What's an Arboretum?

/ˌɑːbəˈriːtəm/

An arboretum is a place where trees or shrubs are cultivated for their scientific or educational interest.

What's a Botanical Garden?

/buh-tan-i-kuh l   gahr-dn/

A botanical garden is a garden dedicated to the
collection, cultivation and display of a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names.

What's the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden?

It's a high-desert collection of trees, shrubs and flowers representing the Transitional Zone between the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin is located at an elevation of 4,600 feet. Plants that grow in this botanical area adapt to a challenging environment that averages only seven inches of precipitation each year, daily temperature variations of 50 degrees or more, and a growing season of only 100 days.