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Visits, Directions & <strong>Plant</strong> Sale BasicsTHE ASSOCIATES OF THE SCOTT ARBORETUM500 College Avenue - <strong>Swarthmore</strong> PA 19081-1397610-328-8025 - scott@swarthmore.edu - www.scottarboretum.org© 2011 Associates <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Scott</strong> <strong>Arboretum</strong>• We welcome your visits.• Browse our website to learn more about one <strong>of</strong> themost beautiful college campuses in America.• Subscribe to our free blog, blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds, to make your thumb (<strong>and</strong> garden)greener.• Enrich your knowledge through our nationally registeredcollections.• Inspire your own creativity with our imaginative <strong>and</strong>ever changing teaching gardens.• Join us in our frequent tours that highlight seasonalinterest throughout the year.• Or simply walk our gardens to refresh your body <strong>and</strong>mind.• <strong>The</strong> <strong>Scott</strong> <strong>Arboretum</strong> is open <strong>and</strong> free every day <strong>of</strong>the year.Directions to the <strong>Scott</strong> Associates <strong>Plant</strong>Sale <strong>and</strong> <strong>Arboretum</strong> OfficesFrom Pennsylvania I-476, take Exit 3Media/<strong>Swarthmore</strong>. At the bottom <strong>of</strong> theexit ramp, follow the sign for <strong>Swarthmore</strong><strong>and</strong> turn onto Baltimore Pike eastbound.Stay in the right lane on Baltimore Pike <strong>and</strong>in less than a ¼ mile, turn right onto Route320.Watch carefully for the turns on Route 320.Proceed to second traffic light on Route320; turn left onto College Avenue for the<strong>Plant</strong> Sale or right to reach the <strong>Arboretum</strong><strong>of</strong>fices.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> Sale will be held along CollegeAvenue on the Cunningham playing fieldapproximately two blocks from Route 320.Parking is available at the <strong>Swarthmore</strong>Rutledge Elementary School just beyondthe <strong>Plant</strong> Sale site, on campus at variouslocations <strong>and</strong> on the street as well.<strong>Plant</strong> Sale BasicsAs we have noted, fall is a great time forplanting, <strong>and</strong> with proper care, your plantswill thrive. However, because we do notmaintain plants for sale on an on-goingbasis, <strong>and</strong> because we have no control overthe care <strong>and</strong> tending <strong>of</strong> plants once theyleave the Sale, we are not able to <strong>of</strong>ferreplacement plants, exchanges or refunds.If you have any questions about the specificneeds <strong>of</strong> the plants you purchase, pleasebe sure to discuss them with any one <strong>of</strong>our <strong>Plant</strong> Experts who will be on h<strong>and</strong>throughout the Sale. Also be sure to ask ourExperts about current planting techniques<strong>and</strong> review the suggestions on pages 56.To help meet our financial goals, we striveto sell only plants <strong>of</strong> the highest quality.<strong>The</strong> <strong>woodies</strong>, perennials <strong>and</strong> house plantswe <strong>of</strong>fer have been produced by growerswhose st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> selections haveimpressed us.<strong>The</strong> biennial <strong>Plant</strong> Sale is the largestfund-raiser <strong>of</strong> the Associates <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Scott</strong><strong>Arboretum</strong>. This year, the funds generatedwill go to the Wister Education Center &Greenhouse Building Fund.Thank you for supporting these endeavors.
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