In keeping with the Morton mantra, the arboretum is distributing $6.9 million in federally funded grants to help nearly two dozen communities throughout Illinois plant and care for trees.

Morton Arboretum Arbor Day Plant Sale When: April 24 – 26 Where: Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle Tickets: $32 (includes general admission and a $15 purchase voucher) ...

Morton Arboretum horticulturists Rachel White and Rachelle Frosch demonstrated how to protect a crab apple tree and tupelo tree, by draping the netting over each while using a long stick to guide ...

Their work was to create an arboretum “to increase the general knowledge and love of trees and shrubs and to bring an increase and improvement in their growth and culture,” Morton wrote in the ...

For more than 100 years, the Morton Arboretum has been at the helm of science, conservation, preservation and engagement with trees, but increased action is needed now to scale up regional impact ...

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 ...

That means the Morton Arboretum has a lot of work ahead. They need to cover about 5,000 of their own plants. The sound of chorus frogs will soon give way to the chorus of 17-year cicadas in ...

The village has become the latest DuPage suburb to team up with the Morton Arboretum in Lisle in establishing a tree and plant nursery. Between 100 and 200 trees and shrubs are scheduled to be ...

LISLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Over the past couple months, Illinois saw the rare emergence of two cicada broods: one that comes out every 17 years, and one that appears every 13. Now, the Morton ...

Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between ...

Morton Arboretum shares post-cicada tree care tips. Story by Simmy Wood • 1mo. L ISLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Over the past couple months, Illinois saw the rare emergence of two cicada broods: one that ...