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Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College Events
February 8, March 14 - Walk with the Curator 2:30-3:30
Join Andrew Bunting, Curator, for free tour. Look at collections, gardens, and plant selections. Discuss most recent accessions, why plants were removed and maybe should be removed from your garden, latest garden designs. Bad weather cancels.
February 16 - Garden Creators & Nurserymen of Netherlands and Flanders Noon-1
Visit public and private gardens of The Netherlands and Belgian Flanders with Jeff Jabco as he tours on his own and with International Clematis Society. See Tulip Museum in Amsterdam; 1678 estate De Wiersse in east Holland; home garden of Piet and Anja Oudolf; unique nurseries of Boskoop. Free. Bring a bag lunch
February 23 - Trekking in Dolpo Nepal Noon-1
Landscape professional Thomas Hawkins shares high altitude walk on Tibetan side of the Nepali Himalayas. Discuss his observations on changes since working in Nepal on Community Forestry Project in 1980s, hints on how to not get stepped on by a yak.
Free. Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema. Bring a bag lunch
February 25 - Workshop: Cultivating a Taste for Chocolate 3-5
Join Nancy Stiebitz, owner of Encore Chocolates, Rochester, NY, to learn about history of chocolate, cacao tree, bean-to-bar process, taste and discuss handmade chocolates. Display of edible creations, how to make chocolate bowls, samples. Food and drinks served. Gillespie Room, Wister Center. Fee. Pre-registration required and limited.
Register online or call.
Travels at 12 Noon-1
Free. Lang Performing Arts Center Cinema. Bring a bag lunch
March 1-In Search of Papyrus: Exploring Egypt’s Landscapes.Visit Cairo and Alexandria, cruise the Nile, learn about Egyptian culture. March 8-Gardens of Chicago: World-Class Wonders. See Millennium Park, Lurie Garden, suburban private gardens. March 15-Wild Abandon & New Frontier: Converting Vacant Railways into Urban Greenways. Visit Paris and Berlin and learn how these unique parks can be more affordable and easier to maintain than NYC's High Line.
March 3 - Lecture/Demo: Practical Pruning for Late Winter & Early Spring 9:30-11:30
Thomas Hawkins covers what, when, how to prune shrubs and small trees. Discusses cutback shrubs and old growth versus new growth and plants in each category. Practical tools, cutting techniques, safety demonstrated. Fee. In Gillespie Room, Wister Center. Pre-registration required and limited to 24.
March 3 - Witchhazels & Early Spring Blooms 1-2:30
Free guided tour of Arboretum. Celebrate early spring with fragrant blooms of witchhazels. Inclement weather canceles. Departs from Arboretum Offices.
March 16 - Free Screening: The Botany of Desire 7-9
Michael Pollan’s documentary The Botany of Desire in Wister Center. What if plants shape humans? The Botany of Desire, PBS documentary based on Pollan's book, is exploration of our relationship with plant world, seen from the plants' point of view.
March 17 - Green Roof Tour 3-4:30
Learn about inner workings, benefits, beauty of green roofs while exploring 3 at Arboretum. Brisk walk and several steps required to reach final roof. Children under 12 not permitted on roofs. Free. Inclement weather cancels.
March 23 - Presentation: Landscape’s Color Spectrum 1:30-3:30
Claudia West and Carrie Wiles of North Creek Nurseries interprets Bertolt Hering’s research of natural color ranges in European landscapes as applied to American native plant communities. Discuss tool for analyzing color layers of Mid-Atlantic plant communities. Six phytocenoses that meet modern design challenges will be presented. Landscapes with high ecological value discussed.
Fee. Registration limited.
Scott Arboretum
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore
610-328-8025, www.scottarboretum.org
Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group Events
www.hardyplant.org
The Garden Conservancy Events
Open Days are rain or shine; no reservations required. Fee: $5 per garden.
