Category: Arts & Culture
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William Bartram’s Travels and the Early Naturalist’s Library
William Bartram’s reputation as a botanist, naturalist, and explorer has endured in the modern world largely due to his single, classic book: Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East &…
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Bless this YES! The Yes Fund grows and supports our SW Community.
The Neighborhood Yes Fund celebrates the creative talents of our Southwest neighbors and friends and provides mini-grants in support of creative expression, connection to nature, community well-being and youth engagement….
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Vendor List for our Handmade Holidays & Green Sale
Join us this Saturday, December 2, 10am to 3pm Member reception on Friday, December 1, 4 to 7pm Deck the halls with our beautiful selection of decorated and undecorated wreaths,…
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Three events one community!
Sunday, October 15th was an action-packed day at the garden, Sankofa Farm, 56th Street Plaza, and the Schuylkill River. We were honored to host three events on that day to celebrate…
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BARETEETH bare love in the garden
In 2017 Bartram’s Garden was honored to welcome the artists collective BARETEETH on our grounds and in our community for an eight-month Southwest Roots Residency. On September 29th, they will…
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Celebrating Our Bartram Oak
Just over the fence from the Ann Bartram Carr Garden is our Bartram oak (Quercus heterophylla). John Bartram first observed this tree as a single specimen on the banks of…
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Pitcher Perfect
The Horticulture staff at Bartram’s Garden is known for their expertise with all sorts of strange and wonderful plants, and here’s a good example — a blooming Sarracenia x catesbaei *….
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SEEING HISTORY — THE REMAINS OF A HISTORIC WHARF
If you explore the boardwalk at Bartram’s Garden, it will take you along the shore of the Schuylkill River. At one spot, you can observe old timbers in the water. We…
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BARTRAM’S MILE: Ribbon-Cutting & Grand Opening with Mayor Jim Kenney
Bartram’s Garden hosts the ribbon-cutting of the new 1.1 mile Bartram’s Mile Trail, a new segment of the Circuit Trails that expands the Schuylkill River Trail to connect Southwest Philadelphia…
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