Courtyard Gardens in the residential area ground-level, garden-style apartments are clustered around central courtyard gardens planted with shrubs and small trees, herbaceous perennials and annuals, both familiar and exotic, selected in part for disease resistance and drought tolerance.

Represented are 29 little known and under-used woody plants of exceptional merit promoted by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in their “Gold Medal” award program.

There are 33 courtyard gardens, each unique, designed by outstanding landscape architects or horticulturists from the staff of the Morris Arboretum. All courtyards are connected to the Community Building by glass enclosed covered walkways, and thus are accessible in inclement weather and by wheel chair.

Private Gardens (and birds) On both campuses every residential unit is at ground level and everyone in residential living has the opportunity to create a garden. Many gardens bring many butterflies, birds (and bunnies). It was 33 degrees on January 9, the day of the 2013 bird census on the Medford Campus; 26 species and 275 birds were seen. It was 60 on January 14 for the Lumberton Campus bird census: 28 species and 710 birds seen – many of them Canada Geese flying overhead. Lots more information on the Birders Blog

Back Porch Garden In 2000, a landscape architect was invited to design a special “healing garden” in the terrace space between the buildings for assisted living and long-term car. Now known as the Back Porch Garden, the area is a popular setting for cookouts, concerts, bird and butterfly watching, and residents’ plantings of flowers and occasional vegetables.

Community Gardens On the Medford Campus it's called "The Farm" and at Lumberton it's the "Community Garden." The 2011 photo essay "Down on the Farm" provides text and photos about Spring Planting and Harvest Time. The Master Gardeners of Burlington County have a large plot on The Farm, one of ten they maintain throughout the county. Last year, they produced 1,165 pounds of vegetables for an array of food banks, 85 percent of which came from their Medford Leas plot.

Katzell Grove provides an accessible off-road walkway through a grove with xxx trees of xxx different species, almost all of them native to this area. Named after the benefactors, Ray and Kitty Katzell, the grove was first planted in xxxx, and then made over in 2013 with more trees, the walkway, and benches.

Meditation Garden is a special location where residents may choose to have their ashes placed. It is a living memorial to former residents and a quiet spot for meditation and inspiration for current residents. There is a book in the Library that lists the names of former residents whose ashes have been placed in the Meditation Garden.

Special Collections The Pinetum is a collection of conifers, many from regions of Europe and Asia. The Arboretum visitors' packet includes the brochure "A Self-Guided Tour of the Medford Leas Pinetum." The Rhododendron garden is quite large, look for it on the trail map. behind Courts 1 and 8. Additional collections include holly, viburnum, and crabapple.