Scott Aboretum & Gardens

Visit
- - - Visit Our “Garden of Ideas”
      
      Hours
      Dawn to Dusk, 365 days a year
      Office Hours
      Monday through Friday,
      8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
  - - Hours
    - Directions
    - Parking
    - Virtual tour
Support
- - - Support the Arboretum
      
      Your support helps us delight, inspire, and educate the public. Donations, membership, and proceeds from special events helps us to create beautiful horticultural displays and educational programming.
Education & Events
- - - 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.
Get Involved
- - - Learn & Grow With Us
      
      Help us maintain our gardens and plant collections by getting involved with the Arboretum.
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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Categories

The Muses Were Heard….

Jul 7, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest

Last week the Scott Entrance Garden and Terry Shane Teaching Garden served as a source of...

Scott Arboretum Parking Lot Closed

Jun 17, 2008 | Happenings

The college will begin an infrastructure repair project and electrical transformer upgrade to...

Heuchera: Color My Shade Garden

Jun 12, 2008 | Garden Plants, Happenings

While representing the Arboretum in Harrisburg last week, a gentleman asked me what plant he could...

Quercus bicolor

Jun 9, 2008 | Garden Plants, Happenings

I take the train to work, and every morning I get off the train and begin walking to the Scott...

Graduation Traditions

May 30, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest

This weekend the Arboretum is preparing to participate in one of our favorite traditions with the...

World’s Largest Garden Party

May 28, 2008 | Happenings

There is a month-long garden party going during the month of June. The Greater Philadelphia...

Water in the Garden

May 19, 2008 | Garden Practices, Happenings, Sustainability Topics

We live in a world where we have access to information about issues from all around the globe. We...

Dividing Perennials

May 13, 2008 | Garden Practices, Happenings

As we approach the 15th of May and no longer have to worry about the danger of frost, many...

Pittsburgh Trip

May 12, 2008 | Happenings, On the Road Again…

Last week, Julie Jenney and I went on an exciting road trip together! We are working on getting...

Seed Tree Shell

May 5, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest, Video

This spring, the Arboretum has collaborated with an alumna of Swarthmore College, and current Arts...

Sightings of our Feathered Friends

May 2, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest, Uncategorized

Have you noticed that the volume has been turned up on the morning chorus of bird song? Our local...

They have flown away…

Apr 22, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest

One day last week I looked in the nest to see our baby mourning doves and they were GONE! Horrors...

April Fools

Apr 2, 2008 | Happenings, Special Interest

"On my way to my daily 7:30 breakfast appointment (before my 8:30 shift at the Arboretum) I...

Nina Bassuk One on One

Apr 1, 2008 | Happenings, Sustainability Topics

On Saturday, March 15th at the Scott Arboretum's Annual Spring Festival we presented Nina Bassuk...

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