Mandie’s Nature Nook

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks and Mari, her special caterpillar friend, for mornings full of stories, singing, dancing, and playing as we dig into nature. This in-person series is a free program for babies –...

Free

Gardens and Tonic: Where Food Grows on Water: Indigenous Stewardship of Wild Rice

Virtual Webinar

Join Vern DeFoe and Heather Leach for an exploration of the cultural relevance of manoomin through an ethnobotanical conversation and cooking demonstration by NĀTIFS, an organization leading the way in re-valorizing Native foodways through Indigenous food education and access. Manoomin, as wild rice is called...

FREE

Garden Grooving Family Yoga Class

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

CANCELED Attention families! Join Mandie Curtis Banks for moving, grooving, and mindfulness all while exploring our big and beautiful planet. Yoga and nature inspired stories, poses, games, songs, and mindful meditations will allow our littlest yogis to reap the numerous benefits of a yoga practice...

Canceled

Virtual Gentle Flow Yoga in the Garden

Virtual Webinar

Nature and yoga are a perfect match! Combine the healing power of nature and the mindful practice of yoga by joining local yoga teacher and Scott Arboretum Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks for a gentle slow flow yoga class. You can...

Free for members

Mandie’s Nature Nook

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks and Mari, her special caterpillar friend, for mornings full of stories, singing, dancing, and playing as we dig into nature. This in-person series is a free program for babies –...

Free

Create Your Own Magical Unicorn or Dragon Terrarium

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Featured Youth Activity for Delco Arts Week Does your child show an interest in gardening? Are unicorns and dragons all the rage in your household? Come join us for a morning full of family fun! Led by Mandie Curtis Banks, this workshop will introduce young...

$15

An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container

Virtual Webinar

Learn one of the first flower arrangements taught to Ohara School of Ikebana students with Linda Brinkmann, Associate Second Master, as she demonstrates the Rising Form. In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of...

Free

An Ikebana Class: Slanting Style – Tall Vase

Virtual Webinar

Sub-Grand Master Ronell Douglass demonstrates how to create slanting style flower arrangements in a tall vase. In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of Ikebana to our viewers with a series of videos. Explore...

Free

Virtual Gentle Flow Yoga in the Garden

Virtual Webinar

Nature and yoga are a perfect match! Combine the healing power of nature and the mindful practice of yoga by joining local yoga teacher and Scott Arboretum Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks for a gentle slow flow yoga class. You can...

Free for members