
Best College Reviews, an online journal, has named Cornell Plantations' F. R. Newman Arboretum as the most beautiful college arboretum in their list of 'The 50 Most Beautiful College Arboretums.'
Plantations' F.R. Newman Arboretum is a place for the scientific study and public exhibition of a diversity of trees and shrubs. These plantings, all hardy to the central New York area, help foster Plantations' scientific, educational, and plant appreciation efforts. Here, visitors can learn about and enjoy native species, as well as species imported from similar climate zones around the world. The arboretum's collections—including nut trees, crabapples, oaks, maples, shrubs, and urban trees—comprise a 100-acre pastoral setting. Specialty gardens in the arboretum include the Zucker Shrub Collection and the Treman Woodland Walk.