Shadyside Campus arboretum receives renewed accreditation and recognition

Chatham University has received a renewal of Level II Accreditation by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and recognition as an accredited arboretum in the Morton Register of Arboreta, a database of the world’s arboreta and gardens dedicated to woody plants.

Chatham University’s Shadyside Campus is one of the most idyllic locations in the City of Pittsburgh and home to a nationally recognized 32-acre arboretum. Part of the historic district of winding Woodland Road, the campus dates to 1869, and includes elements of the original Andrew Mellon estate, designed by the renowned Olmsted Brothers, sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York who was regarded as the father of American landscape architecture.

The Shadyside Campus arboretum, featuring more than 115 different varieties of trees including Japanese flowering crabapple, river birch, Kentucky coffee tree, and eleven species of maple, is an inviting place to stroll or to meditate. The arboretum provides an outdoor classroom suitable for any age or interest—from younger students on class trips, to visiting scientists, to the university’s own students. Learn more at https://www.chatham.edu/locations/shadyside-campus/arboretum.html.

ArbNet is an interactive, collaborative, international community of arboreta. ArbNet facilitates the sharing of knowledge, experience, and other resources to help arboreta meet their institutional goals, while working to raise professional standards through the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program. The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program is the only global initiative to officially recognize arboreta at various levels of development, capacity, and professionalism. More information is available at www.arbnet.org.