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February 5
Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places:
Domestic Bliss: Varied Gardens of the US-including southern California, North Carolina, and Long Island
Thursday, February 5, Noon to 1 pm
Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema
Come enjoy this tour of "domestic bliss" in the middle of winter and go home with a few ideas for the next gardening season on Thursday, February 5 from Noon to 1 pm. Jeff Jabco, Coordinator of Horticulture, had the opportunity to visit many varied public and private gardens and nurseries around Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, while attending the American Public Garden Association meeting. Join us to explore the mountains of North Carolina (where a small family-run nursery has an interesting connection to the Scott Arboretum), and a truly unique home garden of nursery owners on Long Island.
Formerly known as the Lunchtime Lectures, the Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places lecture series is an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural spaces both in the United States and abroad. 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, the series is held from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema at Swarthmore College. Contact the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025 for more information and parking instructions.
February 9
Guided Tour: A Walk with the Curator
Monday, February 9, 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.
February 10
Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places:
Capturing Nature Through the Lens: A Photography Workshop in Grand Teton National Park
Tuesday, February 10, Noon to 1 pm
Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema
In early October 2008, Rhoda Maurer, Collections Documentation and Projects Manager, attended the Photography at the Summit Workshop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She was taught the tricks of the trade from some of the best professional photographers in the world (photographers and photojournalism editors for National Geographic and other major magazines) and she is going to share some of these tricks with us. Come hear Rhoda share her adventures with nature, and her enthusiasm for the craft of photography while learning to photograph all over again.
Formerly known as the Lunchtime Lectures, the Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places lecture series is an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural spaces both in the United States and abroad. 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, the series is held from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema at Swarthmore College. Contact the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025 for more information and parking instructions.
February 10
Nature's Narratives: Bringing Nature Home
Tuesday, February 10, 5 to 6:30 pm FULL
Scott Arboretum's Horticultural Library
Join the book discussion group "Nature's Narratives" as they discuss Bringing Nature Home. Doug Tallamy, an entomologist at the University of Delaware, wrote Bringing Nature Home as a manifesto to suburban gardeners to help them make decisions based not just on their garden’s appearance, but also how their gardens affect biodiversity and populations of insects, birds, and other mammals. Join us for the discussion of his book just two days before Doug Tallamy joins us at the Scott Arboretum for a lecture on February 12, 2009 at 7:30pm!
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
This discussion group is full.
The Scott Arboretum has begun a new series of lectures, seminars, and workshops that will focus on sustainable practices in the garden. Participants will learn how to protect our planet’s natural systems, become proper land stewards, and encourage wildlife in the garden. Our goal is to have more gardeners adopt sustainable practices in every facet of their home gardens. We are your destination for sustainability education.
February 12
Lecture: Gardening for Life
Thursday, February 12, 7:30 pm
Science Center 101
Join us for our first collaboration with Swarthmore College’s Environmental Studies program and hear Doug Tallamy speak on the importance of our landscaping choices in improving biodiversity. With as many as 33,000 species imperiled in the U.S., it is clear that we must change our approach to landscaping if we hope to create homes and food to improve our local biodiversity. Native plants will play a key role in the restoration of our living spaces because only natives provide the coevolved relationships required by animals. By supporting a diversity of insect herbivores, native plants provide food for a large and healthy community of natural enemies that keep herbivores in balance and our gardens aesthetically pleasing.
Doug Tallamy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, where he has authored over 68 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, and other courses for 27 years. His book Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens was published by Timber Press in 2007.
The Scott Arboretum has begun a new series of lectures, seminars, and workshops that will focus on sustainable practices in the garden. Participants will learn how to protect our planet’s natural systems, become proper land stewards, and encourage wildlife in the garden. Our goal is to have more gardeners adopt sustainable practices in every facet of their home gardens. We are your destination for sustainability education.
February 14
Workshop: Oak ID Part II
Saturday, February 14, 1 to 3 pm
Snow Date: Saturday, February 21
Scott Arboretum Blum Classroom and Gardens
This two-part workshop, led by Andrew Bunting, will provide specific diagnostic skills for identifying a myriad of Quercus (oak) species. The first session will review the oaks while they are still in leaf and the follow-up session in the winter will cover skills to identify oak buds, bark and winter form. Many native oaks will be covered such as the swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor; white oak, Quercus alba; bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa; red oak, Quercus rubra and many others. We will also delve into some of the non-native oaks such as sawtooth oak, Quercus acutissima, and Hungarian oak, Quercus frainetto. At the end of the second session you will be well versed in identifying oaks in both summer and winter. Dress for the weather and walking. Registration is limited to 24 per class. Register separately for Parts 1 and II; classes can be taken independently or together.
Members: $30 Nonmembers: $40
Register Now!
Andrew Bunting is the Curator of the Scott Arboretum.
February 19
Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places:
Botanizing, Birding and Beyond: Exploring Tunisia and The Gambia
Thursday, February 19, Noon to 1pm
Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema
Andrew Bunting, Curator of the Scott Arboretum, will bring to life the plants and wildlife of Africa from his two trips to this large continent in 2008. In March, Andrew visited Tunisia where he explored the northern Mediterranean regions, as well as, the southern border with Algeria and the Saharan Desert. In December, Andrew traveled to The Gambia on the tropical west coast of Africa where he spent a week exploring the beaches, coastal lagoons, mangroves, River Gambia, and the Abuko Nature Reserve.
Formerly known as the Lunchtime Lectures, the Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places lecture series is an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural spaces both in the United States and abroad. 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, the series is held from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema at Swarthmore College. Contact the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025 for more information and parking instructions.
February 25
Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places:
From the Amazon to the Andes: Travels in Peru
Wednesday, February 25, Noon to 1 pm
Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema
2007-08 Curatorial Intern Shari Edelson shares photos and stories from her March 2007 visit to Peru. While in Peru, Shari spent time with scientists at the Los Amigos Biological Research Station, climbed Machu Picchu, and explored one of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems. She also went fishing for piranhas, but that's another story. Shari's travels were funded through the Curatorial Intern Travel Scholarship, which has been generously underwritten by an anonymous donor.
Formerly known as the Lunchtime Lectures, the Gardens, Adventures, and Faraway Places lecture series is an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural spaces both in the United States and abroad. 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, the series is held from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema at Swarthmore College. Contact the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025 for more information and parking instructions.