Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Late Summer Abundance
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the gardens in September with Garden Supervisor Adam Glas. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page.
Free
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Drive On Your Own: Garden Moments Under the Spanish Chestnut
Drive on Your OwnRAIN DATE: Please also reserve Thursday, September 15 from 10 am to 12 pm on your calendar. Refunds will not be given if you can’t make the rain date. Visit lush gardens nestled on the property of a two-century-old farmhouse featuring a spectacular Spanish chestnut...
$25
Nature’s Narratives: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds
Nature’s Narratives is the Scott Arboretum’s monthly book discussion group. Join fellow garden enthusiasts and book lovers to discuss books about plants, nature, and the environment. In Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, Merlin Sheldrake describes our newest understanding of how...
FREE
Nature Nook: Fall Series – Session 1
Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PAFor ages 18 months to 3 years Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of stories, creating, and playing as we dig into nature. Get ready to listen like a deer, observe like an owl, and dance...
FREE
Autumn Equinox Celebration
Wister Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PASprawl out for a picnic on the Cherry Border lawn, make a nature-related craft, play lawn games with family and friends, enjoy locally made beer and wine, savor comfort food, and learn from plant experts–all while surrounded by the beauty of the gardens. Celebrate the...
Free
Nature Nook: Fall Series – Session 2
Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PAFor ages 18 months to 3 years Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of stories, creating, and playing as we dig into nature. Get ready to listen like a deer, observe like an owl, and dance...
FREE
Nature Nook: Fall Series – Session 3
Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PAFor ages 18 months to 3 years Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of stories, creating, and playing as we dig into nature. Get ready to listen like a deer, observe like an owl, and dance...
FREE
Nature Printing Workshop
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PAJoin Laura Bethmann, artist and author of Hand Printing From Nature, to learn about and create detailed, life-sized prints of fresh garden plants in this hands-on workshop. Practiced by luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Ben Franklin, we will explore the intriguing ancient art...
$70 – $80
Nature Nook: Fall Series – Session 4
Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PAFor ages 18 months to 3 years Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of stories, creating, and playing as we dig into nature. Get ready to listen like a deer, observe like an owl, and dance...
FREE
School’s Out: Fall for Nature Crafts
Cherry Border 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PADrop by the Scott Arboretum and make a fall-inspired nature craft on your day off from school! Craft tables will be located in the Cherry Border, a perfect place to enjoy an afternoon picnic and play with lawn games and garden-themed toys. Complete the day...
FREE