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Field Trips

Field Trips & Youth Tours

Please note: At least 3 weeks advance notice is needed for guided tours. Email Lisa Bailey baileyL@upenn.edu or call 215.247.5777 x157 to schedule an outdoor educational experience to enhance your students at home or hybrid school instruction.


Students (4-17 years): $10
Required Staff: FREE (additional staff $12)
Title 1 students: FREE with $35 refundable deposit per group

All Title 1 eligible school groups will be admitted free. A $50 deposit, paid by check or VISA or MasterCard, will hold your reservation and refund is processed on the day of the visit. Space is limited, so schedule your field trip now.

Select a tour from the list below, or we would be happy to tailor tour programs to fulfill your specific curriculum or scouting needs.

Choose from the following field trip tours:



General Tour (All Ages)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Explore our 92-acre living museum
  • See the tree highlights
  • Learn about the Arboretum’s history
  • Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact Lisa Bailey email: baileyL@upenn.edu or phone: 215.247.5777 x157

General Tour (All Ages)

What Tree Am I? Tour (All Ages)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Morris Arboretum is home to some of the oldest, rarest and largest trees in Philadelphia
  • Take a closer look to discover the amazing diversity of the trees around us
  • Examine the unique characteristics of trees and discover which tree you are most like
  • Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact Lisa Bailey email: baileyL@upenn.edu or phone: 215.247.5777 x157

Big Tree Tour (All Ages)

Scout Tour (All Ages)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Morris Arboretum provides the perfect resource to help complete many nature-themed Boy and Girl Scout badge requirements, including Forestry, Nature, Flowers, Trees, and more.
  • When scheduling your tour, please feel free to include your particular project needs. We’ll be happy to tailor our many tours and activities to help fulfill specific badge requirements, making your trip to Morris Arboretum both fun and productive.
  • Scout groups with tour reservations will receive the Morris Arboretum Fun Patch!
Scout Tour Patch

Scout Fun Patch

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Scout Tour

Awaken the Senses – Customizable Tours for Students with Disabilities (All Ages)

Duration: 45 - 60 minutes

Guided tours experiencing the sights, sounds, smells and textures in nature with trained guides.

You may select from three customizable tour options:

  1. Creativity & Discovery
  2. Adventure & Exploration
  3. Tranquil Connection with Nature

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Awaken the Senses

4 Seasons Through the 5 Senses Tour (PreK through Kindergarten)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Take a sensory journey through the Arboretum
  • Learn the natural characteristics of each season
  • Collect plant material to bring back to the classroom
  • Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

4 Seasons through the 5 Senses Tour

Tree Adventure Tour I (K - 3rd Grade)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Learn responsibility from a tree
  • Leaves are responsible for producing food
  • Bark is responsible for protecting the trunk
  • Roots are responsible for absorbing water and storing food
  • People are responsible for taking care of trees in their neighborhoods
  • Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions, 4.8 Humans and the Environment

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities

Tree Adventure Tour

Our Connected Environment (4th – 8th Grade)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Identify ways in which trees, animals and humans depend upon each other
  • Learn about oxygen and other gifts we get from trees
  • Observe PA hardwood trees and discuss their ecological and economic importance
  • Learn ways to practice good stewardship at home, school and in the community

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Interdependence Tour

Wetlands Exploration Tour (K - 7th Grade)
Available September through June only

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Explore The Morris Arboretum Wetland on foot
  • Discover the function of wetlands and why they are so vital to nature
  • Observe and record the different plants and animals that thrive in a wetland
  • Explain the environmental and economic consequences that can arise with the loss of wetlands
  • Brainstorm ways we can help safeguard wetlands for the future
  • Meets PA Academic Standards: 4.3 Environmental Health, 4.7 Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species, 6.3 Scarcity and Choice

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Wetlands Exploration Tour

Historic Mill Tour (5th grade and up)

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Travel back in time by walking in the shoes of a Miller’s apprentice
  • Discover how cutting edge technology from the 1850s used simple machines to harness water power
  • Learn how nearby Flourtown got its name

Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Historic Mill Tour

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Creativity & Discovery: My Nature Collection Box (All Ages)

Duration: 45 - 60 minutes

  • Personalize “My Nature Collection Box” with a wide assortment of craft supplies
  • Guided walk into the garden to collect a bounty of natural materials: fallen leaves, twigs, acorns, cones, etc.
  • Journey through the Rose Garden to the Summer Palace, to sort and discuss your findings with the group.

More information:
Walking distance: ¼ mile or less
Terrain: paved paths

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Creativity and Discovery

Creativity and Discovery

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Adventure & Exploration (All Ages)

Duration: 45 - 60 minutes

  • Experience the Rose Garden’s Rock Wall, bursting with textures and colorful displays of succulents and flowers.
  • Explore the Fernery, a one of a kind explosion of ferns, secret stone paths, wooden bridge and koi fish pond.
  • Conclude your adventure by climbing the specially designed nature trail and spot the birds and chipmunks.

More information:
Walking distance: ½ mile or less
Terrain: paved paths, large-stoned inclined hiking trail

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Adventure & Exploration

Adventure & Exploration

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Tranquil Connection with Nature (All Ages)

Duration: 45 - 60 minutes

  • Inspire a sense of wonder 50 feet in the air with a bird’s eye view of nature from Out on a Limb.
  • Ramble to an open grassy area to play the Five Senses Cube Toss game, reinforcing the connection with nature.
  • Seek out the rustic Log Cabin, listen to the sounds of the babbling brook, and wander through the pathways. Take a moment to meditate and enjoy tree yoga.

More information:
Walking distance: ½ mile or less
Terrain: paved paths, grass

For more information or to schedule a field trip, contact: Lisa Bailey 215.247.5777 ext.157 or email: baileyL@upenn.edu

Tranquil Connection with Nature

Tranquil Connection with Nature

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Alerts & Updates

The Arboretum is open as usual. Click here for hours.

The Rose Garden will be closed for renovations starting on Monday, October 3, 2022 until Spring 2023.

Weather conditions may limit garden access to certain features even if the garden is open – please check the web site or call (215) 247-5777 for updates before visiting. Our visitors’ safety in the garden is our top priority. Therefore when inclement weather is predicted, we will make decisions about closing the garden accordingly.

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