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  • One dime at a time logo
    One Dime at a Time
    Donate your 10¢ bag refund for every bag you reuse at any Whole Foods store in Illinois. The proceeds will go to The Morton Arboretum. July 1 through September 30, 2017. All Whole Foods Market locations in Illinois
  • The Acorn Express open-air Tram
    Acorn Express Tram Tours
    Beginning April 24, 2017 hop on the Acorn Express tram for a tour of our 1,700 acres of blooming beauty (weather permitting) narrated by one of our expert guides. Call 630-968-0074 for times and pricing.
  • The contains of the Family Explorer Backpack available for rental.
    Family Explorers Backpack
    Looking for a unique experience in the Children’s Garden At The Morton Arboretum? Rent a self-guided family backpack and enhance your visit. Available daily, April through October, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Finger prints are used to create colorful flowers.
    Finger Print Flowers
    Flowers grow in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors. Look around at all of the flowers in the Children’s Garden and find your favorite to finger paint. Daily in July, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Weather permitting.
  • Library Exhibit: Plant Hunters
    Library Exhibit: Plant Hunters
    The exhibit features artifacts from the library’s special collection relating to famous plant hunters, and it explores modern conservation efforts by scientists at the Arboretum. Tuesdays-Saturdays, during regular library hours.
  • A visitor learning about endangered tree species by using the interactive panels
    Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat Exhibit
    Come learn about the gifts that the world's endangered trees give us—and how you can join the Arboretum in saving them. Daily, 7:00 a.m. - sunset
  • A child making mud pies in the Mud Kitchen
    Nature Play Spaces
    Enjoy creative, unstructured outdoor play spaces, Mud Kitchen near Parking Lot 20 and Word Garden near Parking Lot 13. Daily, weather permitting, 7:00 a.m. to sunset
  • An origami acorn made with orange paper
    Garden Origami
    Practice folding paper into your favorite garden shapes. Daily through October 22, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Children's Garden. Weather permitting.
  • A display in The Arboretum Store
    Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
    Save on home and garden decor, jewelry, apparel, books, and more. Friday, July 21 through Friday, August 11, 2017
  • A squirrel origami sculpture made out of metal
    Origami in the Garden
    Dozens of large-scale metal sculptures based on the ancient Japanese art of paper folding will engage you on paths through the Arboretum’s spectacular landscape Friday, May 19, through Sunday, October 22, 2017.
  • Teacher looking at leaves
    Teacher Tuesdays
    Teachers from preschool through college can visit The Morton Arboretum with free admission every Tuesday from June through September 2017.
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