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Morris Arboretum
A romantic Victorian landscape garden
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Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Photo by B. Krist for GPTMC
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In the cold winter months, duck into the charming little Fernery, a period glass greenhouse beloved by Victorians, for a warming glimpse of lush, green growth. The Rose Garden peaks in June.
In 1887, siblings John and Lydia Morris built Compton, their summer home. Over barren hillsides, they created a splendid landscape devoted to Victorian ideals of beauty and knowledge, and featured plants collected on their extensive travels. When the University of Pennsylvania acquired the property in 1932, it became the Morris Arboretum. Today, it’s the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary center that integrates art, science, and the humanities. Thousands of rare and lovely woody plants, including many of Philadelphia's oldest, rarest and largest trees, are set in a romantic 92-acre, Victorian landscape garden of winding paths, streams, flowers,and special interest gardens.
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