Press Room

Look to The Morton Arboretum first for tree and plant information. Whether you're a reporter on deadline or a talk show host/producer looking for story ideas, The Morton Arboretum offers extensive resources:

• Interviews with experts on gardening, botany, ecology, conservation, nature education and more
• Photos e-mailed to you
• Plant Clinic: diagnosing plant troubles, recommending suitable plants
• Library Reference Desk: pertinent facts and information via phone
• Online Plant Selection Guide: recommended trees/plants for the Midwest
• Information Leaflets Online, such as: Tree Root Problems, Mulching, Transplantation
• Fall Color, Spring Bloom Reports: online and via phone
• Plant Health Care Report: summarizing current tree disease and insect sightings for northeastern Illinois (April-August)
• vPlants: Virtual Herbarium: online plant and fungi information
• Online Plant Collection Catalog: search The Morton Arboretum trees/plants by name, USDA hardiness zone or five other criteria

Certificate Education Programs (for a fee) for your professional development including:

• Home Gardening
• Ornithology
• Botanical art and illustration
• Nature photography
• Naturalist

College Courses (for a fee) for your professional development including:

• Plant ecology
• Woody plants of the western Great Lakes region