Join us all weekend as we kick off Bees, Butterflies & Blooms: A Pollinator Paradise with the opening of Garden Railway: World Pollinators and the Hummingbird Hut!

Garden Railway: World Pollinators features charming miniature trains weaving through a landscape teeming with flowers and buzzing with life, including 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.

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 on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 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.

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! 

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. 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. Free with general admission.

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! 

Tickets are now on sale for our 2025 gala honoring esteemed garden photographer Rob Cardillo and the Eagles Go Green program!

Moonlight & Roses has been a landmark event in the Philadelphia region for more than four decades. Today, the event provides a beautiful forum in which to recognize excellence and leadership in environmental stewardship. Close to 500 guests attend the gala, with proceeds directly supporting the Morris Arboretum & Gardens’ important role as a premier destination for environmental outreach, education, and research.

See photos from the 2024 gala →

The Wetland: A Unique Ecosystem Tour investigates many native plants and trees in the natural lands area near the Wissahickon Creek. This special tour includes a brief history of the area and describes the nature of the Wetland ecosystem. The Wetland provides important resources—water, food, shelter—vital for plants, trees, and wildlife. This tour is off paved pathways, and visitors are advised to wear walking or hiking shoes.

Free with general admission.
Tour begins in the parking lot to the left of the entrance kiosk.