Library

Andersen Horticultural Library

The Andersen Horticultural Library is a reading and reference library specializing in horticulture, botany and natural history. We are the only horticultural research library in the Upper Midwest, with our collection including more than 16,000 volumes and 350 periodicals.

The Library serves many users ranging from University faculty and students to visitors to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. As part of being a resource on plants, we have published horticultural books and six editions of Andersen Horticultural Library's Source List of Plants and Seeds. We maintain an online service and database Plant Information Online , that provides information on nurseries, plant sources, plant citations, and other links.

The Andersen Horticultural Library is a branch of the University Libraries

Staff

Katherine Allen	Librarian
C. Renee Jensen	Library Assistant
Susan Cross	Library Assistant
Christine Aho	Library Assistant
Susan Moe	Library Assistant, Web Page Content

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Andersen Horticultural Library
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Drive
Chaska, MN 55318

(952)443-1405

email: HortLib@umn.edu

Location

The Andersen Horticultural Library is located at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. The Library is housed on the main floor of the Leon C. Snyder Building.

There is an admission fee for entry into the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, which is waived for people who come exclusively to do research in the Andersen Horticultural Library.

Map and Driving Directions

Hours

M-F       8 am -4:30 pm
Sat       11 am - 4:30 pm
Sun      11 am - 4:30 pm

Holidays and Reduced Hours

11/26/2009 (Thu) Closed
11/27/2009 (Fri) Closed
12/24/2009 (Thu) Closed
12/25/2009 (Fri) Closed
01/01/2010 (Fri) Closed
01/18/2010 (Mon) Closed
03/19/2010 (Fri) Closed
05/31/2010 (Mon) 11:00am - 4:30pm

News and Events

CHILDREN'S STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY

This fall and winter, visit the Andersen Horticultural Library on Thursdays at 10:30 to 11:00 A.M. for children's storytime. Storytime will be held November 13, November 20, December 4, December 11, and December 18.

BOOK DONATIONS

At this time, the Andersen Horticultural Library is no longer accepting donations of gently used books. We will resume accepting donations after January 2, 2010, and will continue collecting until September 2010 for our annual sale in October. We wish to thank all the generous people who previously donated gently used books, magazines, CDs, and DVDs for past sales. We appreciate your donations as the money generated by the sale is used to provide support for the Andersen Horticultural Library.