ARCHITECTURE & FACILITIES

A Carolina Oasis

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

Chapel Hill, N.C.

As institutional amenities go, it's hard to top the Coker Arboretum, a five-acre oasis of old trees and shady paths near the historic heart of the University of North Carolina's sprawling and congested campus here. But making the arboretum as serene and naturalistic as it is takes a lot of hard work.

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