Celebrate New England's first citywide arboretum!

Join us all week long for arborist-guided Tree Walks, a children's Touch-a-Bucket-Truck event in Morton Park, a free movie event, and more....

WRNI radio program: Newport's Aging Trees

Flo Jonic interviews Newport Tree & Parks Supervisor Scott Wheeler and arborists Reggie Chaney and Chris Fletcher regarding the mounting losses of Newport's specimen trees.

Newport's 2011 Tree of the Year Contest

WPRI features the 2011 Newport Tree of the Year Contest, sponsored by the Newport Tree and Open Space Commission and the Newport Tree Society.

Specimen Tree Planting Program

Over the next two years, 150 trees will be given at no cost to Newport residents who agree to plant and care for them...

The Newport Tree Walks Series

The Newport Tree Walk Series highlights Newport, Rhode Island's amazing specimen trees. Available as folded pocket maps and in smartphone format with expanded content....

Community Support for The Newport Arboretum

The Newport Arboretum is made possible through the support of local citizens, private foundations, and corporate sponsors.

Take a Tree Walk!

Hundreds of Newporters have printed a free Newport Tree Walk or downloaded one to their smartphone. Have you?

The Newport Arboretum: A Four-Part Program

Newport Tree Walk Series

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Each 1-mile tree walk highlights some of Newport’s finest specimen trees. 11×17 folded pocket maps available for sale. Maps can also be printed online for free.

Tree Identification Tags

2Trees across the city are being tagged with identifying information (including common and latin names, height and spread, and native region). Order a tree tag for your own tree!

Planting Programs

3We’re cultivating the next generation of citizen foresters! Sign up for our upcoming Specimen Tree Restoration Planting Program.

Smartphone Tree Walk Apps

4Smartphone Tree Walk tours with expanded content are available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android phones.