Ambler in Bloom 2026: Rooted in the Elements
A garden party fundraiser with live music, artisanal food trucks, a roaming oystertainer, cyanotype sun prints and a bonsai demonstration scattered across the arboretum's paths. Proceeds support free public access to the gardens.
More at Ambler Arboretum of Temple University
Ambler Arboretum: Summer Horticulture Hike
A plant-by-plant tour with Arboretum Director Kathy Salisbury and a Tyler School instructor. Ninety minutes, more technical than the general walks.
Collins Nursery of the Ambler Arboretum Open Days
Fall planting weather, and the campus nursery is open nine to three. Specialists in natives, grown a few hundred yards from where you buy them.
Ambler Arboretum: Fall Director's Walk
Arboretum director Kathy Salisbury walks the Temple campus grounds and talks through what is going in, what is coming out, and the history behind the beds. Ninety minutes, outdoors.
Around the same time
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Last Tuesday scramble of September, eight until nine thirty at Liberty Boulevard. Twenty five dollars, clubs on hand, and the series keeps running into fall.
Bird Walk at Peter Wentz Farmstead
An early morning bird walk around the farmstead fields and hedgerows with the county's environmental educator. Free, but email Rebecca Blacketter to register before you go.
