by Becky Robert | Sep 4, 2008 | Garden Design, Happenings
Many of the magazines we receive for the Scott Arboretum library are promoting great plants for fall gardens like Dahlias in Green Scene and Colchicums in GardenGate. While these magazines are a good resource, nothing beats seeing these fall plants in a garden. For...
by Becky Robert | Aug 21, 2008 | Garden Design, Sustainability Topics
Just like creating an elaborate wedding cake, the construction of a green roof has many different layers all of which are crucial to a stunning finished product. For the past three days, the Furbish company has been creating the precise layers of the Kemp Hall green...
by Becky Robert | Aug 19, 2008 | Garden Design, Sustainability Topics
Yesterday I had the chance to bend the ear of Peter Philippi, the designer of the Alice Paul and Kemp Hall green roofs. Peter Philippi of Green Roof Service discussed how the design of Kemp Hall’s green roof is different from the Alice Paul design. Kemp Hall...
by Becky Robert | Aug 15, 2008 | Garden Design, Sustainability Topics
Today, we began the process of installing Swarthmore College and Scott Arboretum’s third green roof on the newly built Kemp Hall. This green roof will cover over 7000 sq. ft. and 5 different levels. With this roof, tour participants will be able to view a...
by Becky Robert | Aug 12, 2008 | Garden Plants
Yesterday while sorting through the mail for the Scott Arboretum library, I came across the Conifer Quarterly from the American Conifer Society. I was intrigued to find on the cover of the magazine a photograph of a cultivar of Sciadopitys verticillata. I have been...
