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The Morton Arboretum is the place for family fun on Sunday. First: it's the brand new Colossal Cookie Caper - where people take tree cookies and throw 'em in four types of contests. Then - the long-running Yule Log Hunt. Find the log, return to Visitor Center area and drink wassail, sing, and feel good.
The Morton Arboretum will get a new, light blanket of snow today. Flakes gently settling down - new beauty of pristine landscapes!
The Morton Arboretum has a holiday gift, of sorts, for the environment. Crews are just about finished retrofitting and replacing light fixtures with more eco-friendly versions. Result? We'll save 83 thousand kilowatts of electricity and thousands of dollars in cost annually!
The Morton Arboretum is a winter paradise!! Officially, we got 2.4 inches of new snow in the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. today, for a total of 4 inches on the ground. You know what that means!!! Snowshoeing and cross country skiing!!!
The Morton Arboretum Visit Hansel and Gretel who encounter a huge gingerbread house in the forest, and 24 smaller gingerbread houses made with real candy line the display. Up to 10 trains can run on the tracks, which cross each other, as operators use complicated switching! Free with Arboretum admission. Now thru Jan 3.
The Morton Arboretum just won a "Nobel Prize"! Actually, a kindergarten boy at Monroe School of Hinsdale, IL nominated the Arb for a Science & Environment "Nobel" in the school's International Awareness instruction. We won. The boy said of the Arboretum "I like this place. They plant trees, flowers, and tell us about them. Playing outside ...in the garden at the arboretum is fun. I also learned about bugs and how they help the environment."
The Morton Arboretum asks: do YOU believe climate change is radically affecting landscapes? Tell me what you think about this interesting article.
www.chicagotribune.com
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - -- Roy Renkin is a biologist by training but a detective by inclination, and something about the willows was nagging him. The shrubs flanking a creek in Yellowstone's Blacktail drainage had never grown so tall and lush. ...
The Morton Arboretum asks: are you for "real" or "fake?" What I'm asking is: do you like real Xmas trees or fake ones? If you avoid real because of the needles, check this out...
www.scrippsnews.com
From fist-bump greetings to the increasingly common sight of hand sanitizers, people are taking precautions to avoid their neighbors' germs.
The Morton Arboretum The Arboretum's tests of several permeable surfaces - glass, brick pavers, concrete, asphalt - made the ABC 7 Chicago news. Check it out!
abclocal.go.com
If you're looking for an excuse to drink more beer, you could now say you're doing it to help the environment.
The Morton Arboretum We all realize this artic blast won't last. Check out the new blanket of snow on Arboretum grounds - in person! To help you picture it, here are photos from yesterday! www.mortonarb.org
The Morton Arboretum asks: don't you like it when a tree story has a happy ending? Check this out - from Kewanee, IL:
www.bhg.com
Congratulations to the Kewanee (IL) City Council for doing the right thing. Rather than cutting down a 180-year-old Osage-orange tree along a city street,
The Morton Arboretum is looking prettier and prettier. We got one-inch of snow yesterday, and by 7 a.m. today, we added almost another inch. Love those "Christmas card" looking pines, firs, junipers, etc in the Conifer collection with that light blanket of snow!!
The Morton Arboretum What kind of "Mental Giant" would vandalize trees?
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