Grounds crew planting bulbs at The Morton Arboretum (3.36282)
Date: 2008Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Several grounds crew staff and volunteers planting bulbs in a bed near the gatehouse at The Morton Arboretum in spring
Joseph Rothleutner performing controlled crosses on St. John's Wort (Hypericum) plants (3.36298)
Date: July 11 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Joseph Rothleutner, tree and shrub breeder at The Morton Arboretum, and his team performing controlled crosses on Hypericum (St. John's Wort) plants
Grounds crew staff member spreading mulch at The Morton Arboretum (3.36315)
Date: August 6 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Grounds crew staff member spreading mulch under an Amur corktree (Phellodendron amurense) at The Morton Arboretum
Woodland stewardship volunteers on a workday on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum (3.36331)
Date: August 3 2011Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Woodland Stewardship Program staff removing invasive plants as a part of an ecological restoration project near Meadow Lake at The Morton Arboretum
Street trees in Millennium Park, downtown Chicago (3.36283)
Date: 2007Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Streets trees in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, looking southeast from pedestrian overpass on Columbus Drive
Joseph Rothleutner performing controlled crosses on St. John's Wort (Hypericum) plants (3.36299)
Date: July 11 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Joseph Rothleutner, tree and shrub breeder at The Morton Arboretum, and his team performing controlled crosses on Hypericum (St. John's Wort) plants
Kris Bachtell plant hunting in China (3.36316)
Date: November 24 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kris Bachtell, vice president of collections and facilities at The Morton Arboretum, plant hunting in China
Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum (3.36397)
Date: July 21 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:View toward a crabapple (Malus) tree spreading its branches at the center of the partierre in the Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum in the summer
Beau Nagan climbing a tree branch (3.36284)
Date: August 1 2012Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Beau Nagan, arborist at The Morton Arboretum, climbing a tree branch that reaches out over the water
Cut logs in the winter (3.36300)
Date: 2016Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:A stack of cut logs covered by snow
Nicole Cavender and Murphy Westwood observing lab equipment at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (3.36317)
Date: April 27 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, and Murphy Westwood, tree conservation specialist at The Morton Arboretum, observing lab equipment at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research
CHANGE bench in the maple (Acer) collection at The Morton Arboretum (3.36285)
Date: June 11 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Maples are known for change, especially when they are transformed by showy fall colors. But maples are also dealing with another type of change--climate change--that threatens their continued survival and success in the midwestern United States. The laser-cut corten steel letters of the CHANGE bench, located in the maple (Acer) collection at The Morton Arboretum, change from positive to negative from left to right.
Nicole Cavender and Murphy Westwood meeting with colleagues from the Beijing Botanical Garden in China (3.36301)
Date: March 17 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, and Murphy Westwood, tree conservation specialist at The Morton Arboretum, meeting with colleagues from the Beijing Botanical Garden in China
Nicole Cavender and Murphy Westwood looking at tree roots in France (3.36318)
Date: April 27 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, and Murphy Westwood, tree conservation specialist at The Morton Arboretum, looking at tree roots at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Dawn-redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) (3.36286)
Date: May 15 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) in the spring
Nicole Cavender examining plant samples at the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China (3.36302)
Date: March 10 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, examining plant samples at the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China
Oak research in France (3.36319)
Date: May 7 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Béatrice Chassé conducting research on seedlings at the Arboretum des Pouyouleix
Paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) (3.36287)
Date: October 1 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Looking upward toward red and green paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) leaves in fall
Kris Bachtell collecting seeds in China (3.36303)
Date: November 20 2006Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kris Bachtell, vice president of collections and facilities at The Morton Arboretum, collecting seeds in China
Oak research in France (3.36320)
Date: May 7 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Béatrice Chassé observing saplings through a fence at the Arboretum des Pouyouleix
Paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) leaves (3.36288)
Date: October 1 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Closeup view of bright red paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) leaves in fall, against a blue sky
Nicole Cavender and Murphy Westwood at the Pingwu Wanglang Nature Reserve in China (3.36304)
Date: March 19 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, and Murphy Westwood, tree conservation specialist at The Morton Arboretum, meeting with researchers from Peking University to see newly established forest research plots at the Pingwu Wanglang Nature Reserve in China
Joseph Rothleutner performing controlled crosses on buckeye (Aesculus) trees (3.36321)
Date: May 17 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Joseph Rothleutner, tree and shrub breeder at The Morton Arboretum, performing controlled crosses on buckeye (Aesculus) trees
Oak research in France (3.36289)
Date: June 6 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Group of oak researchers, including Andrew Hipp, senior scientist in plant systematics and herbarium curator at The Morton Arboretum, in front of 300-year-old oak tree in France
Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum (3.36305)
Date: July 21 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:View of several types of trees and shrubs in the Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum in the summer
Kris Bachtell collecting Manchurian ash (Fraxinus manshurica) specimens in China (3.36322)
Date: December 1 2010Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kris Bachtell, vice president of collections and facilities at The Morton Arboretum, climbing a tree to collect Manchurian ash (Fraxinus manshurica) specimens in China
GRACEFUL bench in the elm (Ulmus) collection at The Morton Arboretum (3.36290)
Date: June 10 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:The graceful, arching limbs and serrated leaf edge of the elm inspired the design of the GRACEFUL bench, located in the elm (Ulmus) collection at The Morton Arboretum. The bench’s corten base with arching supports mimic the elm's branch structure, while the wood back and seat--cut at varying lengths and assembled at right angles--evoke a folded leaf with a serrated edge.
Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum (3.36306)
Date: July 21 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:View of several types of trees and shrubs in the Hedge Garden at The Morton Arboretum in the summer
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) on the banks of Meadow Lake at The Morton Arboretum (3.36323)
Date: June 18 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Closeup view of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) growing on the eastern bank of Meadow Lake at The Morton Arboretum in summer
Grounds crew changing seasonal landscape displays at The Morton Arboretum (3.36291)
Date: September 18 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Grounds crew staff and volunteers at The Morton Arboretum changing out seasonal landscape displays for the fall
Trees on Frost Hill at The Morton Arboretum (3.36308)
Date: October 21 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Trees displaying red, orange, and yellow fall color on Frost Hill at The Morton Arboretum, looking down toward Meadow Lake
Kris Bachtell standing near a paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) in Wales (3.36324)
Date: October 20 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Kris Bachtell, vice president of collections and facilities at The Morton Arboretum, standing near a paper-barked maple (Acer griseum) in Wales
Street trees on Randolph Street in downtown Chicago (3.36292)
Date: 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Street trees in planter boxes lining Randolph Street in downtown Chicago in the early spring
Herbarium intern studying plants in the research garden at The Morton Arboretum (3.36309)
Date: August 6 2015Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Alexa Cotton, herbarium intern, kneeling to study plants in the research garden at The Morton Arboretum
ACCOLADE® elm (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Morton') near the Thornhill Education Center at The Morton Arboretum (3.36325)
Date: 2009Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:ACCOLADE® elm (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Morton') near the Thornhill Education Center at The Morton Arboretum in summer, looking toward the Founder's Room windows
Grounds crew changing seasonal landscape displays at The Morton Arboretum (3.36293)
Date: September 18 2013Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Grounds crew staff and volunteers at The Morton Arboretum changing out seasonal landscape displays for the fall