The Secrest Arboretum is a major research arboretum. It occupies 85 acres of rolling land in north eastern Ohio and is part of the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center.
The Arboretum is named after Edmund Secrest, the first state forester and former OARDC director. It offers the public over 2,000 different species, varieties, and cultivars of plant material. A few of the arboretum's featured attractions are the Rhododendron Garden with more than 135 selections, blooming in May.
Secrest Arboretum has a mixed forest grove containing oak, pine, fir, basswood, beech, and walnut trees. It also has a romantic rose garden, beautiful crabapples lining both sides of the road, and a interesting miniature railway built through shrub beds. The arboretum is open to the public during daylight hours throughout the year.
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