11/25/2009      49°F | Cloudy
The University of Michigan
Arb Parking Tip There are often FREE street parking spaces available on Oswego St. near the Arb's Geddes Street entrance. Click here for a map.
what's in bloom
The Gateway Garden of New World Plants and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden at Matthaei offer sensory delights with their profusion of colors and scents.
Check out the bloom calendar.
Looking for a central location to hold a group meeting? How about catching up on some of your reading at a riverside bench? We have some of the University's best study spots.

The Norman Memorial Grove is a natural gathering place near the west entrance to the Sue Reichert Discovery Trail. The views across the pond and wetland change dramatically through the seasons, while the picnic tables invite casual gathering and lingering. This is the perfect place to begin or end your visit to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
 
The Norman Memorial Grove has been expanded with new plantings of native oaks, maples and hickories. Together with the existing maples, these trees will provide welcome shade in the summer months. The new sassafras trees will add dramatic fall color as they mature.

The Normal Memorial Grove site is at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens site. The Normal Memorial Sundial is in the Perennial Garden at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

The Normal Memorial Grove honors Dr. A. Geoffery Norman, the first Director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

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