Adkins Arboretum

A public garden and preserve devoted to native plants, Adkins Arboretum comprises 400 acres of cultivated gardens, successional meadows, pine plantations, young hardwood forests, mature bottomland forests, and wetlands on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The Arboretum is a model for land conservation and provides exceptional experiences in nature while inspiring environmental stewardship, providing respite and healing, and celebrating natural and cultural diversity through the joy and wonder of the natural world.

The Arboretum is centrally located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 25 miles east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at 12610 Eveland Road, near Ridgely, MD. The Arboretum is adjacent to, but separate from, Tuckahoe State Park.