The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society (UTAS) is a non-profit organization of volunteers throughout Tennessee, dedicated to furthering the objectives and programs of the University of Tennessee’s Forest Resources Research and Education Center’s Arboretum Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Chartered in 1965, the UT Arboretum Society has assisted the 250-acre research and education facility by providing volunteer support and funding for such projects as expanding plant collections, constructing educational facilities, and informing the public of the unique value and importance of the Arboretum. Recently, the Society has accepted the challenge of providing a portion of the operating funds needed to assure continued public access to the Arboretum.

The Endowment and capital improvements Campaigns

Two funding campaigns, a $3 million endowment and a $1 million capital improvements campaign, have been initiated to secure funding for the UT Arboretum. The UT Institute of Agriculture Development Office, Arboretum Director, Arboretum Society President, and several Arboretum Society members have been working in partnership for many years to secure funding for these campaigns.

In the fall of 2006 the Rogers Group, a long time corporate citizen of Oak Ridge and a neighbor of the Arboretum, became the Endowment Fund's first corporate donor with a pledge of $500,000 over the next five years. In December 1010, the Rogers Group fulfilled their commitment. Currently, the Society has contributed over $40,000 to the Endowment Fund.

If you have questions, need more information, or wish to share your ideas for funding the Arboretum Endowment, please contact:

• UT Institute of Agriculture Office of Development
  Rhodes Logan at 865.974.1298
• UT Arboretum
  Richard Evans at 865.483.3571

To make a contribution to the Endowment Fund, make your check payable to the University of Tennessee and indicate in the memo line that you want your contribution credited to the UT Arboretum Endowment Fund. Mail your contribution to the UT Institute of Agriculture, Development Office, 107 Morgan Hall, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN 37996-4502.

For more information on Planned Giving please click here.