May 2021
Scott Arboretum Virtual Spring Fling Tour
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the artful spring blooms in celebration of Delco Arts: Spring Fling with Sandra Lopez Cortez. Join us on this virtual tour on our Facebook page and watch the recording on our YouTube page. Facebook YouTube Instagram
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An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container
In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of Ikebana to our viewers with a series of videos. An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container Monday, 10/4: Learn one of the first flower arrangements taught to Ohara School…
Find out more »An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Slanting Style – Tall Vase
In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of Ikebana to our viewers with a series of videos. An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container Monday, 10/4: Learn one of the first flower arrangements taught to Ohara School…
Find out more »An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Round Porcelain Vase
In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of Ikebana to our viewers with a series of videos. An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container Monday, 10/4: Learn one of the first flower arrangements taught to Ohara School…
Find out more »An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Low Bowl
In celebration of Delco Arts Week, Ohara School of Ikebana and the Scott Arboretum are bringing the art of Ikebana to our viewers with a series of videos. An Ikebana Class: Rising Form – Half Moon Container Monday, 10/4: Learn one of the first flower arrangements taught to Ohara School…
Find out more »Virtual Lunchtime Tour: October Blooms
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the garden blooms of October with Assistant Horticulturist Rowan Payne-Meyer. Join us on this virtual tour on our Facebook page and watch the recording on our YouTube page.
Find out more »Virtual Gardens and Tonic: Autumn Flower Arranging Demonstration
Join flower arranger extraordinaire Valerie McLaughlin as she leads us through artistically creating a flower arrangement made from material gathered in the Scott Arboretum's late season gardens. Sit back and relax in the comfort of your own home, as Valerie creates a work of art before your eyes. Valerie's teaching…
Find out more »November 2021
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Fall Color
Take your lunch break virtually by experiencing fall color at the Scott Arboretum with Curator and Plant Recorder Mary Tipping. Join us on this virtual tour on our Facebook page and watch the recording on our YouTube page. Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »Virtual Gardens and Tonic: Ikebana Exhibition from the late Summer/Early Autumn Garden
Join Linda Brinkmann, narrator, and members of the Delaware Valley Chapter of Ohara Ikebana as they share creations of the late summer/early autumn season. Be inspired by the plethora of garden materials used in their ikebana creations: trees, bushes, woody plants, herbaceous perennials, grasses, and flowers. The images in this…
Find out more »Virtual Gardens and Tonic: The Unbiased Eye: Success and Failure in the Garden
Take a journey through the studio gardens of award-winning designer Donald Pell as he focuses an unbiased eye on what is and is not working in the novel plant communities he creates. Not all plants display nice, which can challenge the integrity of garden designs, forcing the gardener to make…
Find out more »December 2021
Virtual Gardens and Tonic: Connecting People with Plants: Revitalizing Urban Spaces through Horticulture
Leah Blanton will be discussing the unique opportunity the PHS Public Landscapes team has in Philadelphia to infuse underutilized sites with interesting plantings, push a naturalistic aesthetic that highlights natives and biodiversity, and create dynamic spaces for people to interact with the city in new ways. She will provide an…
Find out more »Virtual Lunchtime Tour: December Garden Glory
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: December Garden Glory Take your lunch break virtually by exploring beauty of the winter garden. Join us on this virtual tour on our facebook page and watch the recording on our YouTube page. Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »January 2022
Virtual Gentle Slow Flow Yoga Winter Series
Every Tuesday, Jan. 11 through March 8, from 11 am to 12 pm Join local yoga teacher and Scott Arboretum Youth, Family, and Diversity Programs Coordinator Mandie Curtis Banks for a virtual gentle slow flow yoga class. Each week's practice will focus on a different Scott Arboretum garden or tree/plant…
Find out more »February 2022
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: The Winter Garden
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring beauty of the winter garden with Curator and Plant Recorder Mary Tipping. Join us on this virtual tour on the Scott Arboretum YouTube page. Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »Travels at Twelve: The Legacy of Great Dixter House and Garden: The Centenary of Christopher Lloyd’s Birth
Legendary gardener, writer, and nurseryman Christopher Lloyd, Order of the British Empire and recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour, would have celebrated his 100th birthday in March of 2021. His garden at Great Dixter in Northiam, East Sussex, England, continues on in the style that made him famous –…
