Blog 3: The Arboretum

Jesus Esteves

Ms. Lopez

WRD-110

9 September 2014

Topic: The Arboretum- source identification

                For this blog I decided to do some more research about the Arboretum. This is an article that was posted online which I found at http://www2.ca.uky.edu/arboretum/all_gardens.php and it was published by the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment.  This website is updated daily therefore it didn’t give me a date of when it was published.

Topic: The Arboretum- article summary

                This article provides us with the different things that we can find in the Arboretum. The four main things that this article talks about are: The Arboretum landscape features, the wildlife, the different types of horticultural gardens, and of course the arboretum’s woods. Some of the landscape features that the arboretum provides for its guests are Gazebos, Pergalas, a Children's Garden, Stone fences, Fish pond, and Fountains with sculptures. This article also shows us that wildlife exist in the Arboretum because there are Bird boxes, Bat boxes, Habitat gardens, and Natural areas throughout the place. The most important thing in this article was when it mentioned all the different types of horticultural gardens because that is one of the biggest reasons people go to the Arboretum. The Arboretum has 9 different types of these gardens which are a Rose Garden, Fragrance Garden, Perennial Garden, Annual Flowers, Herb Garden, Vegetable Plots, Home Fruit and Nut Plantings, All American Trials and Displays, and Ground Cover display. The last thing that the article mentions is what we can see in the Arboretum’s woods. Some of the things that people might come across while passing the woods are: Ecological restoration, Invasive plant removal, Wetland, and Historic trees.

Topic: The Arboretum- Questions/reflections

                All though this article does a nice job on listing all the main stuff you can find in the Arboretum, it also made me wonder a lot of things. Some of the questions that I have come up with after reading the article are: How long did it take for all the gardens/trees to grow? How much money was invested in making the arboretum? How much maintenance goes on to keep this place so beautiful? And why did they choose these 9 gardens instead of others? All this questions will allow me to find more information about the arboretum as I keep my research going. Once I find the answers to these questions this article will be useful in making a documentary because I will be able to add a section that explains what kind of things people can see in the Arboretum and the background of it.