Nature’s Narratives: Diary of a Young Naturalist

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. Dara McAnulty is an autistic teenager who shows us the natural world from her unique perspective. Participants are encouraged...

FREE
Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 1

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

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan and Rachel Warren at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. The March 10 session will start indoors at the Wister Center...

FREE

Arboretum Highlights Tour: Marching Toward Spring

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Explore the Arboretum as spring nears with Gardener Andrew DeGothseir. Arboretum Highlights Tours are for gardeners of all levels and feature plants and landscapes looking their best at that moment. Tours begin at the Scott Arboretum offices (Cunningham House)  and are free and open to...

FREE

2023 Scott Medal and Award

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

Richard Hawke, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Director of Ornamental Plant Research at the Chicago Botanic Garden, will receive the 2023 Scott Garden and Horticulture Medal and Award of $20,000. Members of the Scott Associates and invited guests are welcome to attend the award presentation...

Members Only

In-person Lunchtime Tour: March Blooms

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden with our in-person lunchtime tours! Gardener Sandra Lopez Cortez will share the delights of March blooming plants such as daffodils, hellebores, and magnolias. Arboretum Highlights Tours are for gardeners of all levels, and feature plants and landscapes looking...

FREE
Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 1

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

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan and Rachel Warren at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. The March 10 session will start indoors at the Wister Center...

FREE

Brandywine Cottage Drive On Your Own Trip

Drive on Your Own

Trips are a member benefit; to learn more about becoming an Associate of the Scott Arboretum, click here. Brandywine Cottage is David Culp’s beloved 2-acre Downingtown, Pennsylvania garden where he has mastered the design technique of layering: inter-planting many different species in the same area...

SOLD OUT
Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 1

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

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan and Rachel Warren at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. The March 10 session will start indoors at the Wister Center...

FREE
Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 1

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

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan and Rachel Warren at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. The March 10 session will start indoors at the Wister Center...

FREE

Beginner Botanical Watercolor Workshop

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

The exciting imagery of botanical art, a centuries-old practice, is currently making a resurgence. Explore plant life’s realistic details using graphite pencils in combination with watercolor paint. Laura Bethmann, artist and author, will demonstrate basic techniques with step by step examples. Participants will begin with simple...

$90 – $100