The Morton Arboretum is The Champion of Trees.
The Morton Arboretum is an internationally recognized tree-focused botanical garden and research center. Its 1,700 acres of beautiful tree-filled landscapes are a place of enjoyment, a vibrant hub for nature education, and a world-renowned center for scientific research that studies trees and how to sustain them. Its vision is a greener, healthier, more beautiful world where people and trees thrive together. As a nonprofit organization, the Arboretum’s mission is to collect, study, display, and conserve trees and other plants from around the world to inspire learning, foster enjoyment, benefit communities, encourage action, and enhance the environment. The Arboretum is much more than a park or recreation area. It is a living museum of trees and a scientific institution. Its tree-filled landscapes, with carefully selected collections of tree species from around the world, is used for research by a global network of scientists. The vision of The Morton Arboretum is a greener, healthier, more beautiful world where people and trees thrive together.

What you will see will be different every time you visit, since the living trees and plants change throughout the year. There is variety in the Arboretum, as different parts of the grounds are used for different purposes. Near the Visitor Center you will find more formal, carefully tended gardens and other areas for guest enjoyment. The tree collection areas are arranged to showcase special groupings of trees. The natural areas, such as the woodlands and prairies, are deliberately less tended, with fallen leaves carpeting the ground and dead trees left where they fall to provide wildlife habitat.

Explore the grounds (gardens, prairie), events; exhibitions; adult, children & family programs, the Sterling Morton Library, etc.

http://www.mortonarb.org/

4100 Illinois Route 53 | Lisle, Illinois 60532

Open 9:00 a.m. to sunset