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  • Spring Fest

    Join us in the Garden for our free annual celebration of spring! This year’s schedule includes attractions from previous years: Our plant nursery’s seasonal kick-off and sale Garden tours Vendor marketplace and community resource tables Children’s activities   Plus special presentations and activities from our community partners 10am: Medicinal Highlights of the Botanical Garden In Spring, led by Kelly McCarthy of Attic Apothecary 11am: Vivien Sansour of Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, interviewed by Maria José Garcia of Sankofa Community Farm 12-2pm: Seed Exchange hosted by Nate Kleinman of Experimental Farm Network 12-1pm: Musical performances by Orchestra 2001 1-3pm: What’s The Deal

  • Spring Fest

    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

  • Spring Fest

    Join us for our annual, rain-or-shine celebration of spring in the Garden. Enjoy this year’s free, family-friendly itinerary: 10—11am: Medicinal Herbs plant walk with Garden Ecology Youth Coordinator and Building Your Home Apothecary Instructor Dominique Matti. Please register in advance for this free tour here. 10am—2pm: Bartram’s Garden Historic Archives Show and Tell 11am–12pm: Solo vibraphone performance by Hudson River 11am–2pm: Firstival celebration with 52 Weeks of Firsts 12—1pm: Indigenous History Teach-in with Lenape Research Fellow, Ciara Williams 1–2pm: Son Jarocho performance by Son Revoltura Music Collective Plus, all-day activities like: The Bartram’s Garden Plant Nursery season opening and sale.