Events

Whimsical Woods Whimsical Woods Image Visit our Whimsical Woods, the Morris’s reimagined garden space specifically for children! The fun includes the Willow Wander, a 40’ long, 6’ high tunnel made of living willow, as well as a Fairy Garden that invites visitors to use materials found in the natural world to create their own enchanted fairy houses. Additional events and programs like scavenger hunts and story times will be scheduled throughout the year.  Image Fairy Garden The Fairy Garden invites visitors to use materials found in the natural world to create their own enchanted fairy houses.  Image Willow Wander Willow Wander is a 40’ long, 6’ high tunnel made of living willow that visitors are encouraged to walk-through and explore.  Image Play & Picnic Nestled underneath a tree between the Fairy Woods and Willow Wander is a table and stools for lunch and snack time.  …

Garden Explorer Garden Explorer Image Image Get closer to our collections with the  NEW Garden Explorer! Use your mobile device while in the Garden to explore plants, view images, and learn about points of interest. Search by plant name, accession number, or garden feature to find exactly what you are looking for. Turn on location services to see where you are on the map and locate nearby amenities like restrooms and parking. You can also access the map from your computer through our website to explore the collection or plan your next visit. It’s the Morris right at your fingertips. Start Exploring →   Plant Collection More than 11,000 accessioned plants of over 2,500 taxa are growing in the Morris’s living collection. These include representatives of the temperate floras of North America, Asia, and Europe. This historic collection traces its foundation to John Morris’s interest in plants from around the world and includes plants collected in China by E.H. Wilson at the turn of the century. Many of the Delaware Valley’s "trees of record" (the largest of their kind) are found in the Morris. Most notable are the katsura and the trident maple.  Staff members have regularly engaged in plant-collecting expeditions in Asia and the United States, increasing the different kinds of plants available for today’s urban and community landscapes. Currently, plants from 30 countries are represented in the collection, with a primary focus on Asian temperate species. Significant plant groups in the Morris’s collection include maples, magnolia species, native azaleas, members of the witchhazel family, roses, hollies, and conifers.  What's in Bloom calendar  →  Image   The Catalogue of Plants in the Living Collection  A catalogue of plants in the living collection is available at the front desk of the Widener Visitor Center. Most of the plants in the Morris are labeled and mapped, and this catalogue can lead you to plants in which you have an interest.  …