The University of Toledo's Stranahan Arboretum is a 47 acre site, about a 10 minute drive from the main campus, that consists of cultivated ornamental trees, rolling lawns, natural woods, ponds, wetlands and prairie.  It serves as one of the Department's field sites for environmental education and research.  Both graduate and undergraduate courses in  ecology and geology use the Arboretum as an outdoor laboratory .  It also hosts a number of educational programs for area school students (K-12) throughout the year and is open for public tours during May when the spring wildflowers are in bloom and in October when the fall foliage is at the height of its color. For more information go to the Stranahan Arboretum web site.   

Fall Colors at Stranahan Arboretum

A view of the Pond at Stranahan Arboretum

An open view.

Students studying the wetlands at Stranahan Arboretum.

Students and staff preparing to drill a groundwater monitoring well.