Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Learn all about the age-old art of pressing and preserving flowers.In this workshop, you will learn all about the age-old art of pressing and preserving flowers. We'll cover foliage selection, pressing techniques, and how to arrange and design your own work bundled with composition and style. All materials will be provided. Registration is required.Registration closes at noon on Thursday 8/4, or prior if the class sells out. If you would like to attend after registration has closed, please send an email to kkapoano@pennhort.org and we’ll check to see if we can accommodate you. If you need to cancel, please make

PHS presents, 'Meet the Makers,' a series where you'll meet and get to know local brewers and taste through your favorite beer and cider.2SP will be in the garden to talk all things hops! Learn all about the plant that gives beer so much character and taste through some of 2SP's hoppiest brews!Beer will be available for purchase to be enjoyed at the Garden or to be taken to go. Must be 21+ to attend.

Learn the basics of canning, pickling, and seed saving so you can enjoy your summer garden all year round!Make your summer garden last all year long by preserving its bounty. We'll be joined by our Gardens Team for this special workshop where we will cover the basics of pickling, canning, seed saving, and more! We'll even send you home with some of our favorite summertime treats. Registration is required.Registration closes at noon on Thursday, 8/11 or prior if the class sells out. If you would like to attend after registration has closed, please send an email to kkapoano@pennhort.org and we’ll

Learn various techniques for how to propagate your favorite house plants.Interested in learning how to create new plants out of the ones you already have? In this class, we’ll review all the necessary steps to properly propagate indoor plants and introduce you to the best way to cut various types of plants (fiddle leaf figs, monsteras, succulents, and more), which vessels to place them in, and how to transition the cutting from water to soil. You’ll go home with 4 new cuttings to help turn your home into the plant jungle you've been wishing for! Registration is required.Registration closes at

Postponed until Fall '22.Join us for our annual fundraising cocktail reception featuring a live and silent auction. This year we will celebrate the work of PHS Healthy Neighborhoods programs, including Community Gardens, Trees, Landcare, and Workforce Development, which deliver impact in more than 250 communities throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. We are excited to unveil the PHS Garden for the Greater Good Award, which will honor organizations that have gone above and beyond in advancing health and well-being through their investment in horticulture. The inaugural recipient, PECO, will be recognized for their support as a sponsor and partner to PHS

The abundance of nature is nuts!Join local perennial agriculture enthusiast Michael Muehlbauer to learn about foraging and processing native nut trees. This workshop will include home-scale hacks, a tour of trees, and a discussion of foraging ethics.

Learn how to make beautiful prints using leaves and other found natural objects.Meet PHS’s amazing Trees Team + our partners from S(tree)twork and learn how to make beautiful stationery, cards, and other artwork by printing with leaves and other found objects from nature. All materials including foliage will be provided but please feel free to bring some of your own if you’d like. Registration is required.Registration closes at noon on the day of the event, or prior if the class sells out. If you would like to attend after registration has closed, please send an email to kkapoano@pennhort.org and we’ll

Become a neighborhood greening hero and enjoy the fellowship of more than 6,000 Tree Tenders in the Greater Philadelphia area!Register for the upcoming PHS Tree Tenders Fall Basic Training webinar to learn the basics of tree biology, identification, planting, and care. As a participant, you will be joining one of the nation’s oldest and most respected volunteer urban tree care programs.This four-part program will take place virtually over Zoom from 6:00 - 8:00 pm on Thursdays beginning September 22 through October 13.Participants will also be invited to attend one of the optional hands-on Outdoor Workshops on Saturday, Oct. 15 10:00

PHS presents, 'Meet the Makers,' a series where you'll meet and get to know local brewers and taste through your favorite beer and cider.Wissahickon Brewing Company is a family owned & operated brewery located in East Falls, Philadelphia. Founded by a local neighborhood family, they attribute the conception of their business to a Father's Day home brewing kit received 10 years ago. They have a great space with an outdoor beer garden, food trucks every day, and yoga classes & quizzo weekly. They'll be in the garden chatting about and serving American styles of beer ranging from NE IPAs, American

