our gardens stimulate the imagination 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 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.