Crozer Chester Medical Center Campus Map

Crozer Arboretum, now the Crozer Garden, is a

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 ...

and garden park located at 1 Medical Center Boulevard,

Upland, Pennsylvania Upland is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Upland is governed by an elected seven-member borough council. The population was 3,239 at the 2010 census, up from 2,974 at the 2000 census. Geography Upland is located in so ...

. The grounds are open daily; admission is free. The park was formerly the campus of the

Crozer Theological Seminary The Crozer Theological Seminary was a Baptist seminary located in Upland, Pennsylvania. Martin Luther King Jr. was a student at Crozer Theological Seminary from 1948 to 1951, and graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. In 1970, the semina ...

, the buildings of the seminary are currently used as office space by the

Crozer-Chester Medical Center Crozer Health is a four-hospital health system based in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and serving Delaware County; northern Delaware and parts of western New Jersey. History In 1893, the 48-bed Chester Hospital opened to serve the growing popu ...

. The arboretum features large specimen trees dating from the mid-19th century, more than 1,400

rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...

s, native herbaceous plants and shrubs, lawns, two ponds, natural springs, and walkways. The campus also features the Leona Gold Garden and Crozer Greenhouse.

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The Morton Register of Arboreta

GardenVisit entry (with photographs)

Dave's Garden entry

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