Scott Aboretum & Gardens

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      8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
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- - - Programming & Events for All Ages
      
      We are proud to offer in-person and virtual programming for adults, students, families, and children. Whether you are looking for something recreational or educational, there is a program for you.
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About
- - - A “Garden of Ideas”
      
      The Scott Arboretum cultivates a variety of plants that create some of the region’s most intimate, authentic, and accessible horticultural experiences.

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Green Roof Insallation at the Wister Center-Part 2

Jun 18, 2011 | Garden Design, Garden Plants, Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics

Next the crane arm went up and down many times delivering pallets loaded with buckets of coarse...

Green Roof Installation on Wister Center-Part 1

Jun 18, 2011 | Garden Design, Garden Plants, Garden Practices, Happenings, Sustainability Topics

On a pleasant spring day in the final week of April, the foundations were laid for the fourth...

Rose Garden Renovations

Apr 22, 2011 | Garden Design, Garden Plants, Garden Practices, Happenings, Special Interest

In recent years, the Dean Bond Rose Garden has been hit hard by rose rosette disease. This is a...

Announcing the Organic Lawn Brochure and Blossoming Research Efforts

Mar 17, 2011 | Garden Practices, Happenings, Scott in the News, Special Interest

The Scott Arboretum has published a brochure detailing the concept, practices and research behind...

Tap a Maple

Feb 17, 2011 | Garden Practices, Special Interest

By Isabell Newlin, Good Food student worker Elm Street, which runs by the President’s house and...

Remediating Compaction on our Organic Lawn

Dec 13, 2010 | Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics

By Erin Curtis, Student Organic Lawn Coordinator The Arboretum recently achieved another step in...

Overwintering Tropicals: Part 3

Nov 23, 2010 | Garden Practices

As we continue our series on how to overwinter tropicals, we have discussed plants with bulb,...

Overwintering Tropicals: Part 2

Nov 15, 2010 | Garden Practices

To continue our discuss of overwintering tropicals from last week, we will focus on the treatment...

Overwintering Tropicals: Part I

Nov 9, 2010 | Garden Practices

As fall approaches many gardeners start to make preparations for the end of the garden season. As...

Seed Propagation of Cornus florida

Oct 25, 2010 | Garden Practices, Special Interest

The glossy red fruit, called a drupe, of Cornus florida is rapidly disappearing from our native...

Lightning Strikes

Sep 13, 2010 | Garden Practices, Happenings, Special Interest

Summer heat is not complete without thunderstorms and lightning. As a kid you probably feared the...

The Last Malus tschonoskii

Aug 27, 2010 | Garden Plants, Garden Practices

This summer saw the removal of the last Malus tschonoskii on campus. As part of our mission to...

Organic Lawn Consultation with Eric T Fleisher

Jul 28, 2010 | Garden Practices, Special Interest, Sustainability Topics

Following a full day of soil science education and information exchange with consultant Eric “T”...

Organic Lawn Care

Jun 30, 2010 | Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics

In the fall 2009, a New York Times article about an innovative organic lawn care project at...

Snow Load on Plants

Feb 9, 2010 | Garden Practices

After the large snow fall we had on February 5th and 6th you have probably looked outside and have...

Reconnaissance Mission

Dec 23, 2009 | Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics

Last week Yvonne Post’s lead goats, Wyeth and Rodin, visited the Scott Arboretum on a...

Planting a Riparian Forest Buffer

Nov 9, 2009 | Garden Plants, Garden Practices, Sustainability Topics

On Thursday, October 22 over 35 volunteers from Swarthmore College, Scott Arboretum, and CRC...

Propagating Opuntia

Aug 10, 2009 | Garden Practices

Propagating cacti can seem like a daunting task, but with a good pair of gloves it is a simple...

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