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Basalt Municipal Arboretum

Basalt Municipal Arboretum

Description

The Basalt Midland Arboretum is contained within the Town’s parks, open space and rights of way and has catalogued 168 species of trees and shrubs. The horticulture and forestry staff is dedicated to the practice and advancement of sustainable land stewardship and promoting ecological conservation principals in public horticulture and arboriculture in managing the town’s ninety gardens and three thousand trees. The staff leads guided tours of the gardens which focus on creating and maintaining desirable, thriving and water-wise landscapes that provide a continual season of bloom in our semi-arid mountain climate. The elevation is 6624’.

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Address
101 Midland Avenue, Basalt, Colorado 81621, United States,
39.368492 -107.034653
Telephone
(970)279-4395
E-Mail Address
chris.beiser@basalt.net
Website Address