95 Years Highlights Tour: Flowering Cherry Collection

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Celebrate Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary with in-depth tours of a featured collection. This month’s feature is the Flowering Cherry Collection. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. After your tour, be sure to experience the Ohara School of Ikebana Exhibition in the Wister...

Free

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: April Highlights

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break this Earth Day in the garden to learn about plants blooming in late April with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. This event is free, but registration is encouraged to receive...

Free

Arbor Day Celebration

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Come celebrate Arbor Day with us! Bring your family to the Scott Arboretum and receive a free Carpinus caroliniana (american hornbeam) or Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree) sapling (one per family, while supplies last) and participate in tree-related fun and activities for the whole family. The...

Free

Heritage Tree Tour: Spring Splendor

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Old trees, big trees, rare trees – we have them all! Join Curator and Plant Recorder Mary Tipping for a spring tour of the most valuable trees in our collections. Each Heritage Tree has been qualified as such due to the combination of its age,...

Free

Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 2

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. This program is designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years old.  Registration...

Free – $20

Tree Peony Tour

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

One of the first collections at the Arboretum after it was founded in 1929, the gorgeous flowers of the tree peony are a highlight every May. Enjoy the early evening ambiance while learning about the different types of tree peony hybrids in our collection from...

Free
Recurring

Nature Nook: Spring Series 2

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Calling all little nature explorers! Join Celeste Sullivan at the Scott Arboretum for mornings full of singing, stories, crafts, and dancing. Each session is seasonally themed around nature and the garden. This program is designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years old.  Registration...

Free – $20

Members Plant Exchange and Sale

Wister Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Join us for this unique, fun, and sustainable plant shopping experience by exchanging plants from your garden for new plants brought by fellow members (must be a member of the Scott Associates to participate.) Learn all the details about the exchange and sale here.

Member Benefit

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: May Highlights

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about plants blooming in May with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. Members, join us earlier in the day for our Members Plant Exchange and Sale! ...

Free
Recurring

Peony Palooza!

Wister Center - Gillespie Room 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Presented in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Peony Society From big and blousy to delicate and dazzling, explore and appreciate the variety peonies add to spring! Bring the whole family to be inspired by the unique floral show. Children of all ages can create their own...

Free