It is official. Spring is on its way. Everyone’s mood is improving along with the weather. The...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Waking Up in Eden
Several years ago, Lucinda Fleeson packed up her comfortable life and English garden in...
Preparing for a Photo-Shoot in the Garden
With spring coming forth in the garden, and a few more visitors to the Arboretum, I’ve noticed...
‘Strawberries and Cream’, ‘Orange Peel’, and Other Delicious Scents
I’ve been lucky the last couple of days to be out of my office and in the collections preparing...
What are you planting this spring?
As the snow melts and you begin your garden clean-up, I am sure you are reviewing your spring to...
FSC Wood
You may have noticed on the back of many catalogs and mailings from environmentally conscious...
Innovation
When designing a LEED-certified building there are many strategies such as storm water management...
Zanthoxylum simulans
When all of the deciduous trees drop their leaves in the fall we get the opportunity to admire the...
Bald Eagle at Scott Arboretum
On February 4th at approximately 1:30 pm a group of people huddled under the grove of trees...
Snow Load on Plants
After the large snow fall we had on February 5th and 6th you have probably looked outside and have...
Heritage Tree Program
Nether Providence Township has recently established Heritage Tree designation for some of the...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
By: Barbara Kingsolver Well-known novelist Barbara Kingsolver takes us on a different journey in...
Named 100 Great Sites for those who like to Garden
The Scott Arboretum's Garden Seeds has been named in the top 100 great sites for gardeners by XRAY...
American Elms at Scott
While the Arboretum was founded over 80 years many of the most fantastic tree specimens at the...
Re-envisioning an American Tradition: the Turfgrass Lawn
In today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, garden writer Virginia A. Smith discusses the alternatives to...
American Planetree
One of the most majestic of all the native trees in the landscape is the American planetree,...
Deep Economy
By Bill McKibben The term “deep ecology” was coined in the 1970s and references a philosophy...
Reconnaissance Mission
Last week Yvonne Post’s lead goats, Wyeth and Rodin, visited the Scott Arboretum on a...