Arboretum Highlights Tour: Fantastic Fall

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Explore 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

Virtual Meeting

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
Recurring

Nature Nook Fall Series 2

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...

SOLD OUT

Gardens & Tonic: Marigolds and Mortality: The Thanabotany of Autumn

Virtual Meeting

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
Recurring

Nature Nook Fall Series 2

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...

SOLD OUT

Nature Printing Greeting Card Workshop

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

Join 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, PA

Drop 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

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: November Highlights

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about plants in late fall at the Arboretum with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. This event is free, but registration is encouraged to receive program...

FREE

Nature’s Narratives: In the Shadow of Man

Virtual Meeting

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 the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall is the classic book recounting Goodall's life with chimpanzees in the...

FREE

Gardens & Tonic: Artistic Interpretations of Water Management

Virtual Meeting

The need to manage how water moves through a landscape and the built environment has become painfully obvious in recent years. Bettering our avenues for water management is a practice that benefits wildlife, communities, and the surrounding environment. Creating aesthetically-pleasing solutions for stormwater management is...

FREE