{"id":5618,"date":"2019-04-27T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/?page_id=5618"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T19:39:51","slug":"the-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/history-of-medford-leas\/the-first-forty-years\/the-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5618\" class=\"elementor elementor-5618\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec4b1bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec4b1bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d506999\" data-id=\"d506999\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4897c4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4897c4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44e9975\" data-id=\"44e9975\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eaee4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8eaee4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lewis W. Barton was one of the founders of Medford Leas, a horticulturist by education and lifelong experience, an Estaugh Board member, and a resident. His daughter, Nancy Barclay, is now a resident of Bridlington and chairman of the Estaugh\u2019s Arboretum Committee. Nancy recalls coming with her parents to walk around the Mickle property, which would become Medford Leas.<\/p><p>As construction proceeded, Lew guided the landscaping around the campus. He advised what to plant to achieve maximum beauty year-round, and he contributed many specimens. The first landscape architect hired by Medford Leas was charged with designing the courts\u2019 plantings so that each would be unique, and they remain so to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea95bb5\" data-id=\"ea95bb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f788b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1f788b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/09Court7.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Court 7\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTYyMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2ZveGdsb3Zlc3lzdGVtcy5jb21cL1Byb3RvdHlwZXNcL21scmFcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzA0XC8wOUNvdXJ0Ny5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/09Court7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5621\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/09Court7.jpg 400w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/09Court7-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc0052e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc0052e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7c8c09\" data-id=\"f7c8c09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958c808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"958c808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11UmbrellaPine500.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTYyMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2ZveGdsb3Zlc3lzdGVtcy5jb21cL1Byb3RvdHlwZXNcL21scmFcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzA0XC8xMVVtYnJlbGxhUGluZTUwMC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11UmbrellaPine500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5622\" alt=\"Umbrella Pine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11UmbrellaPine500.jpg 450w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/11UmbrellaPine500-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-00e21e8\" data-id=\"00e21e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5a018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f5a018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1980, at a reception attended by Lew Barton, the entire campus of Medford Leas was formally named the Lewis W. Barton Arboretum. After Lois Forrest became Medford Leas Director in 1979, she invited Ernesta Ballard, head of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, to visit. During their walk around the property, Mrs. Ballard taught one of the basic lessons about plantings: during their first five years, the area will seem under-planted; during the next five years, things will seem about right; during the third five years, they will be over-planted and become ready for redevelopment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2078c41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2078c41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-edda99e\" data-id=\"edda99e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466cfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"466cfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mrs. Ballard advised Medford Leas to obtain the services of an established arboretum and recommended the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Meyer, who was on the staff of the Morris Arboretum and later was to become its director, became the first liaison in 1981. Bob Wells is the current liaison.<\/p><p>The Estaugh\u2019s Arboretum Committee includes members of the Estaugh Board, staff, residents, and the community. They meet quarterly in the Nature Center to review the current status of the Arboretum and to lay plans for the future. When the Lumberton campus became part of Medford Leas, it also became part of the Arboretum.<\/p><p>The creation of a Memorial Garden was approved by the Estaugh Board in 1999. It is available for scattering of residents\u2019 ashes and for private meditation. The garden, located in a wooded area across from Parking Lot B, was renovated in 2013. It is nicely landscaped and contains two benches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-06d0d51\" data-id=\"06d0d51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6bde90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6bde90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/12LumbertonMeadow.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTYyNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2ZveGdsb3Zlc3lzdGVtcy5jb21cL1Byb3RvdHlwZXNcL21scmFcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzA0XC8xMkx1bWJlcnRvbk1lYWRvdy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/12LumbertonMeadow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5624\" alt=\"Lumberton Meadow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/12LumbertonMeadow.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/12LumbertonMeadow-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d97a119 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d97a119\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e20deb\" data-id=\"8e20deb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac80af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eac80af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Positioning System<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e6eb11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e6eb11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-636c137\" data-id=\"636c137\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d4026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32d4026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MeditationGarden.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTYyNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2ZveGdsb3Zlc3lzdGVtcy5jb21cL1Byb3RvdHlwZXNcL21scmFcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzA0XC9NZWRpdGF0aW9uR2FyZGVuLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MeditationGarden.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MeditationGarden.jpg 418w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MeditationGarden-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa4bc64\" data-id=\"fa4bc64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3146f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3146f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lewis Barton Arboretum has been mapped using GPS satellites. Coordinates divide the campus into 200-sq.-ft. grids inside which individual trees are identified. Each identified tree has been assigned a number, and signs with the number and the common and scientific names are being affixed to the trees. Much work remains to be completed before all this information will be readily accessible. Information Technology has prepared a program that makes it possible to locate any specific tree on the campus.<\/p><p>Residents and visitors to the Arboretum can locate on the grid every flowering crabapple tree, or all of the varieties of pine, or specific trees planted on the Medford campus. Photographs of each tree in different seasons will be available on line. Landscaping staff will also keep a tree journal, including notes on the care, treatment, and condition of each tree, which can be accessed by maintenance crews, residents, and visitors to the Arboretum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-11c4312 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11c4312\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cd1884\" data-id=\"8cd1884\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec451c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec451c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Several members of the Maintenance Department have special training and experience in landscaping. These people have primary responsibility for the care of the plantings throughout the Arboretum, including those in the Atrium, Courtyard Gardens, the Nature Preserve, the Meadows, the Pinetum, and the Arboretum in general.<\/p><p>In November 2010, work began on a new Native Garden. 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