The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at JMU is a nature preserve that promotes restoration recreation and meaningful learning experiences through nature.
The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum and Botanical Gardens invites the public to step into a world of natural beauty and serenity. Visitors can walk winding woodland trails landscaped with Virginia native plants and enhanced with botanical gardens and wide expanses of lawns. The arboretum offers a wide range of seasonally appropriate educational and cultural events on site throughout the year. Come appreciate the beauty of nature, protected and captured amidst the hustle and activity of the thriving city of Harrisonburg and the pulse of campus life at James Madison University. Learn about environmental preservation and study one of our most valuable resources: plants and trees. Be a doer and volunteer or be a dreamer and spread a blanket on our lawns and relax or be any kind of visitor in between. The arboretum is here for you!
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The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, a woodland sanctuary on the James Madison University campus, is a public urban garden and forested greenspace that preserves native plants species, provides opportunities for research, and promotes knowledge of the botanical and natural world for people of all ages.
Annual Plant Sale events offer a wide range of botanicals inventory for sale to the public, including perennial native regional wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and bulbs.
