The event also recognized the work of Ohio State Horticulture & Crop Science Department research associate Sharon Treaster, who received the 2006 Chadwick Arboretum Arbor Day Award.

"Since 1997, every horticulture student has interacted with Sharon," said Maloney. "She has mentored students, prepared plant walks, directed outreach efforts, coordinated lab experiments, encouraged volunteers, promoted horticultural presentations and given countless lectures."

The Chadwick Arboretum site, where the dedication was made, is one of three garden sites of the Arboretum. The site began development in 1997 after a local organization expressed interest in planting 1,000 trees on campus to prepare for the state's bicentennial in 2003. The trees are representative of the four main ecological areas of Ohio: glaciated plateau, hill country, lake plains and till plains. Examples of tree species planted include buckeye, red maple, white ash, oak, sassafras, black walnut, wild black cherry, shagbark, black willow, butternut, persimmon, and eastern redbud.

Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens is part of the university's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.