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The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

United States of America - Pennsylvania - Swarthmore
Institution Code: SWC
International Agenda Registrant: No
Current BGCI member: Yes
Scott Outdoor Amphitheater
About the The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
Mission
“The endowment fund to establish the Scott Arboretum has been given to Swarthmore College to hold in trust and to use for the encouragement of horticulture in its broadest sense. The founders have wished to make possible a dream of Mr. Scott’s to help horticulture by visual demonstration. They have believed that the dream can be best realized by the planting in a public place of such trees, shrubs, and flowers as can be used by people of average means living in the Philadelphia suburban area.

… The original thought of Mr. Scott was to call to the attention of the casual visitors who come there the plants which can be grown outdoors in eastern Pennsylvania. He wished to make it possible for a beginner in gardening to visit Swarthmore and see plants suitable for his own conditions, rather than to see merely a beautiful picture.”

Main Address:
The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College
500 College Ave
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania 19081 United States of America
Telephone Number: 610 328 8025
Fax Number: 610 328 7755
Web Site: www.scottarboretum.org
Institution Email Address: scott@swarthmore.edu

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  • Staff Details
    • Director: Claire Sawyers, Director
      Curator: Andrew Bunting, Curator
      Plant Records Officer: Rhoda Maurer, Collections Documentation and Projects Manager
    • Total Staff:
      Number of Horticultural Staff: 15
      Number of Educational Staff: 2
      Number of Research Staff:
      Number of Administration Staff: 8
  • About this Garden
    • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
    • Status
    • Educational Establishment: Yes
    • Date Founded: 1929
    • Physical Data
    • Total Area (in Hectares): 121 hectares
      Latitude: 39.5419350
      Longitude: -75.211013
      Altitude: 51.14 metres
  • Features and Facilities
    • Herbarium: No
      Arboretum: Yes
      Arboretum Size: 50
    • Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: No
      Seed Bank: No
      Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
      Computer Plant Record System: Yes
    • Open to the Public: Yes
      Society of Friends: No
      Retail Outlet (shop): No
      Retail Outlet (plant sales): Yes
      Disabled Access: Yes
    • Number of Visitors: 30000
      Number of Volunteers: 100
  • Plant Collections
    • Number of Living Plant Accessions: 5210
      Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 3232
    • Special Collections:Betulaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Ericaceae, Fragaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Leguminosae, Oleaceae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, Cedrus (3 spp., 4 taxa), Ilex (24 spp., 234 taxa), Magnolia (20 spp., 44 taxa), Malus (19 spp., 71 taxa), Paeonia (13 spp., 125 taxa), Pinus (22 s
  • Conservation Programmes
  • Research Programmes
  • Education Programmes
    • Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
      Guided Tours: Yes
      Courses for General Public: Yes
      Education Programme: Yes
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