This is a free, virtual program and part of the Delco ARTS Week! Learn about the process of painting florals for everyday use in interior decoration and on textiles during this presentation by Nicky Pasterfield. Nicky’s hand painted textiles designs have been used by Crate...
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...
This program is part of the Delco ARTS Week celebration. Take a closer look at the plants in the Arboretum this fall and make a set of exquisite autumnal, line drawn botanical cards. As well as your artwork, you will come away with reinforced drawing...
Drop by the Scott Arboretum on Indigenous Peoples Day to learn about the Lenape people who first inhabited our land. Read a story and complete a craft as you learn about native culture and native plants. Join us at noon for a free, lunchtime tour...
Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about the beginning of 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...
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. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten is a collection of writings from...
Baltimore City’s Forestry Division plants and maintains trees to maximize their benefits to city residents, but rather than discard those trees at the end of their life cycle, they create valuable wood products like lumber, furniture, play equipment, and firewood at their Camp Small facility....
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...
Old trees, big trees, rare trees– we have them all! Join Curator and Plant Recorder Mary Tipping for a fall tour of the most valuable trees in our collections. Each Heritage Tree is evaluated on its age, health, historical and/or cultural significance, and relative rarity...
Take your lunch break virtually and experience the beauty of fall in the Arboretum. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page.
The Perennial Plant Conference was started in 1983 to bring together locally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts on perennials for a day-long conference with an educational focus. This year, delve into such topics as the ecology of perennial garden flowers, the effects that lawns and...
Learn from Mid-Atlantic Peony Society members during this peony care demonstration, sale, auction, and reception. The demonstration will include information about how to site, plant, dig, and divide peonies at this time of year for best results. Tree, herbaceous, and Itoh hybrid peonies will be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
