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Spring Fest
April 19 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join us in the Garden for our free annual celebration of spring!
Spring Fest this year will focus on the many stories held in and sustained by our connection to the land. Highlights of the day will include:
- A presentation by Dr. William Woys Weaver about his new translation of Christopher Sauer’s Herbal Cures, which was written in Philadelphia circa 1762-1778. Dr. Weaver is an internationally known food ethnographer, author, and the Director and founder of Roughwood Seeds.
- Youth-led block printing activity by Ginger Arts Center from Philadelphia’s Chinatown
- Hands-on natural dye activity from Ampersand Textiles
- The launch of new visual accessibility tools created by poet Beth Feldman Brandt and Dr. Charmaine Parrish to welcome visitors with low vision to the Garden
- Guided tour of the Garden’s 19th-century flower garden focusing on heirloom tulips and tours of the historic Bartram House
- Marketplace of local heirloom seed companies featuring Truelove Seeds, Roughwood Seeds, Bartram’s Garden seeds, and a seed swap supported by the youth of Sankofa Community Farm–bring seeds to swap!
- Make-and-take kite making and seed planting with Bartram’s youth education staff
- The Garden’s annual plant sale, face painting, volunteer-powered tree planting, family fun, and more!
