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Arboretum Collection Map

The City of Aiken Arboretum is a citywide living collection, with plants distributed throughout Aiken’s parks, parkways, gardens, streetscapes, and other public spaces rather than contained within a single traditional arboretum site. This map displays the locations of plants currently documented as part of the arboretum collection and illustrates both the geographic extent and diversity of the collection.

As the arboretum continues to develop, these plants will form the foundation for an expanded system of tours and visitor experiences. Individual specimens may contribute to multiple upcoming thematic collections and citywide tours, while their locations will also be used to create smaller, walkable neighborhood collections. This approach will allow visitors to experience the arboretum at multiple scales—from individual specimens and self-guided neighborhood walks to guided collection-wide tours spanning the city.

The map represents the current collection as well as the foundation for this next phase of the arboretum’s development. The planned tour and walk system is currently being developed from the existing inventory, with overlap between thematic tours intentionally allowing the same plants and areas to be experienced in different ways.