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January 10
Winter Celebration: Growing On-Island: A Horticultural and Botanical Tour of Martha's Vineyard
Saturday, January 10, 5 to 7:30 pm
Science Center 101 and Eldridge Commons
This annual wintertime tradition had a well-received new venue and format in 2008 which we are excited to repeat. The evening will begin with a lecture from guest speaker and good friend of the Scott Arboretum, Tim Boland. After his visual tour of Martha’s Vineyard we will gather in the Science Center Commons for a selection of hors d’oeuvres and conversation. Invitations will be mailed to members; nonmembers should contact the Arboretum Offices to receive information. Advance registration is required.
Tim Boland has been an inspiring colleague of the Scott Arboretum since 1985 when he was the curatorial intern for what was then called the Scott Horticultural Foundation. He is now the Executive Director of the Polly Hill Arboretum on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, West Tisbury, Massachusetts. Prior to his move to the Vineyard, he was Curator of Horticulture at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. A plantsman with wide ranging interests, he is a nationally recognized author, photographer, and lecturer.
January 12
Guided Tour: A Walk with the Curator
Monday, January 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 a 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.
January 13
Nature's Narratives: The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
Tuesday, January 13, Noon to 1:30 pm
Scott Arboretum's Horticultural Library
Join the book discussion group "Nature's Narratives" as they discuss The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden. Twice named the U.S. Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz was not only a distinguished and celebrated poet, he was also an avid gardener up until his death at age 100. This book is a collection of conversations, essays, and poetry on the topic of Kunitz’s Provincetown, Massachusetts garden.
Connect with fellow garden enthusiasts and book lovers as they meet to discuss books about plants, nature, and the environment. “Nature’s Narratives” is a book discussion group sponsored by the Scott Arboretum where readers come together to discuss a book once a month and to share in the reading experience.
The discussions are free and open to the public and will take place in the Scott Library. Participants will need to read each month’s selection prior to the discussion. Feel free to bring your lunch for our lunchtime discussions. Refreshments and coffee will be provided for our evening discussions. One copy of each book is available for members to check out of the Scott Arboretum’s Horticultural Library. Advanced registration is required. For more information, call 610-328-8025 or email scott@swarthmore.edu
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January 18
Guided Tour: Perennials in the Winter Landscape
Sunday, January 18, 12:45 to 1:45 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 free tour of the Scott Arboretum. Learn how perennials can add interest to your winter garden. The tour will conclude at the Science Center prior to the lecture titled Good Plants: 70 Years of Hopes, Failures, and Successes by Dick Lighty. 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.
January 18
Lecture: Good Plants: 70 Years of Hopes, Failures, and Successes
Sunday, January 18, 2 pm
Science Center 101
This is the Joanne Walkovic Memorial Lecture for the Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Chapter, our co-sponsor for this event.
Dick Lighty has spent 70 years learning to garden, and at age 10, developed a lifelong interest in plant variation, particularly plants of interest to gardeners. He has explored the cultivated flora of the world and sought useful and ornamental plants in the wild on five continents. His training as a geneticist and plant breeder has given an analytical bent to his approach to “good garden plants.” In this talk he will focus on the results of personal experience in the garden with plants, old and new, that he and others have introduced to cultivation, particularly those he has found useful in reducing maintenance while providing seasonal aesthetic interest through attributes like texture, form and color. A reception will follow this lecture.
Dick Lighty retired in 1998 after 15 years as the founding Director of Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora. In 1960 he established and directed the research programs of Longwood Gardens and in 1967 founded the Longwood Graduate Program in Public Garden Administration at the University of Delaware. Dick currently serves on six boards including The Garden Conservancy and Longwood Gardens; and is the recipient of the Scott Garden and Horticulture Medal and Award, among many others. With his wife Sally, he gardened for 46 years on seven acres of woodland and sunny open space around their home where an extensive collection of native plants and exotic trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants blended to create naturalistic scenes. He has named and introduced more than 30 new species and cultivars to American horticulture.