Bees, Butterflies & Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise
May 23 through September 30, 2025
Calling all pollinators and pollinator lovers!
Morris Arboretum & Gardens becomes a paradise for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in its newest exhibition, Bees, Butterflies & Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise.
Each month brings together people, plants, and pollinators in meaningful ways. Throughout the entire season, visitors can enjoy a variety of fun events, from interactive workshops to engaging programs to specialty guided tours, making this exhibition a delightful and eye-opening experience for all ages.
Get Tickets →
Garden Railway: World Pollinators
NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30
Experience Garden Railway: World Pollinators, featuring charming miniature trains weaving through a landscape teeming with flowers and buzzing with life! Enjoy miniature trains as they speed along a third of a mile of track and weave through a landscape dotted with spectacular sculptures of pollinators from around the globe, each crafted with incredible detail using natural materials like bark, leaves, twigs, mosses, acorns, dried flowers, seeds, and resin.
Hummingbird Hut
NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30
Covered in plants that these tiny, iridescent birds love, the Hummingbird Hut offers a close-up view as they flit from bloom to bloom, showcasing their delicate grace.
BEES, BUTTERFLIES & BLOOMS KICK-OFF WEEKEND
Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25
Join us at the Hummingbird Hut for storytime, crafts, and science fun all day long! Learn about the connections between plants and pollinators, particularly our friend, the hummingbird! Learn how they pollinate, and how you can attract them to your home.
POLLINATOR FRIDAYS
Select Fridays at 11 am
Learn about the importance of pollinators with fun activities for all ages:
6/6 - Butterflies
7/11 - Moths
8/1 - Bees
Wings & Wildflowers
OPENS SATURDAY, JULY 19
Step into a lush new meadow designed especially for Bees, Butterflies & Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise. Discover giant pollinator-inspired artworks by local artists that celebrate the essential role of pollinators in our world.
Join us Saturday, July 19 in English Park for music, lemonade and cookies, nature-inspired crafts, and enchanting storytelling throughout the day. Don’t miss the Meet the Artist moment around noon—your chance to hear directly from the creators behind the eye-catching pollinator artworks.
Exuberant Blooms
JULY 19 – SEPTEMBER 30
Returning floral display Exuberant Blooms bursts with a riot of colors and fragrances, celebrating the variety and splendor of flowering plants. Spread over more than a quarter acre of open garden, the large paisley-shaped floral “islands” contain more than 10,000 plants with heights ranging from 8 inches to 8 feet. To complement this year's pollinator theme, our horticulturists designed a plant palette that displays a wide range of flower shapes and colors, filled with annual and tropical plants showing off vibrant oranges, pinks, reds, and purple.
Meet us at the Hummingbird Hut on Sunday, July 20 to celebrate the fourth year of this beloved garden with crafting, singing, and dancing!
Giant Poppies
Seventeen years ago, giant poppies mysteriously appeared overnight near the entrance of the Morris, capturing the imagination of visitors. This striking display, titled Papaver Rubrum Giganteum, was created by local artist Gary G. Miller and quickly became a beloved exhibition.
Sadly, Gary passed away in 2013, but his legacy continues to inspire. In anticipation of this year's Bees, Butterflies & Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise exhibition, we decided to reimagine the giant poppies, bringing them back to delight a new generation of visitors. Designed and installed by the Morris's Executive Director Bill Cullina, these towering blooms pay homage to Gary’s vision while celebrating the vibrant beauty of nature and the crucial role pollinators play in our ecosystem.
Public Events (All-Ages)
Bees, Butterflies & Blooms Kickoff Weekend
Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
Free with general admission
Join us all weekend as we kick off Bees, Butterflies & Blooms at the Hummingbird Hut! Learn about the connections between plants and pollinators--particularly our friend, the hummingbird! Learn how they pollinate, and how you can attract them to your home with storytime, crafting, and science fun all weekend long.
Pollinator Friday: Butterfly Education and Awareness Day
Friday, June 6, 2025 • 11 am
Free with general admission
Saturday, June 7 is Global Butterfly Education and Awareness Day! Join us for our first Pollinator Friday and learn about these delicate and important pollinators. We’ll learn about their lifecycles from caterpillar to butterfly, and you'll make your own butterfly masks, crowns, and lanterns.
