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  2. Morton Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public garden [1] and outdoor museum with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research including the Center for Tree Science. [2] Its grounds, covering 1,700 acres (6.9 square kilometres), include cataloged collections of trees and other living plants, gardens, and restored ...

  3. Joy Morton - Wikipedia

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    In 1922, Morton established the Morton Arboretum on 178 acres (0.72 km 2) of land adjacent to his estate in Lisle, Illinois. Today, the Morton Arboretum has grown to 1,700 acres (6.9 km 2). As Morton began to define the direction his arboretum should take, he sought the advice of Charles Sprague Sargent, the director of Harvard’s Arnold ...

  4. May Theilgaard Watts - Wikipedia

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    In 1939 Watts began working as a part-time teacher at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois; she was hired as a full-time staff naturalist in 1942. [5] Watts developed popular educational programming at the Arboretum, including studies in botany, ecology, taxonomy, geology, gardening, sketching, nature literature, and creative writing.

  5. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Illinois Wesleyan University Arboretum Illinois Wesleyan University: ... Morton Arboretum: Lisle

  6. Lisle, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Lisle Library contains resources and hosts art exhibits. Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum. Morton Arboretum; Pioneer village museum a Lisle Station Park. Created by the Chicago Bulls and White Sox, the Bulls/Sox Training Academy runs year-round training programs in baseball, fastpitch softball, and basketball for youths. [23] [24]

  7. Floyd Swink - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, he joined The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois as the director of education, teaching botany and natural history. [2] He became the arboretum's plant taxonomist in 1963. He continued to work for the Morton Arboretum for almost 40 years. [1] Few and out-of-date botanical resources were available to Chicago area botanists in the 1960s.

  8. Ossian Cole Simonds - Wikipedia

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    View history; General ... Simonds designed the grounds of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. ... Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53 Lisle, ...

  9. Julius Sterling Morton - Wikipedia

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    His son, Joy Morton, is the founder of the Morton Salt Company, Chicago, Illinois. The son also created The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, in 1922. Today, Joy Morton's original 400-acre (1.6 km 2) Thornhill Estate, which he acquired in 1910, has been transformed into a 1,700-acre (6.9 km 2) living history museum of over 4,000 different ...