Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Summer Wonder

Virtual Meeting

Take your lunch break virtually and enjoy the splendor of summer gardens with Garden Supervisor Adam Glas. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page.   About the Presenter Adam Glas, Gardener Supervisor, joined the staff in 2012. Prior to that, he worked...

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In-Person Lunchtime Tour: Early August Interest

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden with our in-person lunchtime tours! Assistant Garden Supervisor Shem Rasmussen will lead this tour of early August features, including blooming coneflowers and crape myrtles. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. Program Details Registration is recommended...

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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Beating the Heat

Virtual Meeting

 Take your lunch break virtually and see plants who love the heat and those that provide relief from it with Gardener Kaitlyn Lawrence. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page. About the Presenter Kaitlyn Lawrence, Gardener, joined the staff in 2022. Prior...

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Arboretum Highlights Tour: Succeeding in Summer

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

 Stroll through the Arboretum with Gardener Andrew DeGothseir and learn about the plants that succeed despite all the challenges of summer. Arboretum Highlights Tours feature plants and landscapes that are at their peak at that time. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome....

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In-person Lunchtime Tour: Early Fall Beauty

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden to see early fall garden highlights with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. This event is free, but registration is encouraged to receive program updates.    Program Details...

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In-Person Lunchtime Tour: Early October in the Arboretum

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about the beginning of fall at the Arboretum with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. This event is free, but registration is encouraged to receive program...

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Heritage Tree Tour: Autumnal Beauty

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Old trees, big trees, rare trees– we have them all! Join Curator and Plant Recorder Mary Tipping for a fall tour of the most valuable trees in our collections. Each Heritage Tree is evaluated on its age, health, historical and/or cultural significance, and relative rarity...

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Peony Dig & Divide Event

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

Learn from Mid-Atlantic Peony Society members during this peony care demonstration, sale, auction, and reception. The demonstration will include information about how to site, plant, dig, and divide peonies at this time of year for best results. Tree, herbaceous, and Itoh hybrid peonies will be...

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