
BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	BGCI > Garden Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, The United States of America - Pennsylvania - Swarthmore Institution Code: SWC International Agenda Registrant: No Current BGCI member: Yes Scott Outdoor Amphitheater About the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, The 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: Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, The 500 College Avenue 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 Show all data Staff Details Director: Claire Sawyers, Director Curator: Andrew Bunting, Curator Plant Records Officer: 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: 39.5419 Longitude: -75.2110 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: 5194 Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 3230 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 We currently have no data on Conservation Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Research Programmes We currently have no data on Research Programmes at this garden. Please click here if you can update us Education Programmes Public Lectures/Talks: Yes Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes Guided Tours: Yes Courses for General Public: Yes Education Programme: Yes