Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Wonders of the Fall Garden
Take your lunch break virtually and experience the beauty of fall in the Arboretum. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page.
Free
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Perennial Plant Conference
Lang Performing Arts Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PAThe Perennial Plant Conference was started in 1983 to bring together locally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts on perennials for a day-long conference with an educational focus. This year, delve into such topics as the ecology of perennial garden flowers, the effects that lawns and...
$119 – $149
Peony Dig & Divide Event
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PALearn 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...
Free
Arboretum Highlights Tour: Fantastic Fall
Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PAExplore fall around the Arboretum with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Arboretum Highlights Tours feature plants and landscapes that are at their peak at that time. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. This event is free, but registration is encouraged...
Free
Gardens & Tonic: Día de los Muertos and the Scott Arboretum
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mexico and other South American countries centered around honoring and remembering the lives of departed loved ones. At the Scott Arboretum, we have adapted the traditional ofrenda to honor and remember...
Free
Nature Nook Fall Series 2
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PACalling 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. This program is designed for ages 18 months to 3 years...
SOLD OUT
Gardens & Tonic: Marigolds and Mortality: The Thanabotany of Autumn
The autumn season brings with it a high concentration of holidays, rituals and events connected to death, dying, and the great beyond. Join Cole Imperi , the thanatologist who pioneered the field of thanabotany, for a discussion about thanabotanical plants and this very special time...
Free
Nature Nook Fall Series 2
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PACalling 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. This program is designed for ages 18 months to 3 years...
SOLD OUT
Nature Printing Greeting Card Workshop
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PAJoin Laura Bethmann, artist and author of Hand Printing from Nature, to create a beautiful set of notecards and envelopes using printing inks and natural materials from the Arboretum. This centuries-old art and science of directly printing inked botanicals is an intriguing process. It is...
Canceled
School’s Out: Falling For Fall
Cherry Border 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PADrop by the Scott Arboretum on your day off school to learn about the changes that occur in nature throughout the fall. Complete a fall themed craft and go on a scavenger hunt throughout the gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy spending the day outside...
Free