95 Years Highlights Tour: Hollies

Matchbox 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA

Celebrate Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary with in-depth tours of a featured collection. This month’s feature is the Holly Collection. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome.  Accessibility:  This program is not wheelchair or stroller accessible. Participants must be able to walk up and...

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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Hollies

In celebration of the Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary, take your lunch break virtually and explore this month’s featured collection: Hollies. Tune in on our YouTube channel.

Free

Virtual Lunchtime Tour: The Pinetum Part 2

Take your lunch break virtually and explore the wonders of the beautiful Pinetum at Scott Arboretum & Gardens. This virtual tour will include highlights beyond the first Pinetum virtual tour in 2024. Tune in on our YouTube channel.

Free

In-Person Highlights Tour: January Highlights

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Enjoy plants and landscapes looking their best in late January with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome.  Stay after the tour for the free Walkovic and Schumacher Memorial Lecture where Rob Cardillo will be presenting...

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Crum Woods Winter Hike

Matchbox 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA

Come experience what the Crum Woods has to offer in the winter. Delight in the colors of the holly berries, listen to the babbling creek, and take a deep breath as you enjoy a meditative moment in the woods. Our Crum Woods hike will be...

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In-Person Lunchtime Tour: February Highlights

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

Take your lunch break in the garden to learn about plants blooming in February at the arboretum & gardens with a tour led by our horticulture staff. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome.  Program Details Registration is free, but encouraged to receive...

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Members-Only Tour: Behind the Scenes of the Geoexchange Plant

Dining Center and Community Commons 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA

Join Jim Adams, Director of Sustainable Maintenance at Swarthmore College, to take a behind the scenes look at the College's geoexchange plant and learn how it contributes to the goal of carbon neutrality on campus by 2035. This tour will begin in front of the...

Member Benefit

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: Wister Garden

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

Take your lunch break to explore the beauty of the Wister Garden with a member of our horticulture staff. This woodland garden surrounds the former home of Gertrude and John C. Wister, the Arboretum’s first assistant director and director, respectively. The garden features sweeps of...

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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: The Wister Garden

Virtual Meeting

Take your lunch break virtually and explore the beauty of the Wister Garden, a woodland garden surrounding the former home of Gertrude and John C. Wister, the Arboretum’s first assistant director and director, respectively. The garden features sweeps of early spring blooming plants and rhododendrons....

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