Lee and Karen Duquette, The Two RV Gypsies
at The Dawes Arboretum
7770 Jacksontown Road
Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
July 18, 2020
Phone: '740.323.2355 for hours (may close by 5 p.m.)
 
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Dawes Arboretum is a nonprofit arboretum located in Newark,
Ohio. It includes nearly 2,000 acres of plant collections, gardens and
natural areas. The site includes approximately 12 miles of hiking trails
and roadways for a four-mile driving tour. It is closed on New Year's
Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Dawes Arboretum was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The Dawes Arboretum's features more than 15,000 living
trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants, as well as the Daweswood House
Museum, which features Dawes family memorabilia and antiques.
The grounds include a number of gardens and natural areas.
The Japanese Garden, designed by landscape architect Dr. Makoto Nakamura
in 1963, includes a reflecting pond and meditation area. |
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Below: A few photos of the temporary display of Wind Sculptures |
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Below: The Weeping Willow - 9'8 x 3'6 - Stainless Steel |
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Elements of Earth, Air, Water and Fire |
Lotus |
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Below: A Double Spinner made of Stainless Steel |
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In the opinion of the two
RV Gypsies, The Dawes Arboretum is quite large, but not overly impressive.
However, it did make for a nice afternoon. Trails were easy walking,
paved trails. There were lots of picnic tables and trees, but not many
flowers. On this date it cost $10 a person (prices quoted anywhere on
this website are always subject to change).
There was also a cemetery on the grounds. |
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Below: A bush (shaped like an animal) that
Karen Duquette liked and a very unique-shaped tree that Lee Duquette
liked. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
cooled down under a sprinkler - (oops, no pictures of Karen). She asked
Lee Duquette to take a photo, but he did not. Bummer! |
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Below: A 3-level tower with 4 sets of stairs (10 steps to each set plus a resting step) to view the world's largest hedge lettering (shown below the tower). Unfortunately, the two RV Gypsies were unable to actually read what it was spelling. But they think it was spelling The Dawes Arboretum. Lee Duquette did not want to climb up the stairs, so Karen Duquette decided the view would not be worth it anyway. |
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