Gardens and Tonic: Part Two: Lost Horizons, Redefining Boundaries

Virtual Webinar

Linda Pastorino is back to tell us the comeback story of her garden after its devastation and eight years of having to fend for itself. She will show her step by step process of taking back the garden and will share her newly envisioned plan...

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Gardens and Tonic: Intro to Permaculture: Ecological Design for Regenerative Living

Virtual Webinar

Join Ryan Rising to learn about Permaculture Design, the process of determining and implementing living systems that provide for human needs and simultaneously regenerate ecosystem health and biodiversity. This design science mimics patterns and processes found in natural systems to place humans back into a...

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Gardens and Tonic: Where Food Grows on Water: Indigenous Stewardship of Wild Rice

Virtual Webinar

Join Vern DeFoe and Heather Leach for an exploration of the cultural relevance of manoomin through an ethnobotanical conversation and cooking demonstration by NĀTIFS, an organization leading the way in re-valorizing Native foodways through Indigenous food education and access. Manoomin, as wild rice is called...

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Gardens and Tonic: Preparing Your Fall Gardening for Pollinators

Virtual Webinar

Join Heather Andrews to learn about maximizing the spring yield of your garden and to provide habitat for wildlife going into the winter months. Your garden can be an oasis for pollinators all year by implementing “shoulder season” plantings and Heather will walk us through...

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Gardens and Tonic: Virtual Autumn Flower Arranging Demonstration

Virtual Webinar

Join flower arranger extraordinaire Valerie McLaughlin as she leads us through artistically creating a flower arrangement made from material gathered in the Scott Arboretum’s late season gardens. Sit back and relax in the comfort of your own home, as Valerie creates a work of art...

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In-person: Autumn Flower Arranging Demonstration

Trotter Tent 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Join flower arranger extraordinaire Valerie McLaughlin as she leads us through artistically creating a flower arrangement made from material gathered in the Scott Arboretum’s late season gardens. Sit back and relax as Valerie creates a work of art before your eyes. Valerie's teaching style is...

$5

Gardens and Tonic: Ikebana Exhibition from the late Summer/Early Autumn Garden

Virtual Webinar

Join Linda Brinkmann, narrator, and members of the Delaware Valley Chapter of Ohara Ikebana as they share creations of the late summer/early autumn season. Be inspired by the plethora of garden materials used in their ikebana creations: trees, bushes, woody plants, herbaceous perennials, grasses, and...

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Gardens and Tonic: The Unbiased Eye: Success and Failure in the Garden

Virtual Webinar

Take a journey through the studio gardens of award-winning designer Donald Pell as he focuses an unbiased eye on what is and is not working in the novel plant communities he creates. Not all plants “play nice,” which can challenge the integrity of garden designs,...

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