Geographical Arboretum Tervuren

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The Geographic Arboretum or Arboretum of Tervuren is an arboretum in the Belgian town of Tervuren. It is part of the Royal Gift. The Arboretum of Tervuren was founded in 1902 on a property of King Leopold II, and was designed by botanist Charles Bommer.

The arboretum is located on the Capuchin Forest (Sonian Forest) and includes trees and shrubs from the north, west and east of North America, from Central and Mediterranean Europe, from the Central and Far East of Asia. The plants are grouped according to region of origin in about a hundred sections on an area of 120 hectares.