Lecture Series

The Morris Arboretum & Gardens Lecture Series brings together expert voices to explore ideas that connect people, plants, and the natural world. Through conversations, talks, and presentations, participants can engage with new perspectives and current research.

Offered throughout the year, lectures create space to learn, reflect, and connect with others in a welcoming setting.

Endowed Lectures

An annual series of lectures held from late fall to early spring that explore a wide variety of fascinating topics. Lectures are supported in part by the Klein Lecture Endowment given in memory of Dr. William M. Klein, who served from 1977 to 1990 as the Morris’s first full-time director; the Laura L. Barnes Lecture Endowment of the Philadelphia Foundation, given in memory of Laura Barnes by students and alumni of her school of horticulture; and the Byron Lukens Lecture Endowment, given in memory of educator and Morris volunteer Byron Lukens and his wife Elizabeth.