by Becky Robert | Jan 6, 2011 | Book Reviews
By Terry Tempest Williams Williams deals with loss on many levels in her moving account of her mother’s cancer and the rising of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Each chapter (except for one) is named after one of Williams’ favorite bird species as well as a notation...
by Becky Robert | Jan 5, 2011 | Scott in the News
If you are still searching for a New Years Resolution, how about garden journaling? “To effectively journal is to learn the art of observation,” said Elizabeth Haegele, a horticulturalist who teaches nature journaling at the Scott Arboretum. Learn about some of the...
by Becky Robert | Dec 14, 2010 | Plant of the Week
Near the Hamamelis collection, Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis Rosea’ semi-double pink flower’s appears sporadically in fall, then fully flower the following spring. photo credit: J. Coceano Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’, found near Old Tarble, is a handsome small...
by Becky Robert | Dec 7, 2010 | Happenings, Special Interest
A piece of the nationally recognized Steve Tobin’s Steelroot series was permanently installed at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College this November. A donation from an anonymous member of the Scott Associates, this fine art sculpture was inspired by tree roots....
by Becky Robert | Nov 17, 2010 | Garden Plants
Last month while touring Battery Park with the Scott Associates’ bus trip, I was taken with a clematis growing as an attractive groundcover under a stand of sycamores. At first inspection, I thought the typical seed heads of clematis were creating a smart display...
