The Nannine Clay Wallis Arboretum 4 acres (1.6 hectares) is a non-profit
arboretum
An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...
located at the Garden Club of Kentucky, Inc.'s State Headquarters, 616 Pleasant Street, Paris, Kentucky. The Arboretum is open to the public, sunrise to sunset, free of charge.
The Wallis Arboretum is considered one of the finest old-tree collections in central Kentucky. Its first trees were planted in the mid-1850s, around the 1851 house that is now the headquarters of The Garden Club of Kentucky. Most of the planting was under the direction of Nannine Clay Wallis, in the first half of the 20th century. Mrs. Wallis was a founder and later president of both GCKY, South Atlantic Region, and The National Council of State Garden Clubs.
The Arboretum is a Morton Arboretum certified Level 1 arboretum.
The Arboretum now contains about 70 varieties of trees including many varieties of flowering dogwoods, as well as a rose garden, an
herb
In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...
garden, a reflecting pool, a daylily garden, and a pavilion. The largest trees at the arboretum include a
Small-leaved linden
''Tilia cordata'', the small-leaved lime or small-leaved linden, is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Europe. Other common names include little-leaf or littleleaf linden, or traditionally in South East England, pry or p ...
Cucumber tree Cucumber tree (or cucumbertree) is a common name for several unrelated trees and may refer to:
*''Averrhoa bilimbi'', native to South-east Asia
*''Dendrosicyos socotranus'', native to the island of Socotra.
* ''Kigelia africana
''Kigelia'' is a ...