FREE Scott Arboretum Event

Travels at Twelve sponsored by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College 

Botanizing in the Ecuadorian Andes

Date & Time:                   Thursday, February 17, from Noon to 1 p.m.

Cost:                                 Free and open to the public

Location:                          Kohlberg Hall, Scheurer Room

Special Notes:                  Bring a bag lunch

Join Andrew Bunting, Curator for the Scott Arboretum, on a birding and botanizing tour of the eastern Andes starting in the cloud forests around San Isidro at 6,500 feet; crossing over the summit of the Andes; viewing high alpine South American flora and ending on the western slope in the Cordillera de Guacamayos. This week‐long trip explored many of the plant habitats that are represented in Ecuador. Space is limited to 100 people for this lecture.

Free and open to the public, Travels at Twelve are an informal way to share what has been seen and discovered in various gardens and natural spaces both in the United States and abroad. Held from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Scheurer Room of Kohlberg Hall at Swarthmore College. Contact the Scott Arboretum Offices at 610-328-8025 for more information and parking.

The Scott Arboretum is an educational garden of ideas and suggestions. Covering more than 300 acres of the Swarthmore College Campus and exhibiting over 4,000 different kinds of plants, the Arboretum displays some of the best trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals for use in the Delaware Valley. Established in 1929 as a living memorial to Arthur Hoyt Scott, the Arboretum is open to the public year-round free of charge, from dawn to dusk. Adam Levine in the November/December 2002 issue of Garden Design magazine described the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College as "the most beautiful campus in America." Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call the Arboretum Offices at 610- 328-8025. Visit us on our website at http://www.scottarboretum.org/.