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The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Garden in Overland Park Kansas offers visitors 300 acres of environmental education and recreational. The arboretum has eight different ecosystems and was designed by the City of Overland Park to keep ecological and environmental issues at the forefront in our area. Take a walk down the trails and you’ll see dogwoods, redbuds, wild natural grasses, 200 species of birds and 75 species of trees.

Well over 3/4 of the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Garden is dedicated to preserving the areas natural ecosystems. The rest of the garden is the botanical gardens, a visitors center and a huge conservatory. The area has 5 miles of hiking trails that wind all through the Arboretum & Garden and take you past waterfalls, limestone bluffs, a water garden, a children’s garden and a learning garden, among many others. There’s even two 75-foot bridges spanning Wolf Creek! The trails have varying degrees of difficulty, so be sure to check the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Garden Map before heading out.

Posted by Jason A. Brown

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