In-person: Autumn Flower Arranging Demonstration

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Join flower arranger extraordinaire Valerie McLaughlin as she leads us through artistically creating a flower arrangement made from material gathered in the Scott Arboretum’s late season gardens. Sit back and relax as Valerie creates a work of art before your eyes. Valerie's teaching style is...

$5

School’s Out: Fall for Nature Crafts!

Cherry Border 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Drop by the Scott Arboretum and make a fall-inspired nature craft on your day off from school! Create a beautiful botanical miniature pumpkin using natural materials from the Scott Arboretum and try your hand at making a tissue paper marigold flower in honor of the...

Free

In-person: Spring Bulb Container Planting

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

SOLD OUT Join Jeff Jabco and Julie Jenney for an in-person, hands-on bulb planting demonstration. Each participant will receive a 15-inch diameter plastic container, soil, and enough bulbs to give your spring container an on-going display! They will be teaching the layering method – where...

SOLD OUT

Pruning Techniques: An in-person class at the Scott Arboretum

Wister Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

RAIN DATE: Please also reserve Friday, March 11 @ 9am to 3:30 pm on your calendar (refunds will not be given if you can’t make the rain date) This class is for those of you who know the basics of pruning but would like to...

Registration Closed

In-person Lunchtime Tour: Early Spring Bulbs

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden with our in-person lunchtime tours. Gardener Dale Nemec will explore the gardens and showcase those heralders of warmer weather, early spring bulbs. This tour is geared for gardeners from beginners to experts. The tour will begin at the...

Free

2022 Spring Celebration

The Inn at Swarthmore 10 South Chester Rd, Swarthmore, PA

We invite members and special guests to celebrate our 2022 Scott Medal Winner and Award Bob Lyons. "In today’s world of rapidly changing and developing technologies Bob has been instrumental in furthering the dissemination of the vast world of plants and horticulture… In a world...

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Mandie’s Nature Nook: Spring Series

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks and Mari, her special caterpillar friend, for mornings full of stories, singing, dancing, creating, and playing as we dig into nature. This a free program for babies through PreK aged...

Free

In-person Lunchtime Tour: Spring Blooms

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden with our in-person lunchtime tours. Gardener Andrew DeGothseir will explore all the exquisite blooms and beauty of our spring gardens. This tour is geared for gardeners from beginners to experts. The tour will begin at the Scott Arboretum...

Free

Arbor Day Celebration

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Come celebrate Arbor Day with us! Bring the family to the Scott Arboretum and receive a free Cercis canadensis (redbud) sapling tree (one per family while supplies last) and participate in tree-related fun and activities for the whole family. The tree giveaway and art activities will be available in the...

free

Members Plant Exchange and Sale

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Join us for this unique, fun, and sustainable plant shopping experience by exchanging plants from your garden for new plants brought by fellow members (must be a member of the Scott Associates to participate.) In celebration of our 25th anniversary, both plant donors and non-donors...

Members Only