Since you will draw two cards, you can choose to take two cards from the same source or from different sources. If you choose to draw a card from the draw pile for your first card, you can look at it before you choose your second card. Play 1 Card to Your Arboretum

Arboretum pits two to four arbor enthusiasts against each other in a contest of wits, tile laying, and hand management with a hint of set collection. The rules are simple enough to obscure the tension that makes this little card game a gem. Located in Toronto, Ontario, the Humber Arboretum includes 250 acres of ornamental gardens and diverse natural areas, including native Carolinian forests. First opened in 1977, the Humber Arboretum is a joint venture of the City of Toronto, Humber College, and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Its purpose is to establish and maintain quality plant collections, promote conservation and restoration practices, facilitate research and education, and provide a quality visitor experience. If you draw your first card from the draw pile, you may view it before deciding which other card to draw. The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College was established as the Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation in 1929, and has since grown to include the James R. Frorer Holly Collection, which contains over 350 types of holly, the Dean Bond Rose Garden, which contains over 200 types of roses, an extensive pinetum, and the woodland and walking trails of Crum Woods. The arboretum's tree peony collection "has historic depth in tree peonies from Japan and China as well as classic selections from European and American tree peony breeders. In 1940 the Scott Arboretum listed 280 cultivars." Partnering with the University of Michigan's Nichols Arboretum, the Scott Arboretum established "a multi-institution collaborative to conserve the range of peony species and cultivars that can grow in Canada and the United States." [28] Morris Arboretum of University of Pennsylvania, PennsylvaniaArchival Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries lib.umd.edu". Archived from the original on 2008-05-20 . Retrieved 2008-08-14. Egyptian pharaohs planted exotic trees and cared for them; they brought ebony wood from the Sudan, and pine and cedar from Syria. [ citation needed] Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt returned bearing thirty-one live frankincense trees, the roots of which were carefully kept in baskets for the duration of the voyage; this was the first recorded attempt to transplant foreign trees. It is reported that Hatshepsut had these trees planted in the courts of her Deir el Bahri mortuary temple complex. [2] Marco Polo describes how Kublai Khan collected specimens of evergreen trees that he admired from around the Mongol Empire in the late 13th century, and had them brought by elephant to his winter capital at Khanbaliq (modern Beijing), where they were planted on a large artificial mound, "a hundred paces in height and over a mile in cicumference", known as the "Green Mound", with a palace or pavilion at the top. The ground of the mound was also covered in pieces of green stone. [3] The game is made up of 10 sets of eight cards. Each set represents one species of tree (e.g. Willow, Oak and Olive) all of which have a unique colour in the game (e.g. Dogwood’s are white), and are numbered from one to eight. The trees are nicely depicted, and the game gives the overall impression of high quality and attention to detail, for something which is relatively limited in materials. You also receive a short rulebook and a scoring pad both of which are pleasant and in keeping with the game’s general aesthetic.

After drawing the two cards, you will choose one of your cards to add to your arboretum. You can play one of the cards that you just drew, or you can play one of the cards that were already in your hand. Established in the early 19th century around the historical Kórnik Castle by its owner, Count Tytus Działyński, later enriched by his heirs: his son Jan Kanty Działyński and Władysław Zamoyski. It is the largest and oldest arboretum in Poland. It covers over 40 hectares and is famous for rich collections of rhododendrons, azaleas, conifers, lilacc, and other woody species from all over the world. The Institute of Dendrology in Kórnik is located within the arboretum. Note 2: If nobody has cards of a particular species in their hand, then all players have the right to score points for their single best path of that species. This brings with it further mental conflict. You must try to work out whether somebody is still holding the one, and if so, what is the point in holding onto your eight. Do you take that gamble? Final Thoughts on Arboretum

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Many tree collections have been claimed as the first modern arboretum, with the term applied retrospectively as it probably did not come into use even orally until the later eighteenth century, or later. Probably the most important early proponent of the arboretum in the English-speaking transatlantic world was the prolific landscape gardener and writer, John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) who undertook many gardening commissions and published the Gardener's Magazine, Encyclopaedia of Gardening and other major works. Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 8 vols., (1838) is probably the most significant work on the subject in British history and included an account of all trees and shrubs that were hardy in the British climate, an international history of arboriculture, an assessment of the cultural, economic and industrial value of trees and four volumes of plates. Every card used to create the path must be greater in value than the card prior to it. The only cards that must match the species being scored is the beginning and end ones. A delightful walk through a carefully cultivated garden, Arboretum nearly caused me to let down my guard as I fell captive to its beauty. But as the endgame approached, just as I prepared to celebrate my efforts, this botanical puzzle revealed its true plot and laid bare its most unfriendly secrets. I think this game is ok. First, I like that the trees are pretty. Next, I like getting trees and placing them for victory points. Sometimes when another player has a lot of the same type of tree and they have 1 through 6 and they have to have a high card to score and I have the 8 of that type, I know that person has the 7 and then at the end of the game they won’t get victory points for the type that they have a lot of. It's hard to call this a review, it's more a cautionary tale and because I've only played it the one time be sure to take my word with a grain of salt.

