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Firm: The Morton Arboretum09-08-09 | News

The Morton Arboretum

The Morton Arboretum, located 25 miles west of Chicago, is an internationally recognized 1,700-acre outdoor museum with collections of 4,117 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world. The Arboretum’s beautiful natural landscapes, gardens, research and education programs, and year-round family activities support its mission?EUR??,,????'?????<




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The garden features 10 smaller gardens where children explore larger-than-life roots and an elaborate water garden. Youngsters follow stepping stones through a pond, crawl across a net suspended above the ?EUR??,,????'?????<






Meadow Lake, Morton Arboretum

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The intriguing wooden sculptures were created by internationally-acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty, recipient of three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His more than 175 sculptures around the world, have been nests, cocoons, shelters, huts, haystacks and even household items. He sculpted these larger-than-life creations at the Morton Arboretum in 2006. Dougherty began by digging postholes and inserting wooden poles, then laid branches and twigs so they ?EUR??,,????'?????<

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