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.
Every date coming up · 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
- Sat Sep 26
- Sat Oct 17
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.
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.
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
Phoenix Chamber Inaugural Concert
The first concert of a brand new chamber ensemble's first season, built around Beethoven ahead of his 2027 bicentennial. New group, new series, ground floor.
Finished Compost Fall Pop-In at SHIFT
A shop-hours pop-in selling finished local compost by the bag, part of SHIFT's ongoing partnership with Mother Compost to close the loop on kitchen scraps.
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.
