In 1989 for a 50th birthday present, Nony Moore Barr received a beautiful wooden bench. This was at the time when the Scott Arboretum was adding a new garden behind their offices on the campus of Swarthmore College. Nony gave it to the Arboretum, and Marty Malloy saw it on a recent visit to Swarthmore. The inscription says “Nony’s Bench, a birthday gift to Eleanor Moore Barr from her family, 1989.”
Scott Arboretum was recently cited by USA Today as one of the top 10 gardens to see in the U.S. It is a very special place and Nony highly recommends a visit if anyone is in the Philadelphia area. Her husband and she were both volunteers there after they retired from Swarthmore College. In fact Marty Malloy’s parents were alumni of Swarthmore, and Nony’s parents also worked at the college.
Ed. Note: Thanks to Marty Mulloy for the photo and to Nony Moore Barr for the information. I can’t wait to visit the garden!
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