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Seasonal Exhibitions

Morris Arboretum & Gardens displays a rotation of innovative exhibitions that enhance the garden experience.

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Current Exhibitions

Pursuit of Happiness: Finding Joy in Nature

NOW THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2026

As the nation marks 250 years of independence with parades and public festivities, the Morris offers a refreshing alternative, a sanctuary where visitors can recharge and rediscover happiness through the restorative power of nature. Visitors can enjoy tree swings that evoke the freedom of childhood for adults and children; explore the Morris Cottage that engages sight, sound, touch, and scent; encounter three Singing Trees, activated by wind chimes, that offer joyful, meditative, and gathering soundscapes; and sit in colorful Adirondack chairs that invite lingering across the gardens. Pursuit of Happiness: Finding Joy in Nature encourages visitors to immerse themselves in artful plantings, interactive installations, and moments of quiet discovery that inspire wandering, play, and reconnection with nature.

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Plants from the Colonial Era

NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

Explore the living landscape of eighteenth-century Philadelphia! This self-guided exhibition highlights plants that would have been familiar to area residents during the colonial era. These plants supported daily life in countless ways, providing food, medicine, building materials, and sources of beauty and comfort. From plants found in home gardens to those in Penn’s woods, many of which were long-stewarded by local Indigenous communities, the exhibition reveals how nature shaped civic life, independence, and resilience in early Philadelphia.

Garden Railway: Revolutionary Philly

NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

Morris Arboretum & Gardens’ beloved Garden Railway returns with a new theme, Garden Railway: Revolutionary Philly, placing this signature attraction at the center of the Morris’s America 250 storytelling. Set within lush garden plantings, the immersive miniature landscape celebrates Philadelphia’s pivotal role in the nation’s founding and brings Revolutionary history vividly to life.

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Exuberant Blooms

NOW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026

This year’s display weaves vibrant seasonal plantings with striking architectural elements created from wood reclaimed through our own arboricultural work—giving pruned limbs a thoughtful second life in the garden. Shaped into striking arches, trellises, and sculptural forms, these natural structures add height and movement, inviting you to explore nature in new ways and celebrating the beauty of responsible stewardship while adding structure and story to the landscape. Vines climb overhead, birds find places to rest, and in some areas, you can wander beneath and around these structures.

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Past Exhibitions