Monthly Plant Swap where you can share your plants and bring home some new ones!PHS Plant Swaps are a free, family-friendly event. Bring plants, plant cuttings, or any garden-related items (i.e., books, tools, vegetables from your garden, etc.), then come to our garden to swap and meet new plant enthusiasts. It’s a one-for-one exchange; if you bring five items, you'll go home with five new items! We will have plant experts on hand to help identify unknown plants and special plant society guests with demonstration specimens. Please register before the swap and check in with us when you arrive. By

Turning Your Household Waste into Worm Compost ‘Black Gold’This hands-on workshop aims to teach the audience the benefits of, and start-to-finish process for, creating one’s own cache of vermicompost; as well as demonstrate how to build a worm bin from two designs currently used by the presenter in her own Philly rowhome. One design is intended for indoor use, using affordable materials found in most discount big-box stores. The second design is an outdoor bin that has proven to sustain a healthy worm population year-round in the City’s climate. Following a discussion containing samples of all things vermicomposting, participants will

Join Nakia and Taahirah, owners of Dope Botanicals to learn the basics of herbal tea blending.Are you curious about how to use different herbs, but you don’t quite know where to start?Maybe you want to start blending your own herbal teas but you can’t quite figure out what herbs you should be mixing together. In this interactive workshop, you will learn the basics of herbal tea blending for health and wellness. You will learn how to properly prepare herbal teas that are delicious and steeped in medicinal value. Whether you are an herbal beginner or a tea enthusiast this class

Enjoy an introduction to medicinal herbal preparations you can do easily at home!Interested in learning more about using herbs at home? In this introduction to home herbalism, explore traditional uses of herbs and the many ways you can make and use herbal preparations at home. Participants will also harvest herbs from the medicinal herb garden and make a tasty herbal infusion. For questions about the event or getting to the event location, please contact adavid@pennhort.org. Lynn Roberts is a Clinical Herbalist, walking the line where traditional use of herbs meets modern science. Her practice is evidence-based while honoring the wisdom

Learn about herbal salves and oils for skincare and first aid. All participants will make an herbal salve to take home! Herbal oils and salves are a convenient way to utilize herbs for skincare and first aid and are simple and cost-effective to make at home. Lynn will be providing a demonstration of how to make herbal oils at home using comfrey from the garden. Afterward, participants will make their own comfrey salve to take home. Lynn Roberts is a Clinical Herbalist, walking the line where traditional use of herbs meets modern science. Her practice is evidence-based while honoring the

Monthly Plant Swap with where you can share your plants and bring home some new ones!PHS Plant Swaps are a free, family-friendly event. Bring plants, plant cuttings, or any garden-related items (i.e., books, tools, vegetables from your garden, etc.), then come to our garden to swap and meet new plant enthusiasts. It’s a one-for-one exchange; if you bring five items, you'll go home with five new items! We will have plant experts on hand to help identify unknown plants and special plant society guests with demonstration specimens. Please register before the swap and check in with us when you arrive.

Monthly Plant Swap with where you can share your plants and bring home some new ones!PHS Plant Swaps are a free, family-friendly event. Bring plants, plant cuttings, or any garden-related items (i.e., books, tools, vegetables from your garden, etc.), then come to our garden to swap and meet new plant enthusiasts. It’s a one-for-one exchange; if you bring five items, you'll go home with five new items! We will have plant experts on hand to help identify unknown plants, plant society guests with demonstration specimens, and seasonal plant favorites from our sponsor, Solo Real Estate.Please register before the swap and

Learn how to turn turn food scraps and other organic waste into rich compost for your plants and garden!Turn your household garbage and yard waste into soil and fertilizer for your garden and houseplants. Learn different techniques to do this yourself, even in small spaces; play with worms, and take home a sample of compost tea.This workshop will be led by the amazing Sally McCabe, Associate Director of Community Education for PHS. Sally has been playing with both garbage and worms for almost 50 years, and doesn't fear either!Registration closes at noon on the day of the event, or prior