The Garden Conservancy
11 Old Postal Road P.O. Box 219
Cold Spring, NY
www.gardenconservancy.org
Longwood Garden Events
February 3 - Today's Horticulture Symposium
Topics include rain water as a resource, green roofs, porous pavements, rain gardens, pest management, all season containers. Speakers include: Dr. Michael Raupp, Professor/Extension Specialist U of Maryland, Jonathan Wright of Chanticleer Garden, Eilssa Steeves, gardener in Blacksburg, Virginia, Rita Randolph of Randolph's Greenhouses in Jackson Tennassee, and Stephen Crisp, Head Gardener at residence of U.S. Ambassador to England. Plant sale f tropical plants, annuals, perennials, shrubs, flowering trees, gardening books. Fee. Info: www.longwoodgardens.org/Symposia.html , (610) 388-5454
March 2 - Public Horticulture Symposium: The Panda and the Public Garden: Reimagining Our Conservation Story 8am
For staff of public gardens, conservation-oriented organizations, cultural institutions. Speakers include: Jerry Borin, former Exec. Dir. of Columbus Zoo, on how to gain mass media audience for conservation; John Gwynne, Emeritus Chief Creative Off./VP of Wildlife Conservation Society, on inspiring conservation through effective message design; Dr. Alistair Griffiths, Curator (Horticultural Science) of Eden Project, UK, on how to have a conservation message as organizing principle in life of a garden; Catherine Hubbard, Dir.ABQ Biopark, NM, on best practices for communicating with public in zoos, aquariums, gardens; Kathy Wagner, consultant/former VP Philadelphia Zoo, on message relevance, evaluation techniques for measuring impact. Sally O'Byrne, teacher/naturalist at Delaware Nature Society; Andrew Losowsky, books editor at Huffington Post, on mechanics of a good story. Fee. To register: www.udel.edu/longwoodgrad or 302-831-2517.
Longwood Gardens
Kennett Square
www.longwoodgardens.org
Penn State Cooperative Extension and Master Gardeners Events
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Neshaminy Manor Center
1282 Almshouse Road,(corner of Route 611 and Almshouse Rd)
Doylestown
http://bucks.extension.psu.edu
Chanticleer Garden Events
Chanticleer Garden
786 Church Road
Wayne
Information: (610) 687-4163, www.chanticleergarden.org
Martha Washington Garden Club Meetings 12:30
Maintains Public Burying Ground at Slate Hill Cemetery; improves gardens at Elm Lowne, flower arrangements at township building. Scholarships for horticultural students. Meets 4th Wednesday September thru June. Open to public. New members welcome, $5/lectures of interest and $25/year to join! Refreshments, networking.
Masonic Hall
Edgewood and Heacock Roads
Yardley
Patricia Mutek, President, 215-946-7426, or Debby Rainer, Publicity, 215-337-9484
Back Mountain Bloomers Garden Club
Brochure and Info: 570-696-5082, jjmcmon@frontiernet.net www.backmountainbloomers.org
Gesneriad Society Events
Information: 727-796-5615 maranmh@tampabay.rr.com or 973-579-7914, kdc05@ptd.net or www.gesneriadsociety.org
Bartram's Garden Events
Bartram’s Garden
54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard
Philadelphia
www.bartramsgarden.org
Silver Lake Nature Center Events
Silver Lake Nature Center
1306 Bath Road
Bristol
215-785-1177, www.silverlakenaturecenter.org
Morris Arboretum Events
Morris Arboretum
100 E. Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia
www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/index.shtml
More info: (215) 247-5777 ext. 125, jlm@upenn.edu
American Begonia Society Events
http://begoniasociety.tripod.com/
Info: Bernie Wiener wiener1@verizon.net
Shawnee-on-Delaware Gallery Events
The Shawnee Gallery
Worthington Avenue
Shawnee-on-Delaware
To register: 570-420-9404, info@theshawneegallery.com www.TheShawneeGallery.com
Tyler Arboretum Events
Tyler Arboretum
515 Painter Road
Media
610-566-9134, x 210 or www.tylerarboretum.org
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