THE JOHN J TYLER ARBORETUM

TYLER IS CONTINUING ITS WORK ON CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING THROUGH EXPANDING SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, AND WAS FORTUNATE TO CONTINUE WITH ITS NATURE IMMERSION AND STEM-THEMED ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY THIS YEAR. TYLER LOOKS FORWARD TO RESTARTING ITS POPULAR SUMMER CAMP IN SUMMER 2025 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 2020 COVID SHUTDOWN. TYLER CONTINUES TO REFINE ITS PROGRAMMING, WELCOMING LARGER NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS TO ITS ANNUAL PLANT SALE, EVENING FIRESIDE EVENTS, AND ITS POPULAR TOURS. NEW BEFORE AND AFTER-HOURS FEATURES LIKE OWL PROWLS AND FULL MOON HIKES HAVE GIVEN MEMBERS AND VISITORS NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO VIEW WILDLIFE NOT NORMALLY VISIBLE DURING REGULAR HOURS (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).DOCENT LED TOURS, POP-UP EDUCATION STATIONS AT TYLER'S POLLINATOR PRESERVE AND LUCILLE'S GARDEN HAVE SPARKED THE CURIOSITY OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. WELLNESS ACTIVITIES LIKE HIKES AND YOGA CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HEALTHY-LIVING PROGRAMMING FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF PARTICIPANTS.TYLER WAS ABLE TO REOPEN THE REMAINDER OF ITS HIKING TRAILS AFTER THE EMERALD ASH BORER DESTROYED MORE THAN 1,500 TREES ON THE PROPERTY. WHILE RESTORATION WORK CONTINUES, THE TRAIL REOPENING RETURNS THE SYSTEM TO 17 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS, THROUGH MEADOWS, NATURAL AREAS AND PAST NEAR-PRISTINE STREAMS. ALL VISITORS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN WILDFLOWER WALKS, BIRD WALKS, HISTORY TOURS, POND AND STREAM-THEMED TOURS, AND TOURS OF TYLER'S PREMIER GARDENS, INCLUDING THE WISTER RHODODENDRON GARDEN, THE NATIVE WOODLAND WALK, THE STOPFORD MEADOW MAZE, THE SCENIC LOOP, LUCILLE'S GARDEN, THE FRAGRANT GARDEN, AND MORE THAN 550 ACRES OF NATURAL AREAS OUTSIDE TYLER'S DEER EXCLUSION FENCE.