For John Featherstone, the holiday lights display at the Morton Arboretum started as something of a “grand experiment.” His lighting design set leafless trees aglow in purple and gold as if ...

“Joy Morton had such great vision when he established the Morton Arboretum in 1922 that he envisioned this great outdoor museum of trees,” said Alicia LaVire, an arboretum vice president.

Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle; admission $11-$16 at 630-968-0074 and mortonarb.org. Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe; admission $13.95-$15.95, parking $8 at ...

A three-bedroom, 3,591-square-foot contemporary-style house on 18 acres in an unincorporated area southeast of Wheaton sold on May 19 to the Lisle-based Morton Arboretum for $5.1 million. The deal ...

John Featherstone is memorable, yet I walked past him without recognizing him behind his mask at Morton Arboretum. In 2020, the world looks different. It’s true of Illumination, ...

The Morton Arboretum The tree lights, scheduled to run between Nov. 20 and Jan. 3, 2021, will this year be a 30- to 40-minute car ride through "an unparalleled spectacle of color, light, and music." ...

Experts at the Morton Arboretum have been busy protecting hundreds of trees. "They are definitely getting ready to emerge," said Morton Arboretum master arborist Stephanie Adams as she held a ...

The Morton Arboretum, a 1,700-acre living tree museum in Lisle, about 30 minutes from downtown, is working to make sure nothing like that happens, both in Chicago and in the world at large.

The Morton Arboretum in Lisle announced a new South African exhibition focused on connecting humans and trees will arrive this spring. "Human + Nature", pronounced as "Human Nature," is set to ...

Morton Arboretum experts share how to protect them. Billions of cicadas are starting to appear as the double brood emergence begins in Northern Illinois, and protecting young trees is of utmost ...