Fall Seed Collection

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Artemis I Moon Tree has Landed!

Thank you to NASA, USDA, and the US Forest Service for this unique opportunity.

ArbNet Accredidation

We are excited to announce that we are now accredited through ArbNet!

Fall Seed Collection

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SPECIAL HOURS

The Main Entrance (801 Elks Rd) open every day, 7am-7pm

from now until the end of October.

The East Side (corner of Hayes Arb Rd and Woodside Dr)

open every day, dawn to dusk.

Nature Center, Auto Tour, & Restrooms open Tues-Sat, 9-5pm.

Hayes Arboretum is a private property and classified forest. This means that you cannot collect or hunt mushrooms, flowers, plants, animals, and other natural objects from the property without permission of Hayes Arboretum staff.

Please follow these rules and stay on the trails.
Help us protect the forest for future generations.

Thank you!

Dogs are welcomed!

Visitors must leash and clean up after dogs.

9am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday

Hiking Trails Come explore our sixteen miles of hiking trails, the heart and soul of the Arboretum.	Auto Tour See the beautiful scenery of Hayes Arboretum from the comfort of your car on this two-mile driving tour. Admission is $5 per car and free for members.
Programs We host a variety of programs and events throughout the year for all ages, including public hikes, school field trips, and special celebrations.	Mountain Biking Hayes Arboretum's Mountain Bike trails are located on the East Side of the property, on the corner of Woodside Dr. and Hayes Arb Rd. Before riding, you must sign a one-time safety waiver, and of course, wear a helmet!
Continuing the Tradition The Arboretum has a history of over 100 years of environmental stewardship; Stanley Hayes bought his first parcels of land in 1915.	Membership Becoming a member is one of the best ways to support the Arboretum, and members receive a variety of benefits in return.

StoryWalk: Full of Fall

Now - November | 9AM - 5PM

Begins behind Nature Center

(801 Elks Road)

ArbLeaf

Now - Oct 31st | 7AM - 7PM

Meet in the Nature Playscape

(801 Elks Road).

Eastern Indiana Beekeepers

Tuesday, Oct 15th | 6:30pm

Meet in the Nature Center

(801 Elks Road).

American Discovery Trail Hiking Club

Thursday, Oct 24th | 4:15PM

Meet in the Annex/Turner-Grey Room

(801 Elks Road).

Fall Seed Collection

Saturday, Oct 26th | 10AM - Noon

Meet in the Annex/Turner-Grey Room

(801 Elks Road).

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The Ronald L McDaniel Auto Tour will close tomorrow from 1-3pm for a wedding celebration.

Collect native seeds from our pollinator fields during this once a year event. Dr Jaime Coon will lead the experience, helping participants identify plants in the prairie, collect seeds, and prepare the seeds for winter.

Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/7Q14TRY1evrrnrjs7

Free and open to all!

Not all the colors of autumn present themselves through leaves and flowers.

#Sunset #Fall #Autumn #Nature

Look at all of those mushrooms 🍄 This year has been one of the most diverse in terms of mushroom species on property.

Thank you to everyone that attended our Fall Mushroom Program.

As a reminder, collection of mushrooms and other living and natural objects from Hayes Arboretum is forbidden.

#fall #mushrooms #fungi #nature

The Ronald L McDaniel Auto Tour will close at 2:30pm today for a wedding celebration. Congratulations to the bride and groom!

What is your favorite mushroom? Let us know in the comments!

Please join us this Saturday, October 5th from 10am-noon for our Fall Mushroom Program.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/6GDL3D46YfRaDtPy5

The Nature Center will be OPEN tomorrow (9.28.24) from 9am-1pm. It will then CLOSE from 1pm-5pm for a private event.

The Ronald L McDaniel Foundation Auto Tour will be closed today (9/27/24).

We advise visitors to be cautious of storms and high winds.

Join Dr Don Ruch for a program focused on fall mushrooms. This program includes a presentation and hike through the forests of Hayes Arboretum.

Meet in the Turner-Grey Room (801 Elks Rd).

Free and open to all.

Register here: forms.gle/cNSqrtv1nK7yQJVr9

Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 at Hayes Arboretum
#summer #Moon #nature #waningmoon

Join the Eastern Indiana Beekeepers tonight at 6:30pm in the Hayes Arboretum Nature Center.

President Michael West will discuss how to prepare and treat hives for mites, small hive beetles, and rodents.

The Main Entrance Gate (801 Elks Road) will be closed today (9.16.24) for updates to the Nature Center Parking Lot.

The East Entrance remains open from dawn to dusk.

Pssst! Here is your reminder that the Fall Equinox is a little over a week away. Some of our trees couldn't wait and are showing their autumnal color 🍂

#Fall #Autumn #Nature

Be one of the volunteers that helps us keep the forests of Hayes Arboretum healthy for generations to come!

We will be pulling invasive vines from the Orange Trail. Meet in the Turner-Grey Meeting Room (801 Elks Road).

