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.
Garden Railway: World Pollinators
OPENS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Experience Garden Railway: World Pollinators, featuring charming miniature trains weaving through a landscape teeming with flowers and buzzing with life.
Nearby, the Hummingbird Hut offers a chance to get a close-up view of these tiny, iridescent birds as they flit from bloom to bloom, showcasing their delicate grace.
Join us at the Hummingbird Hut all weekend for storytime, crafts, and science fun! 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.
Rose Garden Celebration Weekend
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 & SUNDAY, JUNE 15
Celebrate the next 100 years of our Rose Garden with a special Rose Garden Celebration Weekend that focuses on the spectacular beauty of these beloved flowers.
Join us in the Rose Garden all weekend long to celebrate with storytime, crafts, and science fun! We’ll be exploring our relationships with roses though their herbal properties, the myths around them, and why they’re important here at Morris! We’ll look to the future and learn about the new, organic ways Morris is using pest control in the Rose Garden.
Morris Meadows
OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in two new lush meadows planted especially for this exhibition. Giant pollinator-inspired art adds a creative touch with artists presenting works that capture the essence and importance of pollinators in our ecosystem.
Join us in English Park all weekend long to welcome our new butterfly friends with stories, crafts, and dancing!
Exuberant Blooms Opening Weekend
SATURDAY JULY 19 & SUNDAY, JULY 20
Returning floral display Exuberant Blooms bursts with a riot of colors and fragrances, celebrating the variety and splendor of flowering plants.
Join us at the Hummingbird Hut all weekend long to celebrate the fourth year of Exuberant Blooms with crafting, singing, and dancing!
Public Events (All-Ages)
Bees, Butterflies & Blooms Opening 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
Join us in the Rose Garden all weekend long to celebrate with storytime, crafts, and science fun! We’ll be exploring our relationships with roses though their herbal properties, the myths around them, and why they’re important here at Morris! We’ll look to the future and learn about the new, organic ways Morris is using pest control in the Rose Garden.
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)!
Morris Meadows Opening Weekend
Saturday, June 28 & Sunday, June 29
Free with general admission
Our new pollinator gardens are opening with some butterfly friends! Join us in welcoming them with stories, crafts, and dancing all weekend long.
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 mobile.
Exuberant Blooms Opening
Saturday, July 19 & Sunday, July 20
Free with general admission
Join us at the Hummingbird Hut all weekend long to celebrate the fourth year of Exuberant Blooms with crafting, singing, and dancing!
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!
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
Native Bees at Morris
Saturday, May 3 • 1 pm
Members: $30 • Non-members: $35
The Morris hosts a great variety of native bees and ways to support these important insects. This workshop will be a hybrid of classroom learning about pollination ecology, field ID, and training on photography-based citizen science so that you can contribute data on our native bees. Registration is required.
Wings of Wonder: Creating a Natural Hummingbird Haven
Saturday, May 10 • 1 pm
Members: $30 • Non-members: $35
Learn how to make your space a haven for hummers! Ecological planting designer Michelle Detwiler will present her favorite list of native plants for seasonal blooms—an irresistible buffet for this high-energy avian. Registration is required.
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.