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Morton Arboretum gears up for its annual Fall Color Festival

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The Morton Arboretum's Fall Color Festival opens Sunday, Sept. 30, and runs through October featuring more than 4,000 types of trees, shrubs and plants.

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The Morton Arboretum's Fall Color Festival features all sorts of games and activities for kids.

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More than 2,000 people are expected to participate in the arboretum's 5K run and walk on Sunday, Sept. 30.

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The folks at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle last year dubbed their annual tribute to all things fall AutumnFest. Kind of predictable, huh? But organizers of this year's sprawling, long-running event have resurrected the old moniker, Fall Color Festival, to celebrate the vibrant shades of the arboretum's star attraction this time of year: more than 4,000 different types of trees, shrubs and other plants.