Tree Tower
The tower rises 46 feet above the conifer collection, providing breathtaking views of the Arboretum grounds and collections, as well as distant panoramas of the surrounding area.
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Cox Arboretum Garden Store
Unique gifts for everyone! Visit the Cox Arboretum Garden Store for home and garden decor, gardening tools, books, cards, jewelry, ready-to-wear, children's toys and much more! Learn More about the Garden Store >>

Conservation Corner
Includes two ponds, a prairie, and a bird blind for viewing wildlife.

Walking Trails
The grounds of the Arboretum are easy to walk. The natural area and Conservation Corner offer about 2.5 miles of trails through woodlands and meadows. Paved paths provide another mile of walking through the cultivated gardens.

Specialty Gardens

• WATER GARDEN
  Enjoy the serenity of a water garden landscaped with a mix of water-loving plants, perennial and shrub borders, and seasonal displays.
  
  
  
• STONEWALL PERENNIAL GARDEN
  This mixed border features perennials chosen for year-round interest, including reliable garden favorites and promising new introductions.
  
  
  
• ROCK GARDEN
  Alpine plants, low growing vegetation and dwarf conifers all thrive in this sloping garden of rocks and gravel. Peak blooming period is April and May.
  
  
  
• CLEMATIS ARBOR
  Clematis, known as the queen of flowering vines, provides a continuous display of unusual blossoms throughout the growing season. The arbor is surrounded by more than 40 varieties of crab apples.
  
  
  
• BUTTERFLY HOUSE
  Opens July 7. The Butterfly House enables children and adults to view native butterflies and moths in all stages of metamorphosis. Species such as painted lady, red admiral, monarch, giant swallowtail, black swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, tiger swallowtail, luna moth, Cecropia moth, Polyphemus moth and pipevine swallowtail are featured. Open Mon.-Sat. 10-4 Sunday 12-4 Weather dependent. Call 937-434-9005. View More
  
  

• CRAB APPLE ALLÉE
  The award-winning crab apple tree, ‘Sugar Tyme’, lines an avenue known as the Crab Apple Allée, which runs from the Shrub Garden to a clematis-covered arbor.
  
  
  
• SHRUB GARDEN
  This garden allows home gardeners to evaluate growth and flowering habit, fall color, and winter character of hundreds of different trees and shrubs.
  
  
  
• BELL CHILDREN’S MAZE
  Parents are invited to watch from the overlook or join in the fun as children discover a path through 1,175 boxwoods to the center of the maze.
  
  
  
• COMPOST KITCHEN
  Explore a working, demonstration exhibit to learn about composting, observe the process and evaluate how to incorporate this aspect of land stewardship into your home.
  
  
  
• EDIBLE LANDSCAPE GARDEN
  Edible plants are featured here as ornamental components of the landscape. This garden combines beauty and utility through a unique display of fruits, vegetables and herbs. The pavilion serves as an outdoor classroom.
  
  
  
• WOODLAND WILDFLOWER GARDEN
  This young, successional woodland features a collection of native woodland wildflowers and non-native species that can work well with natives in a residential shade garden. During the spring, the wildflowers are at their peak. At the west end of the garden is a connection to the red trail and Conservation Corner.
  
  
  
• CONIFER COLLECTION
  A variety of evergreens that can be grown in the Dayton area are displayed here, exhibiting the wide range of textures and colors available for the home landscape.