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March 1
Guided Tour: Early Spring Interest
Saturday, March 1, 10 am to Noon
Tours depart from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Join Shari Edelson, Curatorial Intern for the Scott Arboretum, for a free tour of the Scott Arboretum. Celebrate spring with the first flowers of the season. The tour will begin at the Scott Arboretum Offices and is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, the tour will be canceled. For more information, please call the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025.
March 6
Lunchtime Lecture: Peru: Plants, Landscapes, and People
Thursday, March 6, Noon to 1 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Lang Performing Arts Cinema
In May-June 2007 Claire Sawyers, Director of the Scott Arboretum, spent several weeks in Peru visiting sites in Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Lake Titicaca. She will share images and experiences relating to natural and man-made landscapes and ethnobotanical relationships.
Bring a bag lunch and join staff and guests of the Scott Arboretum for a visual tour of their travels to beautiful places. Free and open to the public, lunchtime lectures are an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural landscapes both in the United States and abroad.
March 10
Guided Tour: A Walk with the Curator
Monday, March 10, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Tours depart from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Join Andrew Bunting, Curator of the Scott Arboretum, for a series of free tours at the Scott Arboretum. "A Walk with the Curator" program, previously only available to interns of the Scott Arboretum, provides an in-depth look at the collections, gardens, and plant selections through the eyes of the man responsible for curating the collection. Andrew Bunting will discuss the most recent accessions acquired for the collection, why plants were removed from the collection and maybe should be removed from your garden, as well as the latest garden designs at the Scott Arboretum. The tours are one Monday each month from 2:30 to 3:30 pm, and the topics are the curator's preference.
The tour will begin at the Scott Arboretum Offices and is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, the tour will be canceled. For more information, please call the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025.
March 15
Scott Associates' Spring Festival
Saturday, March 15 at 4 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Lang Performing Arts Center
Join us Saturday, March 15 at 4 pm at the Lang Performing Arts Center as the 2008 recipient of the Scott Medal and Award, Nina Bassuk, shares her vast knowledge and experiences in horticulture. The 2008 Scott Medal and Award is given in recognition of Bassuk’s outstanding national contribution to the science and art of horticulture. Marvin Pritts, professor at Cornell University commented, “I can think of no one who has poured their heart and soul into the field of horticulture as much as Nina Bassuk. Nina’s research is groundbreaking (pun intended) as she has pioneered the development of structural soils and other strategies to help trees survive in urban environments.” Please join us for the reception following the lecture to celebrate the accomplishments of this special women. The event is free and open to the public, but advanced reservations are requested at 610-328-8025.
Since 1980, Nina has served on the faculty of Horticultural Physiology at Cornell University. In 1986, she was promoted to Associate Professor; in 1993 to Full Professor. At Cornell she is also program leader for the Urban Horticulture Institute which includes teaching, research, and extension efforts directed at enhancing the function and health of plants growing in urban and disturbed areas. She graduated from Cornell herself in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture. She completed her doctorate degree at the University of London in 1980.
She teaches many students in many courses ranging in title from “Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design and Landscape Establishment.” to “Student Weekend Arborist Team.”
Her research, as described by Thomas Ranney, professor of horticultural studies at North Carolina State University, focuses on “where the roots hit the dirt (literally) and has provided practical solutions and recommendations for everyday horticulturists and gardeners.” Her research findings have been widely published in American Nurserymen, International Oaks, Agricultural News Service, Public Garden, Grounds Maintenance, and N.Y. Food & Life Sciences Quarterly among many others. In 2004, she co-authored a book with Peter Trowbridge – Trees in the Urban Landscape: Site Assessment Design and Installation published by Wiley and Sons. Through her research, she has developed methodologies for the establishment and care of woody plants in urban settings that have become the standards for landscape architects and horticultural installation firms.
Just as the Scott Medal and Award’s purpose is, in part, to “spread the gospel of better planting,” Nina has done this on an international level. Her work has been adapted on the streets of Beijing and the Olympic Park in Australia. She was one of three finalist teams for the World Trade Center Memorial competition.
Jamie Blackburn, a former student of Nina’s and now curator of Woodland Gardens at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, described Nina’s approach to promoting horticulture: “Her modest, approachable manner has facilitated a great rapport with people from many different backgrounds, including government, academia, industry, and the arts, and all of these interactions have led to successful endeavors of many kinds, from designing tree-filled plazas of Olympic Games, to thriving streetscapes and memorials in Manhattan, to successful preservation of historic trees on the White House Lawn, to beautiful private, public, and institutional garden spaces in and around her home of Ithaca, New York.”