Find out more »Nature’s Narratives: The End of Night – Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
Join fellow garden enthusiasts and book lovers as they discuss books about plants, nature, and the environment. “Nature’s Narratives” is a book discussion group sponsored by the Scott Arboretum where readers come together to discuss a book once a month and share in their reading experience. In this personal narrative, Paul Bogard…
Find out more »Travels at Twelve: A Botanical Paradise: Kazakhstan & the Altai Mountains
Join Paul Meyer for an illustrated lecture on his botanical travels in northeast Kazakhstan. Few travelers from the western world have visited this extraordinarily beautiful region, noted for its rich steppe and alpine flora. In addition, he will share stories of the people, architecture and culture. Paul Meyer is the…
Find out more »Travels at Twelve: A Year on Martha’s Vineyard
Last year, Elizabeth Ladwig, former Scott Arboretum Education Intern and Amos Frye, former Crum Woods Stewardship and Engagement fellow, moved all the way from the Sierra Nevada foothills to the charming New England island of Martha’s Vineyard. In their positions working for The Polly Hill Arboretum and The Nature Conservancy…
Find out more »March 2022
Gardens and Tonic: Hidden Gems: Marian Coffin and the Gardens at Gibraltar
While researching for Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar, an Images of America book, Jules Bruck and Erin Fogarty pieced together stories of local interest about one of the most prominent female landscape architects of the early 20th century. In this talk, Bruck presents the life and times of Marian Coffin…
Find out more »Gardens and Tonic: Fueling the Spring Monarch Migration: How to Prepare Your Yard to Host the Jewels of the Garden
The Monarchs are coming, the Monarchs are coming! Join Heather Andrews, The Thoughtful Gardner, as we navigate the most recent clinical research to learn how to attract and host the royalty of butterflies. You will learn the pollinator pearls you can implement in your own backyard for a perfect paradise…
Find out more »April 2022
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Spring Ephemerals
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the spring ephemerals with Assistant Garden Supervisor Emily Reuther. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page. Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »May 2022
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Late Spring Blooms
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the late spring garden blooms with Gardener Sandra Lopez Cortez. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page. For more info: https://www.scottarboretum.org/calendar/virtual-lunchtime-tour-late-spring-blooms/ Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »June 2022
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Rose Garden
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the Dean Bond Rose Garden with Garden Supervisor Adam Glas. Join us on this virtual tour on our YouTube page. More info available here Visit Scott Arboretum at scottarboretum.org or on Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
Find out more »July 2022
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Summer Blooms
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the summer gardens with Scott Arboretum Assistant Horticulturist Rowan Payne-Meyer. Join us on this virtual tour on YouTube. More Information
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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Late Summer Color
Take your lunch break virtually by exploring the gardens in August. Join Scott Arboretum on this virtual tour on YouTube. More Information
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Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Fall Garden Features
Take your lunch break virtually by experiencing fall color at the Scott Arboretum with Garden Supervisor Adam Glas. Join this virtual tour on the Scott Arboretum YouTube page.
Find out more »Nature’s Narratives: Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction
Nature’s Narratives is the Scott Arboretum’s monthly book discussion group. Join fellow garden enthusiasts and book lovers to discuss books about plants, nature, and the environment. We are inundated with man-made noises in the modern world. In David George Haskell’s latest book, he describes the natural history of wild sounds…
Find out more »October 2023
Gardens & Tonic: Everyday Flowers
Learn about the process of painting florals for everyday use in interior decoration and on textiles during this presentation by Nicky Pasterfield. Nicky’s hand painted textiles designs have been used by Crate and Barrel, JCrew, and House of CB, among others. Her studio is in Philadelphia, where she focuses on…
Find out more »February 2024
Travels @ 12: Moroccan Marvels (virtual tour)
Morocco is a country of contrasts: The buzz of the medina and exotic souks in Marrakesh, hidden gardens, long views to the mountains and warm, hospitable people happy to share their history over a glass of mint tea. Enjoy “traveling” to this wonderful country with Claire Sawyers, Director of the…
Find out more »March 2024
Virtual Lunchtime Tour: Magnolia Collection
In celebration of the Scott Arboretum’s 95th Anniversary, take your lunch break virtually and explore this month’s featured collection: Magnolias. Tune in on Scott Arboretum YouTube channel. More Information
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