Learn all the tricks of the trade for designing a beautiful spring container.Whether you have plenty of outdoor space, a 2x2 patio, or a front stoop, container gardening will instantly transform any area! Join Andrew Bunting, Vice President of Horticulture at PHS, for a hands-on demonstration and tips for creating a beautiful container every time! Participants will receive 3 springtime plants hand-picked by our Garden designers to take home and design their own container. Registration closes at noon Thursday 4/20, or prior if the class sells out. If you would like to attend after registration has closed, please send an

Monthly Plant Swap where you can share your plants and bring home some new ones!PHS Plant Swaps are a free, family-friendly event. Bring plants, plant cuttings, or any garden-related items (i.e., books, tools, vegetables from your garden, etc.), then come to our garden to swap and meet new plant enthusiasts. It’s a one-for-one exchange; if you bring five items, you'll go home with five new items! We will have plant experts on hand to help identify unknown plants and special plant society guests with demonstration specimens. Please register before the swap and check in with us when you arrive. By

Learn how to create a beautiful floral arrangement with local spring blooms!Join Elise Hanks, Philadelphia based flower grower, floral designer, and owner of Terra Luna Herbals for a hands on floral design workshop. Learn the basics of creating a unique flower arrangement with blooms sourced from the Terra Luna farm! Ticket price includes a bountiful mix of herb and flower blooms in a beautiful glass vase created by local artisans Remark glass. This class will celebrate the power of local growers, makers, and the natural creativity in all of us. Learn more about Terra Luna Herbals hereLearn more about Remark

Join Nakia and Taahirah, owners of Dope Botanicals to learn how herbs + spices can reduce inflammation and improve our digestion + immunity.Did you know that digestion and immunity are directly related? Are you looking for ways to support your digestive health, boost your immunity, and lower inflammation? Look no further, this is the class for you! In this class you will learn about spices and herbs that work wonderfully for Digestion, Inflammation, and Immunity. You will also learn a basic herbal extraction method and the benefits of your herbal extracts.In this workshop you will learn:How to make tasty Herbal

Disaster, Promise & Wildflowers in Philadelphia and BeyondJeff Carpineta is a Philadelphia open space preservation activist, artist, and wildflower gardener (Emerald Wildflower Garden, founder of The Perch Music & Arts Workshop), and Realtor with Phila’s oldest real estate company and PHS Garden supporter, Solo Real Estate.Jeff will share perspectives on “plant blindness”, the myth of the green thumb, some history of Philadelphia’s damaged ecology, efforts to heal, and the importance of native plant gardening for Them (birds, butterflies, bees, moths) to honor the web of connections that our life and life around the planet depends upon. Attendees will receive:a native

Join us for a FREE concert featuring ARKAI. Brought to life by PHS and Astral in the PHS Pop Up Garden ManayunkFree to attend for all ages. This concert will be in the PHS Pop Up Garden Manayunk. Located at 106 Jamestown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19127. Tuesday July 18th 6:30-8:30pm, rain date Wednesday July 19th. This Garden Party will feature performances by ARKAI, an award-winning electroacoustic duo that has inspired audiences around the world through their genre-defying string music. Graduates of The Juilliard School, their past engagements have included performances at The MET, Joe’s Pub, City Winery, US Air Force

A series where you'll meet and get to know local brewers and taste through a selection of your favorite beer and cider! Triple Bottom Brewing, located on Spring Garden, is a brewery with a social mission. The brewers will have lots of fresh spring inspired brews with them and will be chatting about their fair chance mission and being a certified B-Corp. Beer will be available for purchase to be enjoyed at the Garden or to be taken to go. *Must be 21+ to attend. DATE August 23, 2023 TIME 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm COST FREE to participate with additional

Are you involved in a new community garden or looking to start one? Join us to learn what it takes to get a community garden started, and how to sustain it. This is not a gardening class -- we will cover recruiting and keeping volunteers; assessing and finding resources in your neighborhood; garden management; land ownership/security; forming partnerships, and How to Get Stuff Done!  Philadelphia groups who complete the course and meet additional requirements are invited to apply for project support. More Information: gardentenders@pennhort.org This class takes place on five Wednesday evenings: March 27, April 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 6