Sycamore Court's California sycamore trees were planted by Huntsman-Trout in the 1929 and provide a spectacular canopy for the courtyard in spring and summer months. The nearby astrolobe was originally in the Pasadena garden of Mrs. Edward C. Harwood, an early trustee of the college, and was given by her daughters, Mrs. John R. Marble and Mrs. Daniel Dewey.
Lining the arcades of Sycamore Court are eight bas-relief panels sculpted by John Gregory, representing famous plays by William Shakespeare. The plaster sculptures served as the models for the marble carvings installed at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. These panels were made available to Scripps College by the Folger Shakespeare Library Director, Dr. Louis B. Wright, a close friend of Dr. Frederick Hard, the fourth President of Scripps College (1944-64), and by the Board of Trustees of Amherst College, which administers the Library. A ninth panel representing Julius Caesar is on the Amherst College campus.