EVERY TUESDAY, JUNE THROUGH AUGUST: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meet at the Azalea Meadow
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
There are more than flowers in bloom this spring and summer at the Morris Arboretum! Join us every Tuesday for Bloomin' Bubbles, when the Azalea Meadow is transformed into a magical flurry of bubbles for children to play with/in (and pop!) before lunch.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 | 10:30 – 11:00 am
Meet in the Outdoor Classroom near Out on a Limb.
Included with admission.
In the event of rain, meet in the Upper Gallery of the Widener Visitor Center.
Join Melissa Lisbão-Underwood, the McClean Contributionship Youth & Visitor Education intern, for Storytime in the outdoor classroom. We will be reading Outside In by Deborah Underwood.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 | 11:00 am
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Join an experienced guide for our featured tour of the month. Experience the Arboretum on a guided tour while enjoying the cooling shade of its champion trees, which provide an overstory that gives you an old-fashioned sense of summer. Spend a few moments at the Spring House and travel along the shaded path of the Oak Allée. The East Brook through the middle of the Arboretum offers a water respite with shady spots to enjoy the season.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 and SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
Garden Railway
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Everyone's beloved cartoon train can always be found chugging along in his own section of our Garden Railway, but a few weekends a year him and his friends run free on all the tracks!
WEEKDAYS: 10:30 am | Weekends: 1:00 pm
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Our knowledgeable guides will design a tour around the interests of the attendees. Every tour is different so come back as many times as you’d like.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
Garden Railway
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
From refrigerated boxcars that carry bounties of fruit and other perishables, to grain cars that transport corn and wheat, come see the model harvest trains in our Garden Railway between Labor Day and October 11.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 | 11:00 am
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Join an experienced guide to explore the extraordinary beauty of the arboretum captured in the collection of its Great Trees. Great Trees means more than size! They are remarkable specimens of historical, environmental, or unique-shaped species. The variety of the arboretum’s great trees is found in its champion trees, trees over 100 years old, trees from far-away places, and native trees that provide habitat for insects and other local wildlife.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 | 10:30 – 11:00 am
Meet in the Outdoor Classroom near Out on a Limb.
Included with admission.
In the event of rain, meet in the Upper Gallery of the Widener Visitor Center.
Join Melissa Lisbão-Underwood, the McClean Contributionship Youth & Visitor Education intern, for Storytime in the outdoor classroom.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Meet at Springfield Mills, located directly across from the Arboretum’s main entrance on Northwestern Ave.
Included with admission.
Weather permitting.
Morris Arboretum’s oldest architectural feature is the historic grist mill, dating back to 1761 and situated along the picturesque Wissahickon Creek. On a guided interactive tour, watch one-ton millstones grind corn kernels, observe 160-year-old machinery transport and sift ground corn to produce meal, and even grind your own flour on a pedal powered mill.
WEEKDAYS: 10:30 am | Weekends: 1:00 pm
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Our knowledgeable guides will design a tour around the interests of the attendees. Every tour is different so come back as many times as you’d like.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
Garden Railway
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
From refrigerated boxcars that carry bounties of fruit and other perishables, to grain cars that transport corn and wheat, come see the model harvest trains in our Garden Railway between Labor Day and October 11.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 11:00am
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Join an experienced guide to view a selection of trees, native to our area, that are well suited to local growing conditions. Native trees provide vital support — food, shelter, and habitat — for insects and other local wildlife. Within the Arboretum’s eclectic collection are a wide variety of native tree specimens, from huge tulip poplars to the smaller pitch pine and paw paw. Learn about these important plants and enjoy glorious autumn at the Arboretum.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 | 10:30 – 11:00 am
Meet in the Outdoor Classroom near Out on a Limb.
Included with admission.
In the event of rain, meet in the Upper Gallery of the Widener Visitor Center.
Join Melissa Lisbão-Underwood, the McClean Contributionship Youth & Visitor Education intern, for Storytime in the outdoor classroom.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 | 9:00am – 4:30pm
Haverford College
Philadelphia’s trees make our communities livable. They filter our air, regulate water flow, reduce carbon emissions, improve our mental health, and so much more. Unfortunately, our urban tree canopy faces a number of stresses and pressures, including pests and disease, storm events, residential development, and climate change (just to name a few).
Join us for the 9th annual Tree Canopy Conference at Haverford College, where we’ll be talking to experts in the field about loss and restoration, including case studies demonstrating ways that we can put plans in place to ensure that the city of the future remains green, livable, and ecologically sustainable.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for International Society of Arboriculture certified arborists will be available.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Meet at Springfield Mills, located directly across from the Arboretum’s main entrance on Northwestern Ave.
Included with admission.
Weather permitting.
Morris Arboretum’s oldest architectural feature is the historic grist mill, dating back to 1761 and situated along the picturesque Wissahickon Creek. On a guided interactive tour, watch one-ton millstones grind corn kernels, observe 160-year-old machinery transport and sift ground corn to produce meal, and even grind your own flour on a pedal powered mill.
WEEKDAYS: 10:30 am | Weekends: 1:00 pm
Meet at Widener Visitor Center
Free with Arboretum admission.
Weather Permitting
Our knowledgeable guides will design a tour around the interests of the attendees. Every tour is different so come back as many times as you’d like.
The Garden Railway and Compton Café will be closed today (Thursday, June 23) due to the weather.
The Arboretum is open as usual. Click here for hours.
Please note: The Rose Garden is closed for maintenance every Thursday morning until noon.
Weather conditions may limit garden access to certain features even if the garden is open – please check the web site or call (215) 247-5777 for updates before visiting. Our visitors’ safety in the garden is our top priority. Therefore when inclement weather is predicted, we will make decisions about closing the garden accordingly.