Please help us in thanking Hill’s Pet Nutrition for all of their hard work! The group helped clear fallen trees, install signs along the new route of the Ronald L McDaniel Foundation Auto Tour, pick up trash on the property, and so much more. We cannot say "thank you" enough to the volunteers and community that help keep Hayes Arboretum going 💚

Today we honored the memory and generosity of John Turner-Grey with the dedication and renaming of the Annex Building during today's Petal and Stem Garden Club Meeting.

John would frequent the Arboretum as a child with his mother and more recently during Petal and Stem Meetings in which he was both a member and presenter. When John passed at the age of 73, he generously gifted $453,000 to Hayes Arboretum to use towards operations and in creating a healing space on the property.

Have a leaf collecting project for school? Or maybe you just want to learn more about native trees? Stop on by Hayes Arboretum to participate in the free ArbLeaf Program!

Each tree has an identification tag with both common and scientific names. Scan the QR Codes at each tree to hear fun facts about the tree!

Learn more: https://www.hayesarboretum.org/arbleaf

We wanted to take a moment to thank our amazing summer staff Ben Schweitzer.

Ben joined us this summer, originally hired to help design citizen science projects at Hayes Arboretum. He went above and beyond, joining our staff and marketing team to accomplish far more than his job description. Below are some of the projects Ben tackled this past season:

*created visual phenophase guides and collected data for the Indiana Phenology Trail Site at Hayes Arboretum

*designed a poster in the Bird Watching Room, instructing guests how to use Merlin and eBird to identify and record birds

*constructed an entire exhibit and celebratory bookmarks for the Artemis I Moon Tree

*researched trees, created scripts, took GPS locations, and uploaded photos for the Tree ID Trail Narration

*worked on multiple marketing materials, the RLMF Auto Tour Narration, and other publications

Please join us in thanking Ben for all of his hard work 🎉

Thank you to everyone who attended the Artemis I Moon Tree Dedication yesterday. A special thank you to the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce for the official ribbon cutting.

Please visit Moon Tree 23, located across from the Hayes History Museum. Stop by the Nature Center for a free bookmark and to see our new indoor exhibit on the history of moon trees.

Thank you to @nasa and the @u.s.forestservice for this unique opportunity.

The Ronald L McDaniel Foundation Auto Tour will remain closed this weekend as the crews finish the updates to the trail.

Stay tuned as we have some exciting news concerning the Auto Tour next week :)

We hope you all will join us for the official ribbon cutting of Artemis I Moon Tree 23 at Hayes Arboretum tomorrow at 4:30pm!

The Auto Tour is closed today (8/8/24) for road updates.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Thank you to Cierra Bailey of @runwildapothecary for leading an educational hike on herbs found throughout Hayes Arboretum! Guests were shown plants that grow in yards, gardens, and forests and learned about their medicinal properties.

Thank you to Michael West of the Eastern Indiana Beekeepers for leading this hands-on bee experience today as part of our Saturday Series.

This experience was made possible by the Charles and Maxine Matthews Environmental and Animal Welfare Fund through the @waynecountyfdtn.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in the Pollinator Field.

#Butterfly #Wildflower #Summer #Nature

Thank you to everyone that attended our Pollinator Field Tour this past weekend. And a very special thank you to Dr Jaime Coon for leading this educational experience!

If you plan on visiting Hayes Arboretum this week, we recommend stopping by the Pollinator Field, located near the East Side Parking Lot. Remember that picking or collecting plants is prohibited on property.

Photo Credits: Michelle Hilbert

Will you be joining us for our Pollinator Field Tour?

Saturday, July 13th from 10am-noon. Meet in the Nature Center.

Free to all members. $2/nonmember.

#Pollinators #Butterfly #Nature

The Pollinator Field is beginning to bloom!

Join Dr Jaime Coon on Saturday, July 13th at 10AM for a program and tour through our native prairie area.

#pollinators #wildflowers #summer #nature

Have you lost something recently at Hayes? We have put out a table of found items in the Nature Center. All unclaimed items will be donated after July 20th. Please stop by and take a quick look.

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Dogs are welcomed!

Visitors must leash and clean up after dogs.

Hiking Trails

Come explore our sixteen miles of hiking trails, the heart and soul of the Arboretum.

Auto Tour

See the beautiful scenery of Hayes Arboretum from the comfort of your car on this two-mile driving tour. Admission is $5 per car and free for members.

Programs

We host a variety of programs and events throughout the year for all ages, including public hikes, school field trips, and special celebrations.

Mountain Biking

Hayes Arboretum's Mountain Bike trails are located on the East Side of the property, on the corner of Woodside Dr. and Hayes Arb Rd. Before riding, you must sign a one-time safety waiver, and of course, wear a helmet!

Continuing the Tradition

The Arboretum has a history of over 100 years of environmental stewardship; Stanley Hayes bought his first parcels of land in 1915.

Membership