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Mission messaging

  • Trees Inspire

    Trees are living symbols of beauty, strength, life, hope, and more. Share your story about a distinctive or favorite tree, or your connection to a certain tree, and read stories from other tree champions like you.  

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    The green leafy canopy of a large tree

  • Growing Brilliantly

    People need trees. Help preserve and protect trees in your community and around the world when you support the Growing Brilliantly campaign at the Arboretum.

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    A grove of trees

  • Hike the Arboretum

    Enjoy the unique beauty of The Morton Arboretum’s trees and early spring woodland ephemerals with one of these recommended hikes.

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    A visitor hiking in the weeds surrounded by wildflowers

  • Dig Deeper

    As an education leader, we engage students, families, teachers, and life-long learners to dig a little deeper into the science of trees.

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    A youth volunteer and a child inspecting rings on a tree cross-section with a magnifying glass.

  • Benefits of Trees

    Embrace all that trees have to offer—keeping us healthy to providing cleaner air, creating safer cities and increased home values, and surrounding us in beauty.

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    Showy flowers of the redbud are light to dark magenta pink in color, appearing in clusters on branches before the leaves appear

  • A Greener Future

    With scientific research at home and conservation leadership around the world, The Morton Arboretum is leading in the work to save trees.  

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    Close up of a leaf and acorns

The Morton Arboretum: To plant and protect trees for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world.

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