Norris Square Neighborhood Project

Norris Square Neighborhood Project x Sankofa Community Farm at Las Parcelas GardenJoin Norris Square Neighborhood Project and Sankofa Community Farm at Las Parcelas Garden (2248 N Palethorp) on Thursday, October 20th from 4:30pm-7:30pm for a North East x South West Land Stewardship Mixer. This is an opportunity for all Philadelphia's greenspace stewards to connect and build together. During this mixer there’ll be:- Live music- Cooking demonstrations- Seed saving- Plant swaps- Alcholado making- Piqué workshopWe’ll serve light food and refreshments, free of charge, provided by Martha. Please RSVP so we can prepare accordingly. Please note the rain date is Friday, October

Fundraising Event to benefit Norris Square Neighborhood ProjectJoin us in a fundraising event and become a friend of NSNP. Learn about who we are as an organization and why donations to our neighborhood project are important to our work. Tickets include a traditional Puerto Rican meal, 2 drinks, and an entry into one our raffles. Enjoy music and dancing. Learn more about Norris Square Neighborhood Project and why we are important to our neighborhood. We have a rain date scheduled for November 19th 2022.

NSNP is inaugurating Las Veredas, a children's garden with Las Parcelas.We are inviting all of our neighbors to bring their kids for an afternoon of fun! Face painting, gardening activities, crafts, music, and more will be there. This is a day for families and young people to enjoy the gardens and be together. We will serve pizza! This event is free and open to the public.

Iris Brown is hosting a BYO cooking class in our Villa Africana Colobó Garden, where she will teach how to make Puerto Rican favorites!As the first class of a three-part cooking session, Iris will teach the May 9 group how to make sofrito and asopao, two Puerto Rican classics. This event will be BYO!*In case of rain class will be held at NSNP Offices, 2041 N Howard St.

Follow foraging extraordinaire Lady Danni on a fundraiser tour of NSNP's gardens to discover plants you may need before you weed!When you're preparing your garden, are you removing weeds?Many "weeds" routinely pulled during garden preparation are edible and medicinal. During this walking tour of Norris Square Neighborhood Project's gardens led by Lady Danni, you will learn about plants you may consider weeds and how they can be helpful to you. Lady Danni will teach you how to use these weeds in cooking or in making healing remedies.So before you hoe, let's talk about these weeds you need to know.Attendees will