GS Arboretum Fund
In 1895, Joseph Thomas & Sons Nursery shipped 358 ornamental trees and shrubs to George School to expand our tree selection.
Now it's your turn.
SUPPORT THE CAMPUS ARBORETUM FUND
Send a gift of any size to enhance the campus grounds.
PLANT A TREE
Send a gift of $2,500. See the list of available trees below. Contact the Advancement Office for more details.
HONOR A FRIEND, A CHILD, A PARENT, A TEACHER
Send a gift of $100 or more, and we will send a gift recognition card to the person you honor. Your honoree's name will be listed in the George School Annual Report of Gifts.
GIFTS IN MEMORY TO SUPPORT THE ARBORETUM FUND
Send a gift of $100 or more, and we will send a gift recognition card to the family of the deceased. Memorial gifts will be listed in the George School Annual Report of Gifts.
QUESTIONS?
Contact the Advancement Office at 215.579.6572.
AVAILABLE TREES
The George School Arboretum Committee has developed this list of trees which are appropriate for each specific campus location. If you would like to purchase any one or more of these trees, please contact the Advancement Office at 215.579.6572 or advancement@georgeschool.org.
Along 413 (north of Farm Drive)
- Quercus palustrus (Pin Oak)
Along 413 (south of Farm Drive)
- Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak)
South Lawn (between Outdoor Auditorium and playground)
- Prunus 'Okame' (Cherry variety)
- Prunus 'Kwanzan' (Cherry variety)
- Malus 'variety' (Crabapple)
- Quercus rubra (Red Oak)
- Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)
- Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffee)
Farm Drive
- Acer rubrum 'October Glory' (Red Maple)
- Acer rubrum 'Sunset' (Red Maple)
- Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
South Lawn (between Hallowell and tennis courts)
- Salix contorta (Corkscrew Willow)
- Tillia americana (Linden)
- Cercidiphylum japonica (Katsura)
- Ulmus americana (American Elm)
Tennis Courts
(at corner of Farm Drive and Meetinghouse Lane)
- Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple)
Main Drive (Brown House and Inwood areas)
- Cornus florida (Native Dogwood)
- Quercus (Oak)
- Fraxinus Ash
- Cercis canadensis (Red Bud)
- Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Poplar - Tuliptree)
- Chionanthus virginicus (Fringetree)
Outdoor Auditorium
- Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)
- Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock)
- Fraxinus americana (White Ash)
Maple Grove (on South Loop)
- Acer sacharum Sugar (Maple 'Moraine' or 'Wright Brothers')
- Oxydendron arboreum (Sourwood, Sorrel Tree)
Oak Grove (on South Loop)
- Quercus rubra (Red Oak)
- Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)
Cyprus Grove (by Sunnybanke)
- x Cupressocyparis leylandii (Leyland Cypress)
- Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock)
South Woods (west of Farmhouse)
- Quercus (Oak)
- Acer (Maple)
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica ('Summit' Seedless Green Ash)
Between Orton and Westwood (by road)
- Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock)
- Cornus florida (Dogwood)
- Cercis canadensis (Red Bud)
- Hamamelis vernalis (Vernal Witch Hazel)
- Chionanthus virginicus (Fringetree)
North of Tate House
- Tsuga canadensis (Hemlock)
- Pinus strobus (White Pine)
McFeely Library
- Cornus florida Native (Dogwood)
- Cercis canadensis (Red Bud)
- Stewartia koreana (Korean Stewartia)