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An aerial view of eight paisley-shaped garden beds.

Exuberant Tulips: Designing Beds in Shapes of Ferns and Mosses

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Exuberant Blooms, the Morris Arboretum & Gardens’ annual display featuring eight paisley-shaped beds inspired by Victorian flower bedding, is currently in bloom with tulips that sprawl across the landscape in loops and curls. But there’s more than meets the eye.

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Two Longtime Morris Staff Members Retire

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The John J. Willaman Director of Plant Science Dr. Timothy A. Block and Jason Lubar, associate director of Urban Forestry, have retired after serving for decades at Morris Arboretum & Gardens.  

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Yellow flowers grow low to the winter ground with snow nearby.

What's Up, Buttercup?

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Every year, we eagerly await the arrival of winter aconites; however, it can be a bit confusing identifying these flowers from their lookalike relatives in the buttercup family.

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Arboretum Archives: Connecting Events Across Time and Space

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Call it a passion, a service, or a fever—our Archive volunteers' often routine, sometimes remarkable work ties the Morris’s past to the present to the future. 

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A tall, bare beech tree stands in the middle of a field on a sunny day.

The Story of the Lone Wolf Beech

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The American beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) that stood proudly in the meadow next to the metal sheep along the entrance drive has a storied past and a new future.