Students at UCF use The Arboretum for their own experimental research. Another young woman studied the ecology and biogeography of the native Florida old man's beard tree or fringe tree, Chionanthus, and grew her experimental study plants in those parts of The Arboretum where the habitat best matched natural growing conditions. Visitors to The Arboretum include children from the preschool Creative Center on the UCF Campus, to Seminole, Orange, Osceola and Lake County Public Schools, and home school classes. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Clubs, Native Plant Society Chapters, Garden Clubs and Senior Citizen Clubs visit regularly.
Some visitors even come back to work as volunteers, helping to keep the trails clean and inviting.