Please join us in celebrating the newest garden addition to the Arboretum — the Emily Dickinson Garden. Guests are invited to gather in the new garden space to enjoy a short speaking program, poetry reading, ribbon cutting, and acorn planting ceremony, followed by a light social on the Waterside Terrace.


Admission to attend the ceremony is free and accessible to all.

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With Deepest Gratitude to Our Generous Donor:

David W. Newcomer IV and Gene Ann Newcomer Family Foundation Fund

for making this special garden space possible.

Directions to the Emily Dickinson Garden

Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

8909 W. 179th St. Overland Park, KS



You may arrive at either entrance (LongHouse Visitor Center or East Kiosk/Environmental Education Center) and staff will direct you to the new garden space between Stous Promenade and Margaret's Pond Bridge.

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