Mount Airy Arboretum

Mt. Airy Arboretum, 120acre, is an arboretum set within Mt. Airy Forest (1,470 acres), a public park located at 5083 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is open daily without charge.The arboretum began in 1911 when the Cincinnati Park Board purchased 168acre of land for reforestation and conservation. It has since expanded to 1469.913acre, of which 700acre are reforested in hardwoods, 200acre reforested in evergreens, 269acre in native woodland, 170acre of open meadows, and 120acre operated as an arboretum proper.The arboretum includes more than 5,000 plants representing 1,600 species and varieties of woody plants. It contains one of the finest dwarf conifer collection in the Midwest, set around a 1acre pond. Other collections include ash, azalea, birch, beech, buckeye, cherry, crabapple, deutzia, dogwood, elm, euonymus, fir, hawthorn, hemlock, juniper, lilac, magnolia, maple, oak, poplar, spruce, viburnum, willow, and yew.