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2025 January 11 Arboretum Tour

Palomar College San Marcos Arboretum Trails Tour
Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 8:00 am

The Palomar College Arboretum Committee had their first tour of the year through the Palomar College Arboretum. The hike to the Arboretum was led by Anthony Rangel, president of the Friends of the Palomar College Arboretum.

Visitors were given a tour of the Arboretum and the Cactus and Succulent Garden, with details provided about many of the interesting species present in the arboretum including surprising family relationships, identifying features and conservation status.

Images courtesy of Kimberly Conklin

Edwin & Frances Hunter Arboretum Groundbreaking Ceremony

“Edwin & Frances Hunter Arboretum at Palomar College Trails Improvement”
Saturday, March 15, 2019
2:00 PM

Groundbreaking Ceremony
Palomar College  1140 West Mission Road,  San Marcos, CA 92069
Please join us in the Arboretum.
RSVP to (760) 744-1150 ext. 2956 or email reply to publicaffairsfb@palomar.edu

Palomar College will break ground on a long-awaited project to improve the Edwin & Frances Hunter Arboretum, a public nature preserve on the eastern edge of the San Marcos campus. Funded by Prop. M, the improvements will include a new entrance, irrigation upgrades and renovation, and trails conversion for ADA compliance in the lower portion of the arboretum, which includes the Palm and Bamboo collections, the Hubble Sculpture area, and all the primitive plant collections.

The nine-acre arboretum was founded in 1973, and in 2015 was renamed for Edwin and Frances Hunter with the establishment of a $500,000 endowment, donated to the Palomar College Foundation by Hunter Industries and the Hunter family. The Hunters were long-time Palomar College benefactors and are well-known business leaders in North County. The arboretum is ordinarily open to the public, but will be closed for the duration of the improvement project.

The groundbreaking ceremony will conclude with photo opportunities with Palomar College administrators and distinguished guest speakers as well as VIP attendees. Tours and refreshments will follow the ceremony.

Map Groundbreaking

Annual Plant Sale – October 6, 2011

Annual Plant Sale
Held on Thursday, October 6, 2011
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Donations courtesy of:
Bamboo Headquarters http://www.bamboohq.com
Exotica Nursery http://www.exoticararefruits.com/
Green Thumb Nursery http://www.greenthumbnursery.com/
Tropic World Nursery http://www.tropicworldnursery.com/site/Default.aspx
The Return of the Native with Ed Schwinn
(Ed is a vendor at the Saturday morning Farmer’s Market at the Vista Courthouse)
Thank you very much to our wonderful donors!

Proceeds go for the care and feeding of our beautiful Palomar College Arboretum.
Thank you for supporting our fundraiser!