Road construction is taking place on Hayes Avenue outside Spiegel Grove, grounds of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. The property entrance, located on Buckland Avenue, remains open. - Trees Named in Honor of People Tour
Category: Events
Date & Time: Saturday, July 18, 2026. 10:00 am
Event Description
See the many trees of Spiegel Grove and learn about their types and history with some colonial landscape history sprinkled in for America 250 during tree tours offered throughout the spring and summer.
Tours last about an hour and cover different trees and topics ranging from giant trees to trees that President Rutherford B. Hayes and his descendants named in honor of people they admired. These tours enhance the experience of walking at Spiegel Grove, an official arboretum and estate of the president and his wife, First Lady Lucy Hayes.
Building & Grounds Superintendent John Havens, who leads the tree tours, will dress in colonial garb this year and add in some tree history that dates to America’s founding in honor of the U.S. semiquincentennial, or 250th birthday, being celebrated throughout 2026.
Unless otherwise noted, tickets are required and available online below.
Tree tours are part of Hayes Presidential’s America 250 celebration. Partial funding for America 250 events is by Albrechta & Liebold, Ltd., Attorneys at Law.
- Saturday, July 18 – Trees Named in Honor of People Tour.Departs from the museum at 10 a.m. Learn the stories of the people who visited Spiegel Grove who had trees named in their honor, and learn about the trees themselves. Tickets for non-members are $10 for adults, $7 for ages 6-18, free for ages 5 and younger. Hayes Presidential members can enjoy this tour for free.