In-Person Lunchtime Tour: Summer Features

Take your lunch break in the garden to enjoy summer blooms! Gardener Stephanie Myers will explore the highlights of the midsummer garden. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. Program Details Registration is recommended to receive program updates. Tours begin in front of...

FREE

Arboretum Highlights Tour: Shady Trees and Big Blooms

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Explore the blooming highlights of early June like roses and hydrangeas with Education Programs Manager Mackenzie Knight-Fochs. Arboretum Highlights Tours feature plants and landscapes that are at their peak at that time. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. Program Details Registration is...

FREE

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...

FREE

Excursion: Glenstone Museum – Art, Architecture, and Nature

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

 Glenstone seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and nature into a serene and contemplative environment. The art collection comprises iconic examples of modern and contemporary art that represent pivotal shifts in the perception and understanding of 20th and 21st century art. These works are presented in a...

$95 – $135

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...

FREE

School’s Out: Summertime

Cherry Border 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Soak up summer while exploring plants in the sun and shade at the Arboretum! Discover the importance of water and sunlight for all plants and sow seeds to take home. Ages 18 months to 12 years old

FREE

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...

FREE

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....

FREE

Recurring

Nature Nook Fall 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. This program is designed for ages 18 months to 3 years...

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