Elmhurst College: Get Involved

Get Involved

Since its inaugural planting, the Elmhurst College Arboretum has benefited from the generous support and involvement of friends and neighbors.

Your support maintains this exceptional collection, enriches the education experience for our students, and ensures that the Arboretum will continue strong into the future.

There are many ways to support the Elmhurst College Arboretum. For example:

Dedicate a tree. Honor a loved one or an esteemed professor with a handsome bronze plaque placed near a plant of your choice. For more information, please contact Vanessa Delgadillo at (630) 617-3453.

Donate a plant. We gratefully accept gifts of healthy trees and shrubs that are suited to Elmhurst’s climate. For more information, please contact Vanessa Delgadillo at (630) 617-3453.

The College is currently interested in adding the following trees to its collection:

Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
Black Cherry (Prunus sertona)
Black Oak (Quercus veluntina)
Butterflies Magnolia (Magnolia x 'Butterflies')
Chicago Blues Black Locust (Robina pseudoacacia 'Benjamin')
Double Flowering Horsechestnut (Aesculus hippo. 'Baumannii')
Golden Spring Colorado Spruce (Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring')
Japanese Hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
Mockernut (Carya tomentosa)
Patriot Elm (Ulmus x hybrid 'Patriot')
Pendula Bruns Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika 'Bruns')
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Pioneer Elm (Ulmus glabra x carpinifolia)
Planetree Ovation (Plantanus x acerfolia 'Ovation')
Riversii Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii')
Sour Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Spaethiana Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Spaethiana')
Speckled Alder (Alnus rugosa)
State Street Maple (Acer miyabei)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Yellow Birch (Betula lutea)
Yellow Bird Magnolia (Magnolia x 'Yellow Bird')

Make a gift online. Click here. Be sure to designate your gift to the Elmhurst College Arboretum.

Send us your gift. Please make your check out to Elmhurst College, note “Arboretum” on it, and send it to:

    Elmhurst College Office of Development
    190 Prospect Avenue
    Elmhurst, Illinois 60126

Thank you for supporting the Elmhurst College Arboretum!

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