Events

Rose Celebration
May 28 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
Celebrate one of summer’s most prized flowers with a free event for the whole family, including appreciating the beauty of the Dean Bond Rose Garden, learning about roses, enjoying live music, and more!
Join us to:
– Pick up a rose plant for your garden.
– Stroll through the Dean Bond Rose Garden
– Snap photos around the rose arbor
– Learn about rose wines from Chaddsford Winery
– Visit Nether Providence Soap Company for a free rose soap.
– Sample Flower Power kombucha from Baba’s Brew.
– Receive a free ceramic rose from artist Beck Armstrong
– Taste rose-inspired bites and sip rose inspired beverages
– Be delighted with a rose facial mist from Log House Aromatics
– Learn about the Finely Finished Fibers rose collection
– Play a game at the membership table
– Create rose art with your family and friends
– Plant a temporary tattoo on your body
– Play a nature game with Kidlab
– Stroll through the Dean Bond Rose Garden
– Snap photos around the rose arbor
– Learn about rose wines from Chaddsford Winery
– Visit Nether Providence Soap Company for a free rose soap.
– Sample Flower Power kombucha from Baba’s Brew.
– Receive a free ceramic rose from artist Beck Armstrong
– Taste rose-inspired bites and sip rose inspired beverages
– Be delighted with a rose facial mist from Log House Aromatics
– Learn about the Finely Finished Fibers rose collection
– Play a game at the membership table
– Create rose art with your family and friends
– Plant a temporary tattoo on your body
– Play a nature game with Kidlab
– Get a rose painted on your face
Featured partners:
Live music by the Bickel Brothers Band
Food by The Munchy Machine and Vera’s Water Ice
Experience live floral installations created by TissaRose and Valerie McLaughlin, AIFD
Parking Notes:
- Navigate to 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 and follow the event/parking signs to Swarthmore College’s North entrance.
- Free parking is available in both the Whittier and DuPont
parking lots. - Arboretum directional signs will direct you from the parking lot to the event.
- Accessible parking is available closer to the event. Let staff know your needs upon arrival.