The Nannen Arboretum is part of the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Home Grounds and Community Horticulture educational program. It is a non-profit, volunteered based organization dedicated to providing home garden and natural resource education, test plots for research, and an opportunity for nature appreciation and leisure. Nature comes to life in the summer at this beautiful arboretum that is home of many different types of trees and flowers plus features a butterfly ballroom and an herb garden.