Rose Garden Celebration Weekend
Saturday, June 14 – Sunday, June 15
Free with general admission
We apologize, but the Rose Garden Celebration Weekend activities scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday have been canceled due to inclement weather.
Celebrate the next 100 years of our Rose Garden with storytime, crafts, and science fun!
Bloomin' Bubbles: Butterflies
Tuesday, June 10 • 11 am Rescheduled: Tuesday, June 17 • 11 am
Join us for a special pollinator Bloomin' Bubbles! In this event just for kids, we will transform the Whimsical Woods into a magical bubble party and highlight butterflies with crafts, songs, and dancing.
Global Beatles Day
Wednesday, June 25
Free with general admission
Can you find the Fab 4 hidden around the Garden? We love our Fab Beetle Pollinators, too! Visit the Morris for a self-directed scavenger hunt to find The Beatles heads in plants that are pollinated by beetles (and elsewhere)!
Bloomin' Bubbles: Moths
Tuesday, July 8 • 11 am
Join us for a special pollinator Bloomin' Bubbles! In this event just for kids, we will transform the Whimsical Woods into a magical bubble party and highlight moths with crafts, songs, and dancing.
Pollinator Friday: Moths
Friday, July 11 • 11 am
Free with general admission
Moths are lesser-known pollinators, but they’re beautiful and important to our ecosystem! Come learn about some native moths to Pennsylvania, and take home your own moth craft.
Wings & Wildflowers and Exuberant Blooms Opening Weekend
Saturday, July 19 & Sunday, July 20
Free with general admission
Buzz, bloom, and be merry! Wings & Wildflowers debuts and Exuberant Blooms returns for a weekend full of fun activities and floral flair.
Pollinator Friday: Bees
Friday, August 1 • 11 am
Free with general admission
National Bee Day is Saturday, August 16! In preparation to support our bees, join us this Pollinator Friday to learn about native bees in Pennsylvania, and take away your own native bee house!
Morris Discount Weekend: Wings, Wildflowers & A Weekend Deal
Saturday, August 2 – Sunday, August 3
Visit the Morris this weekend to get $10 off each general admission ticket and join us for special programs. (Tickets must be purchased on-site for the discount.)
Bloomin' Bubbles: Bees
Tuesday, August 12 • 11 am
Join us for a special pollinator Bloomin' Bubbles! In this event just for kids, we will transform the Whimsical Woods into a magical bubble party and highlight bees with crafts, songs, and dancing.
National Bee Day
Saturday, August 16
Free with general admission
It’s National bee Day! Visit the Morris for a self-directed scavenger hunt to find all of our native bees and the plants they help.
Courses
Drawing Pollinators After Hours
Three Tuesdays, June 3, 10 and 17
6 – 8 pm
Single Session
Members $4
Non-members $45
Full Series Discount Pricing*
Members $115
Non-members $125
*Please call us 215-247-5777 X125 to take advantage of this discount!
Grab a friend and your art supplies and join us at the Morris after hours for a fun evening of learning to draw pollinators! This workshop will guide you to draw these beautiful and important creatures by breaking down animal forms to their most basic shapes and learning to draw all your favorite details. Registration is required.
Gardening for Native Wildlife
Wednesday, June 18 • 6 pm
Members: $30 • Non-members: $35
Learn how to create a welcoming environment for native wildlife in your garden in this informational seminar. Participants will learn what plants attract different species, and how to cultivate shelter and nesting sites for all walks of the animal kingdom. Registration is required.
Native Plants & Pollinators Tour at The Discovery Center
Saturday, June 21 • 10 am – 12 pm
at the Discovery Center
Members: $30 • Non-members: $35
Join Audubon Mid-Atlantic at the Discovery Center for a native plant tour. We will be guided through the property to see the native plants, smell the native flowers, and look for our native pollinators that call the Discovery Center home.
Firefly Night! (All Ages)
Tuesday, June 24 • 7:30 pm
Members: $25 • Non-members: $30
Come join bug enthusiast and Morris staff member Stephanie Bruneau and Penn Vet Wildlife Futures Program for an all-ages program all about fireflies. We will explore the natural history of fireflies, ways of observing and telling them apart, and what we can do to make our gardens more “glowing.” Registration is required.