An arboretum specializing in growing conifers is known as a pinetum. Other specialist arboreta include saliceta ( willows), populeta ( poplar), and querceta ( oaks). Related collections include a fruticetum, from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub, much more often a shrubbery, and a viticetum (from the Latin vitis, meaning vine, referring in particular to a grape vine). A palm house is a large greenhouse for palms and other tender trees. Arboretum is a strategy card game for 2-4 players, aged 10 and up, that combines set collection, tile-laying and hand management while playing in about 25 minutes. Players try to have the most points at the end of the game by creating beautiful garden paths for their visitors. OBJECT OF ARBORETUM: The object of Arboretum is to be the player with the most points at the end of the game. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 to 4 players MATERIALS: 80 Arboretum playing cards TYPE OF GAME: Strategic Card Game AUDIENCE: 8+ You will play the card face up in front of you. The first card can be played anywhere as it will start your arboretum. For their first card this player has decided to play their Maple four card.After playing your card, you will choose one card from your hand to discard. This card will be placed face up in your discard pile. You may discard one of the cards that you just added to your hand this turn. You should make sure your discard pile is visible to all of the other players at all times. After discarding the card, you should have seven cards left in your hand. To end their turn this player has decided to discard the Cassia four card. They add the card to their own personal discard pile. End of Game There is room among the leafy trees here for treachery. As the scoring proceeds, each player reveals the contents of their hand, putting every individual botanical dream to the test. Not every player can necessarily score a given species. Of course, everyone must be concerned with scoring their own trees, but with seven cards in hand, there is seemingly always a slot available for holding a card that can prevent another player from scoring their mighty grove. In an unexpected turn of the rules, eights are rendered worthless in the hand when the one is held by the opposing player. Sevens, then, can be lethal at times. But seriously, the artwork is cool, and it’s another game where I’m learning about something. In this case, I’m learning different trees and what they look like. I will tell you though, with kids you need to play this a few times so they understand the scoring and gameplay or it will be frustrating. At the end of the game, you'll go through all of the plant species in play. You will call out the species one at a time, then only the player who reveals the highest numbered sum of cards of that species from their hand gets to score the points for the species. Create your own peaceful arboretum to allow visitors to come and visit. Throughout the game the paths you choose to create will also be your path to success. Paths are scored at the end of the game, and the player with the most points wins! SETUP

Sofiyivka is a scenic landmark of world gardening design at the beginning of the 19th century. The park accounts for over 2,000 types of trees and brush (local and exotic) among which are taxodium (marsh cypress), Weymouth Pine, tulip tree, platanus, ginkgo, and many others. Player turns are simple, but each decision holds a wealth of strategy: 1) Draw two cards, either from the face-down pile or the accumulating face-up discard piles from each player. 2) Play one card into your personal arboretum, orthogonally connected to a previously played card (the first turn, obviously, allows an exception). 3) Discard one card, face-up, into your personal discard pile. Play continues in this vein until the final cards are drawn from the center draw pile, triggering the final turn of the game. Scoring Affectionately referred to as "The Arb" or "The Arbo", Lincoln Arboretum is to the east of the city and retains its line of sight up the hill to the nearby Lincoln Cathedral. This was one of the original design features. It was laid out between 1870 and 1872 by Edward Milner and has been renovated since 2002. Arboretum is an interactive, cunning, strategy card game. It will ‘leaf’ you wanting to play it over and over again!The game also enjoys the excitement and dread of the slow reveal. As you get closer to the end game players slowly realise what cards other players must have. As a result, they understand whether they are going to score any points for their meticulously designed row of willows. Also, if a player has the number one left in their hand, and another player has the eight, that eight is suddenly worth zero in the end game totalling. Year: 2015 | Publisher: Renegade Game Studios, Z-Man Games | Designer: Dan Cassar | Artist: Philippe Guérin, Chris Quilliams, Beth Sobel