For Nina’s efforts that have promoted a greater love for nature, increased awareness of the beauty of the outdoors in the nation and the world, and developed a greater knowledge of plants, we are pleased to present her with the 2008 Scott Medal and Award.
March 19
Special Event: Seed Tree Shell
Wednesday, March 19, 4:15 pm CANCELED
Departs from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Seed Tree Shell, a contemplative performance series of interpretative dance that brings attention to beautiful plant collections of the Scott Arboretum . Created and performed by Liza Clark '03 and Rebecca Patek with costumes by Patricia Dominguez, Seed Tree Shell is a performance of their unfolding, movement responses to the questions: Where does my environment end and I begin? Where does she end and I begin? Are we separate or are we inseparably connected?
A guided tour of the plant collection by a staff member of the Scott Arboretum will precede each performance. Performances are free and open to the public. Please bring a chair or blanket to sit on or be prepared to sit on the ground. Performance is cancelled in cases of inclement weather. Other performances are April 23 and May 7.
Via the creative work of Liza M. Clark, LMC Performance seeks to stimulate audiences' perceptions of the dynamic relationship between our individual, internal worlds and the environment and society we all share.
March 20
Guided Tour: Green Roof Tour
Thursday, March 20, 2 to 3 :30 pm
Tours depart from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Learn about the inner-workings, benefits, and beauty of green roofs while exploring the two we have at the Arboretum. Please note the level of difficulty on these tours is higher than others we offer: a brisk walk is required between the two gardens and the second roof is reached only by a narrow, steep ladder. Each of these tours is led by one of the following: Jeff Jabco, Sheila Magee, Dale Nemec, or Lars Rasmussen.
The tour will begin at the Scott Arboretum Offices and is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, the tour will be canceled. For more information, please call the Scott Arboretum Offices at (610) 328-8025.
March 21
Horticulture Workshop: Dogwoods for Home Gardeners
Friday, March 21, 1:30 to 4 pm
Scott Arboretum Blum Classroom and Gardens
Dogwoods (Cornus) are among the most versatile and ornamental plant groups for our area and with appropriate selection, dogwoods can provide interest for the home gardener through all seasons. The red-twigged dogwoods add color to the winter landscape, flowering dogwood and kousa dogwood are among the best small flowering trees, and several species have wonderful fall color and attract birds in the autumn. Tony Aiello, Curator and Director of Horticulture at the Morris Arboretum, will discuss the diversity of dogwoods and their uses in the landscape. The class will consist of a lecture highlighting 10 top dogwoods and their cultivars’ diversity, and will tour the Arboretum’s dogwood collection showing some of the best plants for the Delaware Valley. The class will include seasonal interest of dogwoods, cultural requirements. Please dress for the weather and walking. Registration is limited to 24.
Members: $ 30
Nonmembers: $ 45
Click here to register.
Anthony S. Aiello has served as Curator and Director of Horticulture at the Morris Arboretum since 1999, where he oversees the historic gardens and dynamic plant collections. He has participated in plant collecting trips to the southern Appalachian Mountains, China, and Europe. Tony received his BS in Biology from Cornell University and MS in Horticulture from Purdue University. His plant interests include magnolias, maples, dogwoods, hollies, conifers, and witchhazels. His other interests include the history of horticulture and economic botany. He is a founding member of the International Maple Society-North American Branch.
March 29
Workshop: When, Why, and What Should I Prune? Part II
Saturday, March 29, 9 am to Noon SOLD OUT
Scott Arboretum Blum Classroom and Gardens
Which particular pruning task can be done now? Join gardener and pruning specialist, Dwight Darkow, for a hands-on workshop. Participants will discover what can be accomplished before and after the madness of the garden season. In Part 1, Dwight covered pruning roses, hydrangeas, and other flowering shrubs as well as how to keep conifers healthy and in their spaces. In Part 2 he will discuss cut-back shrubs, like Cotinuscoggygria (smoke tree) and Cornus sericea (red and yellow twig dogwoods). Participants will learn about rejuvenation of Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) and other flowering broad-leaved evergreens. Dwight will also revisit roses and discuss small-tree training. Registration for this course is encouraged even if Part 1 has not been taken. Please dress for weather and walking as the entire class will take place outside. Registration is limited to 15.
Members: $20 per session
Nonmembers: $35 per session
SOLD OUT
Dwight Darkow has been a gardener at the Scott Arboretum since 1998.