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Belfast City Park Arboretum

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United States of America - Maine - Belfast, ME

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About the Belfast City Park Arboretum

City Park Arboretum in Belfast is one of the only arboretums in the Midcoast area. Belfast’s City Park is a spectacular, 15 acre park designed in the early 20th century to be reminiscent of Central Park in New York, with winding lanes, groves of trees with pathways through the landscape. The park includes a beautiful ocean shore area and a stream running directly into the sea. The original trees are now towering and stately, and there are many fascinating trees added over recent decades as the community worked to create an arboretum. The arboretum includes an interpretive plaza, kiosk, map and guide, educational materials. Many trees have markers with interesting facts about the trees. The arboretum currently has over 300 trees of more than 85 species as well as amenities such as picnic areas, sports facilities and a trail. With the arboretum map, guide and signs, it is a wonderful place to learn to identify native and exotic trees that grow in New England, USA. Visit our website at https://waldocountysoilandwater.org/city-park-arboretum .

Main Address:
Belfast City Park Arboretum
Northport Avenue
Mailing: Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation District, 46 Little River Drive
Belfast, ME
Maine 04915 United States of America

Telephone: 616634220
Fax:
URL: https://waldocountysoilandwater.org/city-park-arboretum
Primary Email: letamck@gmail.com

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Aleta McKeage
    Curator's Name: Aleta McKeage
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 1
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number:
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: Yes
  • Date founded: 1904
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
    Natural vegetation area: Size: 1 Hectares
  • Landscaped Area: Yes
    Landscaped Area: Size: 6 Hectares
  • Total Area: 7 Hectares
    Latitude: 44.41491
    Longitude: -68.99606
    Altitude: 0.00 Metres

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: Yes
    Arboretum Size: 6
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
  • Number of Volunteers: 8

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 190
  • Special Collections:Collections include: Native Maine trees, native shrubs, nearby-native climate adaptation trees, urban trees of New England, Disease resistant cultivars of vulnerable native trees, exotic trees grown in Maine.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
    ABS Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Ecology: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes