Post Estate’s Magnolia Walk Recreated

On September 17, 2003, nine beautiful saucer magnolia trees were planted on the site of the original "Magnolia Walk" located just south of the administration building on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

The Magnolia allee was created in the mid 1920s by famed landscape architect Marian Cruger Coffin at the request of cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Mrs. Post lived on the estate that is now the C.W. Post Campus from 1921 to 1947). The original pink and white blossoming magnolia trees were considered a landscape wonder because they were planted fully grown -- something that had never been previously attempted.

The original trees were removed by the university in the mid 1980s when the specimens became diseased. Luckily, three off shoots from an original trees survived and have been incorporated into the new Magnolia allee. The new trees are a generous contribution from the Long Island Nursery and Landscape Association and the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.

The new magnolia trees (latin name: Magnolia soulangeana), which contain soft pink/white petals, are now part of the C.W. Post Community Arboretum.

For more information call Ken Mensing at 516-299-4178 or email kmensing@liu.edu.

Newly planted Magnolia allee

Magnolia allee as it was. Ca: 1935