This August, Scott Arboretum & Gardens created its latest ephemeral environmental art piece,...
Gardener’ Almanac: Making a Kokedama Display
Summer Intern Olivia Colangelo demonstrates how to create a Kokedama display. Tune into the...
Gardener’s Almanac: Selecting Peony Blossoms for Competition
Interim Executive Director of the Scott Arboretum & Gardens and Grounds Jeff Jabco shares tips...
Celebrating National Women’s History Month: A Reflection on Gertrude Wister and her Accomplishments
Gertrude Wister cutting the opening ribbon for the original Wister Greenhouse. Guest Author:...
Vintage Years for the Members Plant Exchange
Guest Author: Ted Patterson, 2020 Chair of Members Plant Exchange and Sale There are only a...
How to Create Flower Arrangements from the Garden
In these uncertain times, many of us are finding solace in the garden and nature. Beyond walking...
How to Create a Scavenger Hunt
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day will look a little different this year as we are all...
Relaxation with Garden Coloring
Gardening, caring for houseplants, planning or planting balcony containers, or enjoying your...
Restoring the Crum Woods
The complication of the SEPTA Viaduct brings to a close a five-year period of construction in the...
Beyond Beauty: Why your Rose Garden needs more then Roses
Have you visited the modern rose garden? The one interplanted with all types of flowering...
Inspiration from the Turn of Century American Garden Movement
Spring is a time to be inspired. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is currently...
Message in a Bottle: Garden Holiday Gifts
Everyone is always in search for a gift with a personal touch. Why not send a garden message in a...
Crum Creek Meander Coming Down
Just as flower blooms in the garden are ephemeral, so is garden art. On November 30, 2014, the...
Artful Gardens Part III: Terry Shane Teaching Garden
A celebration of ARTiculture (theme from the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show) continues all year at...
Blooms of the Season: Tropicals!
The vibrant colors and textures of tropical flowers and foliage invoke sensations of warm summer...
Removing Invasive Vines
April was invasive plant, pest, and disease awareness month and a great time to remove invasives...
Noel plasticus
Over the winter, we began to underplant the Metasequoia Allée with Noel plasticus, Christmas tree....
ARTiculture all summer long
This Sunday, March 9 the Philadelphia Flower Show’s celebration of art and horticulture...









