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The Bartlett Arboretum (20 acres; 8 hectares) is a historic, nonprofit arboretum located in Belle Plaine, Kansas, United States. It is privately owned, and open to the public only upon special request. The Arboretum was established in 1910 by Dr. Walter Bartlett, a general practitioner from Belle Plaine, who purchased pastureland to create his own arboretum. In the 1930s the arboretum became an approved test site for the United States Department of Agriculture which provided plants and trees from around the world for hardiness tests. The Arboretum now contains massive cypress, oaks and champion Japanese maples. Its steward is Robin Lynn Macy, otherwise known as a founding member of the Dixie Chicks bluegrass and country music group. It was developed over many years, from relatively barren land with water only in a slough. Early in the process, Bartlett formed a dam and also built 4 islands in the slough.〔 (62 pages, with maps, historic photos, and 27 photos from 2007 and 2009)〕 According to the National Park Service:
The property was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 2010.〔 The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of May 7, 2010. == See also == * List of botanical gardens in the United States 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bartlett Arboretum (Kansas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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