Dubuque
Arboretum & Botanical Gardens at Marshall Park
We are the only arboretum and botanical garden in the USA staffed entirely by volunteers. 375 dedicated individuals maintain the trees, plants and shrubs, and seed-gifts which are all labeled throughout the garden.
A special thank you to all of our guests and volunteers!
About Us:
Location: 3800 Arboretum Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001
Phone: (563) 556 2100
Fax: (563) 556 2443
Type of Garden: Public Garden
Established: 1980
Size: 52 acres
AverageTime to walk through: 90 minutes
Hours: May 1 to Oct. 31, 7 am to dusk, seven days a week. Nov. 1 to May 1, 10 am to 3 pm, closed Saturday and Sunday, Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25 through January 1.
Best Season: All seasons
Gardens: Formal Rose Garden, Bausman Old Garden Roses, English Knot Garden, Formal English Garden, Herb Garden, McGreger's Children's Garden, Hosta Garden, Japanese Garden, Children's Flower and Vegetable Garden, Iowa State and All American
Test Gardens, Annual and Perennial Gardens and Dwarf Conifers
Other features: Free Sunday concerts, AARS Committee, consecutive awards for rose garden, largest public hosta garden in US (13,000 with 700 varieties), recognized by the National Hosta Society, AAS display garden, Seed-saver display garden, and Nationally recognized Bill Walter and Dennis Hermsen's Award Winning Conifer collection. Open air facilities available for luncheons and meetings.
Admission: There is NO admission charge. All exhibits are free. A donation is always welcome and is tax deductible. (501-C-3)
Wheelchair accessible
Call to arrange group tours (golf cart available for handicapped)
Since this is a City of Dubuque Park, there are no pets allowed.
Photos
from an Evening on the Green
Music
in the Gardens Schedule
Program Schedules
Wedding
Information
Send
a Arboretum postcard
Directions
to the Arboretum and Lodging Information
View
some photos from the Garden.
View
some photos from the New Japanese Garden.
DA&B receives Institute of Museum and Library
Services Grant
Other
Arboretum links
Information
on purchasing a garden walkway brick.
Questions or comments please
contact us.
The Dubuque Arboretum Botanical Gardens website
is sponsored by
Digital Dubuque.
