This has been an extraordinary year for the Morris Arboretum! With the opening of the Horticulture Center, new family discovery and learning activities for children and adults, the work in the Botany department to update the Pennsylvania Flora Project website as well as the Bucks County Natural Areas Inventory, and the transformations we have seen in the Rose Garden under the new Rosarian, there has been great progress and transformation over the past year.

Support of the Annual Fund has enabled the Arboretum to sustain this historic public garden and center for horticultural and botanical education. Strong annual support of Membership and the Annual Fund allows us to continue to provide educational programs for students of all ages from throughout the region, maintain 166 acres of gardens, meadows, farm land and historic features, as well as significant botanical research and outreach. Nevertheless, the Arboretum’s long term needs remain and must be met; the Annual Fund provides the unrestricted funds to support those needs.

Our goal for the 2012 fiscal year is to raise $455,000 in unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund.

Below are some examples of how your gift may help sustain Morris Arboretum.

$1,000 might help preserve historic features throughout the gardens, or sponsor a class of elementary students from an urban school to come explore.

$500 might replace a weather damaged tree or plan a pruning workshop for interns.

$250 could fund a botanist’s trip out in the field for a day to do research and field studies.

$100 could purchase new hand tools for the horticulture team, or train a volunteer to operate the Garden Railway.

$50 could keep the lights on for a continuing education class.

Any gift will create a story.

Your gift ensures that the Arboretum advances its mission to promote the enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of plants and the natural world. Please consider making a gift today.

For more information please contact:
Shannon M. Makhija, Associate Director, Annual Fund
215-247-5777 ext. 161 OR smakhija@upenn.edu