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May 2
Van Trip: Terraces, Tulips, and Trilliums: Three Collector's Gardens
Friday, May 2, 8:45 am to 5:30 pm SOLD OUT
Departs from Scott Arboretum Offices
This is a local trip for hard-core plantspeople as well as those out for a relaxing day to see three beautiful private gardens, each with its own unique woodland setting and early spring-bloom peak. The day will begin at Patterns, in Delaware, where we will have the unique opportunity to see this contemporary collector’s garden situated along the Brandywine River. Highlights will include a new terrace garden, potage, collection of troughs, and species iris.
We will then travel to Brandywine Cottage, the garden of David Culp and Mike Alderfer, in Downingtown. This site has always been a special garden for the Scott Arboretum to visit, but it has been many years since we have visited early enough to see the treasured early spring bloomers such as tulips, cyclamen, trilliums, hellebores, rock garden, and woodland plants. This property is located between the forks of the Brandywine and nestled into the hillside. The garden is planted in a naturalistic style with a series of plant habitats dedicated to four seasons of interest. The gardens include a raised bed that is now home to a number of small rarities, the walled ruin, and the hillside garden which continues to become more beautiful with each year.
Our final stop will be Edgewood, the home garden of John Lonsdale in Exton. This garden has been evolving since his move to the US in 1995, and is now home to several thousand woodland and hardy bulbous plants, in a variety of raised beds, and natural woodland settings. The major focus at Edgewood is on hardy plants and one of John’s main objectives is to attempt to grow as many species as possible in the open garden, reliably and with minimal or no protection. Be sure to bring your wallet as John will have species cyclamen for sale. Registration is limited to 27 and includes van transportation, admission, beverages, and snacks. Please bring a bag lunch and money if you would like to purchase species cyclamen at John Lonsdale’s. As we will be outside most of the day, please also dress for weather and walking.
Members: $ 45 Nonmembers: $60 SOLD OUT
May 3
Workshop: The Bird-Lover's Garden
Saturday, May 3, 10 am to Noon
Scott Arboretum Blum Classroom and Gardens
Adapt your garden into a four-season bird-friendly zone by meeting their varied feeding, roosting, and nesting needs. Sheila Magee, who has 25 years of birding experience, and Nicole Lewis, will present some of the best ornamental plants to attract birds to your landscape and teach you to identify some possible visitors. Then they will lead a short walk through the Arboretum to see some of these plants in the gardens. If your birding interest is piqued, you can join us again the following morning (May 4) for a better chance at seeing unusual migrating birds on the Early Morning Bird Walk.Registration is limited to 24. Please dress for weather and walking.
Members: $15 Nonmembers: $25
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Nicole Lewis and Sheila Magee are Gardeners at the Scott Arboretum.
May 4
Guided Tour: Early Morning Bird Walk
Sunday, May 4,7 to 8:30 am
Tours depart from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Join Nicole Lewis and Sheila Magee, gardeners at the Scott Arboretum, for a free tour. Watch our feathered friends as they flit around the Scott Arboretum. 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.
May 7
Special Event: Seed Tree Shell
Wednesday, May 7, 4:15 pm
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. Additional performances on March 19 and April 23.
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.
May 10
Workshop: Create a Flower Arrangement for or with Your Mom
Saturday, May 10, 2 to 4 pm
Scott Arboretum Blum Classroom
May 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day and the Scott Arboretum invites you to create a beautiful flower arrangement for either yourself or your mom. Barbara St. John will begin the workshop with a brief demonstration leaving most of the time for you to create your arrangement. Scott Arboretum staff will also be on hand to guide participants as they create. Much like our popular wreath workshops, we see this class as a fun, informal way for you to show your individual creativity. All flowers, greens, tools and containers will be supplied, but we also encourage you to bring anything you’d like to use from your own garden as well. Registration is limited to 15.
Members: $30 Nonmembers: $40
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~ Barbara St. John is a Scott Arboretum Assistant and has been flower arranging for over 27 years and has been creating floral arrangements for the Scott Offices since 1985.
May 12
Guided Tour: A Walk with the Curator
Monday, May 12, 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.
May 14
Guided Tour: Green Roof Tour
Wednesday, May 14, 4:30 to 6 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.
May 14
Guided Tour: Tree Peony Walk
Wednesday, May 14, 6 to 8 pm
Tours depart from the Scott Arboretum Offices and are free and open to the public.
Experience the tree peony collection in full bloom with the Arboretum’s tree peony expert, Jeff Jabco. 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.
May 17
Members' Plant Exchange and Sale
Saturday, May 17, 10 am
Scott Arboretum Parking Lot
This will be the 13th annual Members’ Plant Exchange where members of the Associates of the Scott Arboretum come together to donate and exchange plants from their own gardens. A detailed brochure will be mailed to members.
May 21
Special Members' Event
Wednesday, May 21, 6 to 8:30 pm
Rockwood Park, Wilmington, Delaware
This is a special opportunity for our upper category members (Sponsoring and above) to enjoy a cocktail party at historic Rockwood Park in Wilmington, Delaware. Rockwood’s Gothic revival architecture and enchanting landscape were designed by Joseph Shipley to reflect the beauty of an English country estate as it would have existed at Rockwood between 1854 and 1867. The entire property has become a "landscape garden" unified in a subtle, naturalistic design. Sponsoring and above members will be mailed invitations. To learn more about becoming an upper category member, please contact the Scott Offices at 610-328-8025.
May 22
Sustainable Series Lecture: Water in the Garden: An Opportunity for the Gardener to Help the Planet
Thursday, May 22, 7:30 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema
Water in a garden is certainly necessary, but can be very frustrating – too much, not enough, not at the right time, poorly drained spots in the garden, constantly dry spots under trees...how is a gardener to cope? Dealing with stormwater runoff creates a whole new set of issues – how can we change our standard urban/suburban practice of piping excess rainwater to storm sewers that create torrents of water in our streams during thunderstorms? What opportunities do gardeners have to capture and use this precious resource? Jeff Jabco will discuss these challenges and show ways to turn problems into opportunities by allowing groundwater to recharge with rain gardens and infiltration systems, reducing runoff with porous paving and green roofs, weaning our gardens from regular irrigation, and selecting appropriate plants for these specific situations.
~ Jeff Jabco , Director of Grounds and Coordinator of Horticulture at the Scott Arboretum, and well known expert on green-roofs, will be our first lecturer in our new Sustainable Series! Jeff has been at the Scott Arboretum for 18 years and is an expert on sustainable gardening.