Exploring the Arboretum
Along this section of trail you will come across many more
magnolia specimens, as the trail cuts across "Magnolia Ridge", an
area of the Arboretum that contains a large quantity of our Magnolia
collection. Bellefontaine is home to approximately 450 magnolia trees,
representing nearly 50 species and varieties. Blooming from March through June,
these iconic trees provide an extended season of spectacular flowers. Pictured
here is the incredibly rare Ashe’s magnolia (Magnolia
macrophylla ssp. ashei) with its dinner plate flowers and leaves
sometimes longer than a foot and endemic to the Florida Panhandle. To learn
more about magnolia selection and care, please visit the Magnolia Society
International’s website.
Significant Figures
Map Reference: Stop 13,
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America E. Harding
Sculpture | Lot #989
America Elizabeth Harding, born in Kentucky, moved with her
family post-Civil War to St. Louis by 1870. The statue is a portrait in marble
of a child, a young girl in a rustic setting, offering food to a baby lamb. The
child’s feet are bare, and she is clothed in a manner reminiscent of a child in
ancient Greece or Rome. Her attitude is gentle and caring.
Map Reference: Stop 13,
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James Charles Fetterman
Landscape Architect | Lot #6961
James ‘Jim’ Fetterman was a Fellow of the American Society
of Landscape Architects. The list of projects that Jim participated in
includes, but is not limited to: Throop Plaza, Busch Stadium, The Galleria,
Union Station, Forest Park, and Wildwood Valley Gardens of Bellefontaine
Cemetery and Arboretum.
