lectures
Gardens and Tonic
A series of virtual webinars with horticulture professionals. Grab your favorite beverage and join a featured horticulture professional for plant-related topics, adventures, and stories – as well as design-focused talks on private and public gardens.
Travels at Twelve
A series of free virtual webinars with horticulture professionals and enthusiasts. Grab your lunch and join our featured speakers as they discuss their garden and landscape travels from around the globe!
Collaborative Lectures
The Scott Arboretum partners with other horticultural organizations to offer informative lectures about gardening.
Upcoming Lectures
Fungi Fest: Entangled Life: A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
Science Center 101 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA, United StatesJoin Scott Arboretum & Gardens and Swarthmore College for an engaging conversation between mycologist and author Merlin Sheldrake and Pennsylvania State Conservation Mycologist Hannah Huber, as they explore the hidden […]
Perennial Plant Conference
Lang Performing Arts Center 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA, United StatesThe Perennial Plant Conference was started in 1983 to bring together locally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts on perennials for a day-long conference with an educational focus. This year’s conference […]
Lecture: When Trees Testify: Living With and Learning From Trees
Chang Hou Hall 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA, United StatesCo-Sponsored with: Join us for a compelling talk with biologist and author Beronda L. Montgomery as she discusses her new book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History and America’s Black […]