1st blog- The Arboretum

Jesus Esteves

Ms. Lopez

WRD-110

4 September 2014

Topic: The Arboretum- source identification

            I found this article online at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/arboretum and it was published by the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment. There wasn’t a date of when it was published because the website is updated daily. I found this article while looking stuff up on google about the Arboretum.

Topic: The Arboretum- article summary

            The overall purpose of this article is to allow people to learn more about the Arboretum. I was able to learn that the Arboretum was created in 1991. One thing that really caught my attention was how the University of Kentucky had a big part with the creation of this place but it wasn’t just the university who made this possible. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government also had a big part to do with this. Throughout the different articles in this website we are able to see that the Arboretum is not only a fun beautiful place to visit but most importantly is where students can either go to take a break from their stressful day or to study in a very calm outdoors place. Another important thing I learned after reading this article was that in 2000 the Arboretum was named the “Official State Botanical Garden for the Commonwealth of Kentucky”. The Arboretum is more than 100 acres in size. There are different aspects of nature throughout all this acres which allows people to gain knowledge of different plants, trees, soil, stones, ect... But the Arboretum isn’t just a place for people to learn about nature. The reason I say that is because the Arboretum every year also provides people with the opportunity to watch different plays as well as seeing bands perform live.  

                                                                                                                          

Topic: The Arboretum- Reflection/questions

            Reading the different things throughout this website made me realize how lucky all UK students are for having this wonderful place so close to our campus. It is a privilege to be able to go to such a wonderful place without having to pay anything. All though this article really helped me learn a lot about the Arboretum it left me with a lot of questions. The main questions I had were: Who takes care of this place? Where has all the money that has been spent to make this place the way it is come from? Why did the University of Kentucky decide to collaborate in making this place? Did they think it would improve students experience as well as their academic accomplishments? Who was the person that came up with the idea of creating this place? I know that all these questions have an answer to them and I hope that I will be able to find them further down my research.