Explore the Life and Poetry of Robert Frost on a stroll through Nichols Arboretum at the University of Michigan. Professor Richard Tillinghast will lead a poet's walk, entitled "Frost on the Flowers" stopping at views and shady copses that evoke Robert Frost's Ann Arbor and poetry. Stop and listen to "Birches", "Design" and "The Woodpile" in the historic setting of Nichols Arboretum. Look for "...two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." as you listen for "the sound of the trees". Meet at the Geddes Entrance to Nichols Arboretum for the hour and a half long reflective walk.

Robert Frost lived in Ann Arbor from 1921-23 and returned as a UM Fellow of Letters in 1925. Nichols Arboretum's celebration of Frost's University of Michigan residency follows in the footsteps of the September 19 University of Michigan Presidential inauguration of Lee Bollinger. President Bollinger quoted Robert Frost's "Spring Pools" in his acceptance of the presidency and has spoken about bringing out the hidden assets of the University. The Robert Frost Tour in Nichols Arboretum is just the beginning.

Richard Tillinghast, UM Professor of English, is a poet, author and editor of several books, including Today in the Cafe Trieste, a book of poems, and A Visit to the Gallery, a poetry and art book. His most recent poem, "His Days", appeared in the New Yorker in June '97.

Nichols Arboretum is celebrating its 90th year. Founded in 1907 with a commitment to education, it now includes collections of trees from all over the world, a prairie, wetland area, an oak/hickory wood and a formal peony garden. Nichols Arboretum gives docent led tours the third Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.