Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum at the Univeristy of Michigan

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Arb Parking Tip There are often FREE street parking spaces available on Oswego St. near the Arb's Geddes Street entrance. Click here for a map.

The Gateway Garden of New World Plants and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden at Matthaei offer sensory delights with their profusion of colors and scents.
Check out the bloom calendar.

Looking for a central location to hold a group meeting? How about catching up on some of your reading at a riverside bench? We have some of the University's best study spots.

Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum is now offering rain barrel kits available for purchase at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory gift shop for $60 ($54 for members). These kits include all of the materials you will need to build your own rain barrel. If you would like assistance building your rain barrel, keep an eye out for upcoming rain barrel workshops hosted by our Education team where you will be able to purchase and build a rain barrel with assistance from our onstaff experts.

For Conservatory hours and directions, please click here.

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