School’s Out: Winter Delight

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

Drop by the Scott Arboretum & Gardens on your day off from school to learn about the delights of the winter gardens. Complete a winter themed nature craft and go on a scavenger hunt throughout the gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy spending the day...

Free

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: February Highlights

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

Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about plants blooming in February at the arboretum & gardens with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome.  Program Details Registration is free, but encouraged to receive...

Free

Travels @ 12: Jumping Over to Japan

Public Horticulture Intern Seamus Lewin recently returned from his trip touring gardens and temples in Japan. Explore the horticultural allure of Kyoto, Tokyo, and Nara in the fall with this presentation. Travels @ 12 is an online series for plant enthusiasts to vicariously experience gardens...

Free

Nature Nook: Winter Series

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

Fridays, Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31 and Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 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...

Free – $40

Nature Nook: Winter Series

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

Fridays, Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31 and Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 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...

Free – $40

Virtual Lunchtime Tour: The Wister Garden

Virtual Meeting

Take your lunch break virtually and explore the beauty of the Wister Garden, a woodland garden surrounding the former home of Gertrude and John C. Wister, the Arboretum’s first assistant director and director, respectively. The garden features sweeps of early spring blooming plants and rhododendrons....

Free

School’s Out: Spring Fun

Cherry Border 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Drop by the Scott Arboretum & Gardens for a day of outdoor adventure and creativity! Children ages 3 - 12 can enjoy a nature-themed craft and go on a scavenger hunt throughout our gardens. Bring a picnic and enjoy spending the day outside! Join us at...

Free

Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Glade Garden

Virtual Meeting

Take your lunch break virtually this Earth Day and explore the beauty of the Glade Garden. The Glade Garden was designed to better connect, both visually and physically, the academic areas of the campus to the Crum Woods. The mosaic of native wildflowers, groundcovers, small...

Free

Arbor Day Celebration

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

Celebrate Arbor Day at the Scott Arboretum & Gardens! Enjoy a tree-themed scavenger hunt, learn from expert arborists, participate in engaging tree activities and explore the stunning spring gardens. Take home a free Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny serviceberry) sapling to plant in your garden (one per...

Free

Garden Gallivant

Wister Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Gallivant (verb): to go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. Celebrate Delco Gives Day by exploring the beauty of Scott Arboretum & Gardens during the inaugural Garden Gallivant! Donate $10 or more to Scott Arboretum & Gardens to unlock...

$10