2025
July 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hedge Letters: The Observation Tower
Managed by The Dawes Arboretum
Since 2025
In Ohio, US
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About this site
The Dawes Arboretum’s Hedge Letters were planted in March of 1942. Over the years, this site on our grounds has become a visitor favorite with their intense size. Beman Dawes, our co-founder, had a vision for every pilot and passenger flying overhead to read the letters and know they were just above The Arboretum. In 1939, Ohio State University student, Charles Jones, helped to design the landscape for the Hedge Letters as well as the Buckeye 17 area on grounds for his civil engineering class. Learn more about the Hedge Letters at https://www.dawesarb.org/blog/beyond-your-backyard-dawes-hedge-letters
About The Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum is dedicated to enriching lives through the conservation of trees, nature and history.
The Dawes Arboretum was founded in 1929 by Beman and Bertie Dawes as a private foundation: “To encourage the planting of forest and ornamental trees… to give pleasure to the public and education to the youth.”
Since The Dawes Arboretum was founded, the grounds have grown from 293 acres to nearly 2,000 with nearly 16,000 trees and shrubs. Of these plants, 5,000 are unique names.
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