FREE Lecture At Scott Arboretum (Swarthmore College)

Free Lecture at the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

Plant Hunting in Western China

Date & Time:                   Thursday, April 7, 7 pm   

Cost:                                 Free & open to the public

Location:                          Gillespie Room, Wister Center

Special Notes:                 

Join Andrew Bunting, curator, as he relives his adventures plant collecting in the mountains in Sichuan Province. Andrew will show the wealth of habitats explored, as well as take us through the rich flora of western China filled with dozens of taxa of Acer, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Arisaema, to name only a few!
Advance registration required and limited to 60. Please call 610-328-8025 to reserve your spot.

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/.