| 1909 |
Reed College founded on 86 acres of Crystal Springs
Farm, purchased through the estate of Simeon Gannett Reed |
| 1911 |
First classes held. |
| 1933 |
First major planting of trees on the Reed campus. (A
list of the types of trees that were
planted is available on-line.) |
| 1938 |
Una V. Davies writes Vascular Plants
of the Reed Campus, a complete botanical inventory, as her undergraduate
thesis in the Biology Department. She notes the existence of a large
arboretum where Vollum Hall now stands. |
| 1940 |
Writing in the February issue of Reed College Notes, Demorest Davenport (a
young biology professor) describes the trees on the Reed campus.
He notes that two ginkgos have just been transplanted from the arboretum
to either side of the walk leading up to the library. (The Full
Text of his article is available here on-line.) |
| 1984 |
William L. Owen ('59) donates to the college a thorough
study identifying the relative value and condition of the campus trees.
As a result of this study, a specific budget category is created for
an ongoing tree maintenance program. |
| 1992 |
Phyllis Reynolds and Stan Lindstrom complete a thorough
taxonomic identification of the trees on the Reed campus, including
maps. This was the origin of our electronic database. |
| 1994 |
The Trees of Reed book is produced. (See Townsend
Angell's introduction to that text for a
full account of the process.) |
| 1997 |
The initial "Trees of Reed" website goes on-line. |
| 2001-2002 |
Niels Proctor spends six months checking the location and identification of every tree in the landscaped areas of campus (more than 1,000 in all). He creates 33 new color maps, writes new descriptions of the campus, takes several hundred photographs, and renovates the "Trees" website. |
