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 The
Hosler Oak (left of center) is known as the "witness
tree" because it will witness the growth of the botanic
gardens around it. |
The
Arboretum's Name ($25,000,000)
Approved Naming Opportunities Within Phase I of
the H.
O. Smith Botanic Gardens
The following opportunities to name elements within Phase I
of the H. O. Smith Botanic Gardens are available for a three-year
period beginning April 2008. (The opportunity to name the Overlook
Pavilion structure and Event Lawn was originally made available
for a three-year period beginning November 2006. They are included
here because they will be constructed in Phase I.)
Suggested giving levels are included in parentheses. A part of
each gift will be used to establish an endowment fund for long-term
maintenance and operation of each area within the Arboretum. Internal
naming opportunities for some Arboretum features will be determined
when the final designs are completed.
Overlook
Pavilion - Entire Structure ($1,000,000)
Overlook Pavilion - Horticulture Wing ($100,000)
Overlook Pavilion - Event Terrace (tented) ($500,000)
Overlook Portico (front porch and passage between building wings)
($250,000)
Overlook Pavilion Garden ($250,000)
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 Stakes
mark the location of a new service road in the H. O. Smith
Botanic Gardens.
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Birch Overlook (transition from
Pavilion to upper end of Event Lawn) ($200,000)
Event
Lawn ($2,000,000)
Conservatory
Terrace Garden ($1,000,000)
Trellis Panels (in wall, heavy steel with grass motif cutouts)
(2) ($15,000 each)
Oasis
Garden ($500,000)
Trellis Panels (in wall, heavy steel with grass motif cutouts)
(3) ($15,000 each)
Oasis
Garden Terrace (funded)
Lotus Pool (partially funded)
Bamboo Alleé
(between Conservatory Terrace Garden and Oasis Garden)
($200,000)
Bamboo Motif Gate (gate to Bamboo
Alleé and walled gardens from fountain terrace) ($25,000)
Hawthorn Entry (to Event Lawn,
from walled gardens) ($100,000)
Rose
& Fragrance Garden (first half being completed
in Phase I) ($2,250,000)
North Patio ($50,000)
South Patio ($50,000)
Curved Trellis Panel (funded)
Trellis Panels (in wall, heavy steel with diamond motif cutouts)
(7) ($15,000 each)
Iris Walk ($50,000)
Rose Pavilion (Add Alternate) ($250,000)
Vine Trellis (88-foot trellis wall between Oasis and Rose Gardens)
($50,000)
Demonstration Garden – Hummingbird
($500,000)
Demonstration Garden – Butterfly
($300,000)
Marsh
Meadow (funded)
In
the Marsh Meadow
Marsh Meadow Osier Banks (2) ($7,500 each)
Marsh Meadow Dwarf Willow Banks (4) ($7,500 each)
Grove of the Ancients ($500,000)
Tropical Grove ($150,000)
Seat Walls (two at Pavilion, two
at end of Event Lawn, one at fountain) (5) ($20,000 each)
Commemorative
Trees in The Arboretum at Penn State
Future Elements Within the H. O. Smith Botanic
Gardens and
Surrounding Landscape
Opportunities to name the following major elements in the botanic
gardens of The Arboretum at Penn State became available for a
three-year period beginning November 2006.
- Education
Center - ($20,000,000)
- Conservatory
- ($20,000,000)
- Winter
Garden - ($1,750,000)
- Winter
Garden Terrace - ($1,500,000)
- Demonstration
Garden - Flower and Turf Plots ($2,250,000)
- Demonstration
Garden - Learning Center ($750,000)
- Demonstration
Garden - Home Landscapes ($3,000,000)
- Demonstration
Garden - Fruit and Vegetable Garden ($2,275,000)
- Orchard
- ($300,000)
- Medieval
Garden - ($1,500,000)
- Woodland
Garden - Transition Woods ($1,500,000)
- Woodland
Garden - Penn's Woods ($3,250,000)
- Woodland
Garden - Asian Woods ($3,250,000)
- Four
Seasons Garden - ($4,500,000)
- Children's
Garden - ($4,500,000)
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River
of Grasses and Dry Stream - ($2,000,000)
- Perennial
Gardens - ($10,000,000)
- Meadow
Garden - ($1,500,000)
Please contact Patrick J. Williams, director of development, with
questions about gift opportunities: 814-865-0441/patrickwilliams@psu.edu.
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