The walking tour outlined here consists of three trails. Each trail is designed to show the diversity of trees on Purdue’s campus. As you visit our trails you will notice that each tree is identified by a small wooden post and a QR code to give smartphone users additional educational information.
Take in the beauty of the seasons with our spring, summer, fall, and winter seasonal highlight tours that showcase plants in their finest seasons.
Purdue encourages innovation in sustainability and has completed many green initiatives throughout campus, including rain gardens, bio-swales, permeable pavement, and LEED gold certification of buildings. Learn about the sustainable initiatives at Purdue by taking the self-guided Sustainable Initiatives Tour.
Come learn about edible plants for the landscape! All plants featured in this tour produce fruits or nuts that can either be eaten fresh, or used as part of a delicious recipe.
Come admire the sculptures of the Purdue landscape! This two-part tour highlights 19 sculptures on campus. Each part begins with a short Boiler Bytes video segment discussing the artwork and its history.