New Year of the Trees
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - This is the time each year when the Jewish New Year of the Trees is celebrated, and the Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill has events this week for children to...
View ArticlePennsylvania’s Big Trees
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Wow, THAT’S A BIG TREE. And there’s another one. Turns out, there are lots of great big trees in Pennsylvania and you can learn a lot about them, tomorrow,...
View ArticleLocal Expert Says It Is Never To Dry To Start Planting Your Garden
By Robin Culverwell PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Spring has sprung early – we know that – but it’s also been very dry. So what does that mean for those digging in their garden? There’s a small window of...
View ArticlePlant A Tree For Arbor Day
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Arbor Day is Friday a good reminder to plant a tree or three this year – and help meet the goal to plant ONE MILLION trees in our region. All week long, the Morris...
View ArticleFlowers and Plants On Sale at Morris Arboretum’s Annual Fundraiser
By Hadas Kuznits PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Morris Arboretum is holding its annual plant sale, through Saturday, just in time for the summer gardening season. “This is probably about the 40th year that...
View ArticleAll Those Acorns! Here’s The Actual Scientific Explanation…
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — You clear off the front walk only to have another thousand acorns drop the next day. If you have an oak tree on your property, you’ve noticed that the acorns...
View ArticleMorris Arboretum To Celebrate Fall
By Hadas Kuznits PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Michelle Connors, public programs event coordinator for Morris Arboretum, says one of their biggest events of the season takes place on Sunday. “Our members and...
View ArticleHonoring The New Year Of Trees
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - This week, you can celebrate the Jewish New Year of Trees with lots of events at the Morris Arboretum, including music and tree planting activities for kids on...
View ArticleWitchhazel Brightens A Gray Garden
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Flowers in winter gardens are few and far between, but witchhazels are one large shrub that blooms when everything else looks drab or dead. Our United States...
View ArticleGiant Bugs Make Morris Arboretum Their Home
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — If you like big bugs, you need to head over the Morris Arboretum. There are 11 larger than life bugs are scattered over the 92 acre garden in Chestnut Hill. Bob...
View ArticlePlant Sales Just In Time For Mother’s Day
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Most gardeners find it hard to resist stopping in at special plant sales like the one at the Barnes Foundation this Saturday on Latches Lane in Merion. It’s open...
View ArticleTour The World As Garden Railway Opens At Morris Arboretum
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Morris Arboretum’s Garden Railway opens Saturday, May 25th and runs through Labor Day, including Thursday evenings in summer when the choo-choos chug until...
View ArticleFeast On Insects At Morris Arboretum’s Upcoming ‘Bug Crawl’
By Chelsea Karnash PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Craving a fat juicy…mealworm?! On July 17th at the Morris Arboretum, you can try one — along with cockroaches, silkworms, crickets and bamboo worms. The...
View ArticleGrow Your Gardening Knowledge In The Off Season
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Learn how to grow more with less – less work, less water and less money. Create a layered garden. Discover our helpful native bees. Understand the botanical...
View ArticleMorris Arboretum Offering Tree-climbing Class For Women
By Chelsea Karnash PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There are many things that come to mind when one thinks of childhood, but here’s one of the most fun: tree-climbing. While the days of hauling yourself up to...
View ArticleMorris Arboretum Says Strong-Stomached Visitors Might Like Impending Event
By Lynne Adkins PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Morris Arboretum, in Chestnut Hill, has some unique plants that are just about ready to bloom. They’re four feet tall and will bloom for just a few days. That...
View ArticleTree Climbing Classes For Women Only At Morris Arboretum This Weekend
By Mike DeNardo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Women who aren’t afraid to go out on a limb may want to take a special class on tree climbing this weekend. They’ve run tree-climbing classes before at the Morris...
View ArticleAn Opportunity To Learn About ‘State Champion’ Trees
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Really big trees are extra special. And, after all the damage so many of them suffered this winter, we can all appreciate even more those grand old trees that grow...
View ArticleMill About On Father’s Day
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - There used to be a lot of mills in our area. The Wissahickon Valley alone was home to 60 mills, dating from colonial times. Only a few survive today, and you can...
View ArticleHit The Holiday Sales At Area Gardens
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Tis the season so, if you’re going to decorate, you’ve got to get going. Just in time, this weekend there are all kinds of holiday sales at area gardens to help...
View ArticleKeep Off The Grass In Cold Months
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Winter days can bring snow, ice, or just a coating of frost and as slippery as they can make roads, they’re dangerous for your grass too. Walking on, driving over,...
View ArticleLocal Gardens Need Volunteers
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - If you’re off on Monday and haven’t made plans to volunteer yet, why not join the Martin Luther King Day of Service at Bartram’s Garden from 9 am to 12 noon? You...
View ArticleMake The Most Of America’s Garden Capital
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – From the March Bank at Winterthur, to the annual rebirth of the gardens at Chanticleer, to the first signs of spring at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, to...
View ArticleMother’s Day Weekend Plant Sales
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Plant sales this weekend conveniently coincide with Mother’s Day and the middle of May which is usually the ‘last frost’ date for most of our area – so let’s hope...
View ArticleHave An Oak Tree? You May Spend The Rest Of Season Raking Up Acorns
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — If you have an oak tree, you could be busy raking up acorns all season long. Some trees are filled with the oak nuts which are pelting houses, cars and lawns as they fall. Anthony...
View ArticleMorris Arboretum’s Holiday Garden Railway
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Stop look and listen, the Holiday Garden Railway is coming through! In its 19th year at the Morris Arboretum, watch precious cargo being carried along the twinkling tracks and...
View ArticleGo Out On A Limb Exhibit
For information on the Out On A Limb Exhibit at the Morris Arboretum — a walk through an enchanted forrest — visit: www.morrisarboretum.org.
View ArticleA Celebration Of Trees
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Is it that time already? Yes, it’s time once again to Celebrate the New Year of Trees at the Morris Arboretum’s Tu B’Shevat Family Day on Sunday January 30 from 1:00 to 3:00pm....
View ArticleCherry Blossoms A Hopeful Sign Of Spring
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – For centuries, Japanese cherry blossoms festivals have been a traditional celebration of how precious and ephemeral life is – as recent events in Japan certainly remind us. In the...
View ArticleA Guide To Plant Sales
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – OK, here we go – May is the month for plant sales galore at area garden clubs and arboretums. Plant sales are so much fun because that’s where you’ll find more unusual plants –...
View ArticleDead ‘Moon Tree’ In Washington Square Park Will Be Replaced
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A special sycamore tree planted in Philadelphia’s Washington Square Park in 1976 after taking a trip to the moon as a seedling is no longer alive. The “moon tree” will be replaced...
View ArticleExpert: Wild Summer Weather Will Impact Leaf Coloring This Fall
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Weather plays a big part in the fall colors, and this year has gone from hot and dry to cool and wet. Experts say all of that change will have an impact on the leaf colors this...
View ArticleGreater Philadelphia Gardens
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – When guests come to visit, they help my garden in two ways. First, I run around catching up on pruning and weeding so my garden looks a bit better before they arrive. Then, they...
View Article‘Broken Weather’ Affecting Animals And Plants
By Molly Daly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It has been a season of very weird weather. Temperatures have been topping out in the 50s and 60s in what should be the dead of winter. How are the critters and...
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