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The Morris Arboretum of
the University of Pennsylvania is a historic public garden and
educational institution. It promotes an understanding of the
relationship between plants, people and place through programs that
integrate science, art and the humanities.
The Arboretum conducts four major activities: education, research,
outreach, and horticultural display. As the official Arboretum of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Morris Arboretum of the University of
Pennsylvania provides research and outreach services to state agencies,
community institutions and to citizens of Pennsylvania and beyond.
The Morris Arboretum of the
University of Pennsylvania is an important resource for extending an
appreciation of the world's ecology, and an understanding of the
importance of plants to people, in a biological, cultural, historical
and aesthetic context.
