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An Everyday Art Tour: The Slowest Performing Art

The Arnold Arboretum is a unique institution, described by Rodney Eason, director of horticulture and landscape, as a place where

“Every day is awesome”
.

Purchased by Harvard in 1872, the land was converted into a park by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, and Charles Sprague Sargent, the founding director of the Arboretum.

Today, the Arboretum serves as a

“living museum”
, a research institution, and one of the nine public parks that form Boston’s Emerald Necklace.

Author’s summary: Explore the Arnold Arboretum’s beauty.

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