Part of our planting efforts at the Scott Arboretum are designed to disguise or hide the utilities...
Garden Seeds: Scott Arboretum & Gardens' Blog
Plants of the New College Avenue Border
Spring is time for planting and our volunteers and interns have been busy installing a new...
A Garden for Secrets
As the College prepares for Alumni Weekend, the Scott Arboretum is preparing to celebrate the...
Rosa ‘Swarthmore’
This week we are preparing for our graduation tradition of pinning roses on seniors’ gowns. Often...
American Yellowwood
It is dubious to make a claim that something is your favorite plant, but when someone asks me what...
Plant Conservation Day
Today is Plant Conservation Day! It was started in 2001 by the AZH, Association of Zoological...
Gold Medal Garden
The Gold Medal Award Program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was originally conceived by...
Cercis canadensis
There is nothing more exciting than taking a hike and stumbling into a patch of the eastern...
Late Flowering Cherries
At the Scott Arboretum in the spring the flowering of the magnolias and cherries is unprecedented...
The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman Humans often look at the world from their point of view. When we learn about the...
Corydalis cheilanthifolia
Emerging out of the cracks and crevices of the stone wall within the Scott Entrance Garden is a...
Garden Gems
While during the spring season, many people are captivated by the stunning array of cherry blooms...
Wood Ducks on Crum Creek
' In the spring of 1987 I was invited by a local birder, Helen McWilliams, to go look at the Wood...
Martin Forest
Today, I took a hike through the Martin Forest with conservation biologist, Roger Latham. The...
Helleborus
It is official. Spring is on its way. Everyone’s mood is improving along with the weather. The...
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...