Leah Blanton will be discussing the unique opportunity the PHS Public Landscapes team has in Philadelphia to infuse underutilized sites with interesting plantings, push a naturalistic aesthetic that highlights natives and biodiversity, and create dynamic spaces for people to interact with the city in new...
While researching for Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar, an Images of America book, Jules Bruck and Erin Fogarty pieced together stories of local interest about one of the most prominent female landscape architects of the early 20th century. In this talk, Bruck presents the life...
The Monarchs are coming, the Monarchs are coming! Join Heather Andrews, The Thoughtful Gardner, as we navigate the most recent clinical research to learn how to attract and host the royalty of butterflies. You will learn the pollinator pearls you can implement in your own...
Did you know the Scott Arboretum has two beehives? Join our Urban Beekeeper, Mo McDermott, to learn about the world of bees here at the Arboretum! Mo will present about the little city that is a beehive, a bee’s life journey, and provide an overview...
This is a free, virtual program and part of the Delco ARTS Week! Learn about the process of painting florals for everyday use in interior decoration and on textiles during this presentation by Nicky Pasterfield. Nicky’s hand painted textiles designs have been used by Crate...
Baltimore City’s Forestry Division plants and maintains trees to maximize their benefits to city residents, but rather than discard those trees at the end of their life cycle, they create valuable wood products like lumber, furniture, play equipment, and firewood at their Camp Small facility....
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mexico and other South American countries centered around honoring and remembering the lives of departed loved ones. At the Scott Arboretum, we have adapted the traditional ofrenda to honor and remember...
The autumn season brings with it a high concentration of holidays, rituals and events connected to death, dying, and the great beyond. Join Cole Imperi , the thanatologist who pioneered the field of thanabotany, for a discussion about thanabotanical plants and this very special time...
The need to manage how water moves through a landscape and the built environment has become painfully obvious in recent years. Bettering our avenues for water management is a practice that benefits wildlife, communities, and the surrounding environment. Creating aesthetically-pleasing solutions for stormwater management is...
Join Tracy Qiu for a journey into the complex and interesting stories unearthed around botanical renderings and colonial plant collection. Her Ph.D. research considers questions such as, "What were the circumstances under which botanical illustration was produced?" and, "How has the history of botanical illustration...
