| Morris Arboretum Celebrates Mother’s Day Weekend with Record Attendance |
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:57 pm
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Over a beautiful three-day spring weekend that included National
Public Gardens Day (Friday, May 6), the annual Morris Arboretum’s
Plant Sale (May 6 and 7), and Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 8), the
Morris Arboretum saw approximately 6,000 visitors, perhaps the
biggest weekend since its opening in 1933! A total of 148 memberships
to Morris Arboretum were sold during the three day period.
National Public Gardens Day is part of a national effort to promote
visitation among public gardens, and Morris Arboretum participated in
the national promotion on Friday, May 6th by waiving all admission
fees to the garden. Concurrently, as many new visitors experienced
the Arboretum’s 92-acre garden, Morris Arboretum members flocked
across the street to the Morris Arboretum’s newly certified LEED
Platinum Horticulture Center for the Arboretum’s members-only Plant
Sale day. It’s a chance to pick out rare and unusual plants for
their gardens, while gaining advice from the Arboretum’s experts.
Despite economic conditions, gross sales at Morris Arboretum’s Plant
Sale were 12% higher than last year.
The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania is located at
100 E. Northwestern Ave. in Chestnut Hill. For more information,
visit www.morrisarboretum.org.
Photo
Buyers flock to Morris Arboretum’s annual Plant Sale held at the
newly certified LEED Platinum Horticulture Center, across the street
from the Arboretum at Bloomfield Farm. Shown in the foreground is a
peak at one of two green roofs that earned points from US Green
Building Council’s rating system for LEED certification.
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