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...

Free

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...

Free

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...

Free

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...

Free

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....

Free

Crum Woods Spring Hike

Field House Parking Lot 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA

Experience the early spring awakenings in the Crum Woods! Discover flowers, 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 led by a horticulturist on staff who can answer...

Free

In-Person Lunchtime Tour: April Highlights

Scott Arboretum Offices 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA

Take your lunch break amongst the wonderful blooms of the spring garden. Horticulture staff will guide you through the gardens on this mid-April tour. Gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all levels are welcome. Program Details This event is free, but registration is encouraged to receive...

Free

Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Glade Garden

Virtual Meeting

Take your lunch break virtually this Earth Day and explore the beauty of the Glade Garden. The Glade Garden was designed to better connect, both visually and physically, the academic areas of the campus to the Crum Woods. The mosaic of native wildflowers, groundcovers, small...

Free