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News & Events A Note to Friends, Supporters, Advocates, and Donors   As the new year begins, on behalf of the U.S. National Arboretum, I want to thank you for your ongoing interest and support of our programs, projects, people, and plants. There are few places that combine the magic of scientific discovery with the serenity of nature in the way the National Arboretum does. Winter showcases many of these quiet surprises from late flowering cherry trees to cold hardy camellias such as ... Read more... National Boxwood Collection Renovation Visitors to the National Boxwood Collection will discover a revitalized central pathway. In November 2011, staff removed the original allée of eight Buxus sempervirens ‘Pyramidalis’ and replaced them with ten Buxus sempervirens ‘Dee Runk’. The former had grown so large that the important, yet increasingly narrow, pathway had lost its function as an inviting formal entryway into the collection. Additionally, visibility was impaired for those visitors driving by the collection. Read more... Administration Building Renovation on Schedule Could the administration building and visitor center re-open soon? Fingers are crossed that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded renovation project begun last November will wrap up in time for a winter move. Read more.... Whatever happened to the azaleas and boxwood? A generous anonymous donation to the Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) provided the seed money for a campaign to save the azaleas and boxwood at the National Arboretum. Read the Director’s notice and visit the Friends of the National Arboretum web site to learn how you can help, too.

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