Saint John’s Outdoor University

Saint John's Outdoor University provides environmental and outdoor education through classes, events, and initiatives with the Abbey Arboretum, Saint John's University, and the College of Saint Benedict. Saint John's Outdoor University was created in 2013 as the educational branch of Saint John's Arboretum, which is more than 2,500 acres of lakes, prairie, oak savanna and forest owned by Saint John's Abbey and surrounding Saint John's University. Saint John's Outdoor University sponsors the Living in the Avon Woods conference.