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== Establishment of the arboretum ==
== Establishment of the arboretum ==
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On October 29, 2019, the grand opening of the Olcott Arboretum took place, beginning on the front veranda of the headquarters building. Dr. Barbara Hebert welcomed Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton Parks District Director Mike Benard, and each spoke briefly. Theosophical Society Archivist Janet Kerschner gave a short history of trees on the Olcott campus. Children of the Prairie School of DuPage presented a book of drawings of Olcott trees and birds. The assembled guests then walked around to the south end of the building fora tree-planting ceremony, followed by refreshments in the lobby.
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== History of trees on the Olcott campus ==
== History of trees on the Olcott campus ==

Revision as of 21:15, 1 November 2019

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The Olcott Arboretum is a botanical collection of trees located on the headquarters campus of the Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton, Illinois. The campus has long been called "Olcott" after a founder of the Theosophical Society, Henry Steel Olcott.

Establishment of the arboretum

On October 29, 2019, the grand opening of the Olcott Arboretum took place, beginning on the front veranda of the headquarters building. Dr. Barbara Hebert welcomed Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton Parks District Director Mike Benard, and each spoke briefly. Theosophical Society Archivist Janet Kerschner gave a short history of trees on the Olcott campus. Children of the Prairie School of DuPage presented a book of drawings of Olcott trees and birds. The assembled guests then walked around to the south end of the building fora tree-planting ceremony, followed by refreshments in the lobby.

History of trees on the Olcott campus

When the Theosophical Society purchased land in Wheaton early in 1925, the first action taken on the bare plowed fields was a plant a grove of trees. The first tree planted, on May 6, 1925, was a silver linden.



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