Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Mid-December Highlights
Take your lunch break virtually and experience mid-December beauty. Tune in on our YouTube channel.
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Nature’s Narratives: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
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. This month’s selection is Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould. The...
Free
Nature’s Narratives: Pig Years
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. A memoir about existing as a farmer in upstate New York and Vermont, Pig Years by Ellyn Gaydos is...
Free
Travels @ 12: Taking on Texas
Experience Texas horticulture from Dallas to Austin to Houston with Scott Arboretum staff Becky Robert and Mackenzie Knight-Fochs. Becky and Mackenzie attended the 2023 American Public Gardens Association Annual Conference in Dallas/Fort Worth, which included visits to public and private gardens, as well as a...
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Nature Nook: Winter Series
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 children ages 18 months to 3...
Free – $25
95 Years Highlights Tour: The Pinetum
Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PACelebrate Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary with in-depth tours of a featured collection. This month’s feature is the Pinetum. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. After this tour, join us for a free presentation: The Art of Sustainable Landscaping: Organic Gardening Lessons from...
FREE
Walkovic & Schumacher Memorial Lecture: The Art of Sustainable Landscaping with Paul Tukey
Chang Hou Hall 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PACo-Sponsored with Through this presentation, The Art of Sustainable Landscaping: Organic Gardening Lessons from the Glenstone Museum and other Great American Yards, learn how Chief Sustainability Officer Paul Tukey and his team sustainably manage over 360 acres and how to apply these principles to your...
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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: The Pinetum
In celebration of the Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary, take your lunch break virtually and explore this month’s featured collection: the Pinetum. Tune in on our YouTube channel.
FREE
Tu B’Shevat at Scott
Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PACome celebrate the Jewish “New Year of the Trees” at the Scott Arboretum. Join Rabbi Michael Ramberg and Scott Arboretum's Sue MacQueen in an exciting evening celebrating the rebirth of trees. The event will start with a campus walk, followed by live music from Aly...
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Travels @ 12: Exploring the Azores
Learn about the culture and horticulture of islands of the Azores with Richard Doran, Marketing & Communications Manager for the American Public Gardens Association. In September 2023, Richard further explored the Azores and he will share more adventures in the islands of Pico, Faial, São...
FREE