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Who, What, Why: Jude Thachet at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens
Jude Thachet sits on a wooden bench surrounded by hydrangeas

As the school outreach coordinator at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Jude Thachet introduces Philadelphia K-12 students to science, nature, and career opportunities at the Arboretum. 

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Jude Thachet at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens

    At the Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Jude Thachet runs the School Outreach Program, connecting students with the outdoors and possibly with future careers.

    Kristina García

    What’s That? The Paleontologist’s Cottage
    A small hut in the middle of a clearing blanketed with bromeliads.

    At the Paleontologist’s Cottage, tree ferns and bromeliads set the stage for Mesozoic botany. 

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    What’s That? The Paleontologist’s Cottage

    The Paleontologist’s Cottage at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens celebrates plants with ties to the age of dinosaurs.

    Kristina García

    Penn’s urban forest in fall
    autumn leaves at the quad

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    Penn’s urban forest in fall

    Penn’s West Philadelphia campus is home to 240 different tree species, which put on a show during the fall season.

    Kristina García

    How climate change affects roses
    Rose garden view with ornamental planters.

    A view of the rose garden at the Morris Arboretum & Gardens.

    (Image: Rob Cardillo)

  • Q&A

    • How climate change affects roses

    In a Q&A, Erin Conley of the Morris Arboretum & Gardens explains how climate change affects rose growth, as well as what’s new in the Morris’ rose garden. 
    Caring for the campus landscape with an ecological mindset
    flowers in class of 1964 garden

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    Caring for the campus landscape with an ecological mindset

    The Ecological Landscape Stewardship Plan, developed in 2018, offers a framework for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services to design, maintain, and celebrate the beauty of the campus landscape with an emphasis on its role as a balanced ecological system.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Update of a local tree field guide offers ‘antidote for plant blindness’
    A many-trunked tree just blooming in spring sprawls at Morris Arboretum

    An icon at Morris Aboretum, a many-trunked katsura tree is among those specimens featured in “Philadelphia Trees.” It was planted in the early 1900s.

    (Image: Paul W. Meyer)

    Update of a local tree field guide offers ‘antidote for plant blindness’

    A new edition of “Philadelphia Trees,” coauthored by former Morris Arboretum director Paul W. Meyer, Catriona Bull Briger, and Edward Sibley Barnard offers tips for identifying tree species and highlights some of the most notable trees in the region, including many on Penn’s campus.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Goodbye to an iconic tree
    Large tree without leaves on a sunny day

    The Quad elm cut an imposing figure, shown here in the spring of 2021, before leaf out. The space will be replanted with three native white oaks at a later date. (Image: Eric Sucar/University Communications)

    Goodbye to an iconic tree

    More than a century old, the American elm located in the heart of the Quadrangle residences has been ailing and is due to be removed the week of July 25. The site will be replanted at a later date with three native white oaks.

    Katherine Unger Baillie