Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens in Stamford, Connecticut, is a 93-acre public botanical landscape that combines display gardens, parkland, trails, natural habitats, and scientific study. Founded in 1913 by dendrologist Dr. Francis A. Bartlett as his home, training school, and research laboratory, it evolved from a private woodland tract into a larger public institution under state, university, city, and nonprofit stewardship. Its collections include conifers, rhododendrons, azaleas, nut trees, pollarded deciduous trees, magnolias, and Theaceae. The grounds also preserve meadow, pond, brook, and red maple wetland habitats, while ongoing research and a herbarium of more than 3,500 specimens extend its role beyond ornamental gardening.