The Hiram College Arboretum

The Hiram College Arboretum. . , An arboretum is a collection of trees that is used for research or education. Our arboretum is used for both, with students and the community learning with our trees through research and both formal and informal education., Hiram's campus was officially certified as a Level I Arboretum through the Morton Register in 2023. The College has also been recognized as a Tree Campus through the Arbor Day Foundation since 2020. The master plan for the Arboretum includes maintaining the health of our trees, planting more trees than are taken down, and providing identification signs and community education events., Past and current students might recognize the identification signs as old residence hall bed frames. With a commitment to preserving trees, we chose to use lumber slated for the landfill rather than rely on new trees., There are roughly 1,000 trees of over 75 species on our small campus. Many of these can be split into several varieties, and there are also many shrubs, making a very diverse canopy. Of all our trees, roughly 70% are native to the state of Ohio.