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Learning & Sharing at Arboretum—Becoming A Guide |
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| Become a guide at Morris Arboretum and share your knowledge and joy of nature with others! New guide training, a 30-hour course, is scheduled for 11 days in March. Register early to reserve your space and this spring you could be leading your own tour, similar to Marcia Steinberg (pictured here) directing students at W.B. Saul High School. For more information and to register, contact Liza Hawley, Assistant Director Visitor Education, at efhawley@upenn.edu or (215) 247-5777 x128. Photo Courtesy of Morris Arboretum. |
Guides have played an active role at the Morris Arboretum for nearly 40 years. Guides lead a wide variety of tours for both adults and children. The adult tours are primarily general or garden highlight tours, but they can be geared towards specific topics of interest including sculpture in the garden, Japanese elements or native plants. The children’s tours are most often curriculum based, aimed at teaching groups about trees, pollination and the wetland among other topics. Guides also welcome visitors, help plan their visits, present guests with topics of interest within the garden and have even taken visitors back in time on costumed tours of the Victorian garden.
Trainees attend a 30-hour course given on 11 days in March. Throughout this time, guides in training learn about plants, the history of the Arboretum, techniques for leading tours and much more. Each trainee also receives a notebook filled with useful facts and interesting background material. In addition, trainees gain “hands on” experience by leading parts of tours with current guides. During the course, trainees are paired with mentors, who will support and encourage them until they are prepared to give tours on their own.
To be a part of this actively engaged group, please contact Liza Hawley, assistant director visitor education, at efhawley@upenn.edu or (215) 247-5777 ext.128.
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