Bartram's Garden

The best kind of snow day. Thanks to @steven_minicola for the great shot! #AmericasGardenCapital #wintergarden #wheresmysled

Succulents are going fast! Shop now if you want to snag one of these spiny lovelies for your valentine. May your love be as tough and resilient as a cactus! (Yeah, we think that's romantic. ) Each one comes with a hand(leaf)-written love note just for you! (Don't trust a plant with a pencil? You can contact us for special note requests ) Shop now at bartrams-garden.myshopify.com.

Winter is a great time to get creative and use crafts to de-stress! Our Community Yes Fund recently supported local resident Kia Linder to host Relax and Craft, welcoming kids and families from Bartram Village to create their own scented bath products using essential oils for relaxation. Thanks to Kromah Studio Photography for capturing the day. Psst: Wanna know more about the Yes Fund? Check out the Southwest Philadelphia tab on our website!

"If you're to be a master drummer, you have to know about herbs." --Milford Graves Join Bartram's Garden Curator Joel Fry on Zoom on Sunday, 1/10 at 3 PM with the Institute of Contemporary Art for "Coffee & Conversation: Milford's Garden." Register at the link now! Graves's "global garden" influenced all aspects of his prolific creative output, from music to martial arts, as seen in the current exhibit "Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal." The exhibit is accessible at the ICA and virtually through January 24.

Share the joy of nature! Make a gift to support youth internships, Grow it Yourself education kits, free fishing programs, and so much more - bit.ly/RoomForAll

Vote for Philly's own Schuylkill River Trail as the Best Riverwalk in the US! From Schuylkill County to Philadelphia, all 75 miles of SRT are something to be proud of.

From the meadow to the river and everything in between, there's beauty in the Garden wherever you look. Help us sustain this legendary landscape by making a gift today - bit.ly/RoomForAll

We love plants. You love plants. And now you can be sure: plants love you too! Swing by our online store to place an order for lovely, loving houseplantseach one comes with a hand(leaf)-written love note just for you! (Don't trust a plant with a pencil? You can contact us for special note requests ) Shop now at bartrams-garden.myshopify.com

Tune in weekly for mindfulness practices guided by Bartram's Garden River Programs Coordinator Chloe Wang, writer/storyteller Nagiarry Porcéna-Ménéus, and yoga instructor Stef Kroll. Chloe leads introductory qigong on 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 8-8:45am Nagiarry leads meditative journaling on 1st Saturdays 10-11am, and last Fridays, 8:15-8:45am Stef leads yoga every Sunday, from 4:30-5:30pm... More information here: stefkrollyoga.weebly.com/mindful-moments-community.html

From BG Horticulturist Katie: What’s not to love about the Florida Anise Tree (Illicium Floridanum)? Not only is it reliably evergreen but it also has aromatic foliage and a really long bloom season which give way to fragrant starry seed pods. Find ours showing off its seed set in the Carr Garden!

The Garden’s 50 acres have warmly welcomed more visitors than ever before this year. Support this beloved community greenspace and help us offer solace, beauty, and fun by making a gift today - bit.ly/RoomForAll

Handmade Holidays is BACK and ~online~! Stay tuned this week for details on wreath orders, our vendors, special Take + Make crafting kits, and more! Sales open FRIDAY.

Though it doesn't feel like it this weekend, winter is on its way and winter birds are settling in! Come to the Garden and borrow a pair of our binoculars (or byo!) to spot Ruby-crowned Kinglets (pictured), Golden-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos!

Princess Rahman (pictured) and Hajjah Glover led an incredible effort to construct and install low-cost at-home garden beds throughout Southwest Philadelphia this summer, not to mention providing valuable insight on gardening best practices. Help us continue to support food sovereignty in our neighborhood by contributing to our garden bed fund! e.givesmart.com/events/jdX

It's finally here! Handmade Holidays is now LIVE on our webstore. Check out gifts from local vendors (and some very talented staff!) along with festive plants and our Signature Bartram Wreaths. Wreaths are limited to 100 this year, so get your order in early! Shop Now: bartrams-garden.myshopify.com We're still working with vendors to get all their products & information online, so if you don't see something you're looking for, be sure to check back!

Just like this male Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), we're getting ready for winter. Here's what that means for us: The Garden is open! Bundle up, wear a mask, and remember to socially distance. Public restrooms are closed until January 4. Thanks for your understanding! Public hand sanitizing stations are available.... The Welcome Center is currently closed. You can shop online through our website; your order will ship in January. Our staff are on site to care for the garden, farm, and facilities according to COVID19 protocols. by river programs staffer Chloe #maskup #getoutside #phillyparks #funinphilly #brrrr

Today's scavenger hunt clue: #feather #bootramsgarden

Join artist Ellen Tiberino in the Upper Meadow this Sunday for a socially-distanced mosaic workshop where you’ll create your own 8 x 8 inch art tile! $35 Members / $40 Non-members: bit.ly/3konw7I $2 SW Philly neighbors & ACCESS cardholders: bit.ly/3jo1GQs... Photo via The Philadelphia Inquirer

Our students and farm fellows have built more than 50 low-cost garden beds in Southwest Philly so far this yearcan you help us keep going? Each garden bed costs us roughly $250 in materials and labor, but they are available to neighbors starting at just $25! We need your help to build more beds! Donate today at gardenbeds.givesmart.com

Get excited! Handmade Holidays orders open at noon TOMORROW ~ visit our online store for gifts galore (yes it counts as a gift even if it's for yourself, it's 2020 we deserve that much). Don't miss GREAT gift packages like our Self-Care Kit, featuring Nyambi Naturals' popular body soufflé, handcrafted soap from Char's Creations, or our Curious Botanist package, which includes a Rachael Amber Illustration Pollinator Patch and an herbal tincture from Suntrap Botanical !

Wondering what spotted lanternfly eggs look like? Wonder no more! This is a large collection of egg deposits; each individual group is roughly the size of a squished piece of gum. They can be hard to spot and you can find them on just about any outdoor surface (check under your car!) but they are fortunately easy to scrape off and smoosh. From @philaparkandrec: Spotted lanternflies are an invasive species that start to lay their eggs in October. You can help limit next year’s lanternfly population!

Feels like a good time to take a walk. Try downloading @trailoff and checking out Chronicles in Asylum written by Li Sumpter of Mythmedia Studios, one of 10 site-specific interactive stories featured on the app. The experience is designed to take you on a walk from the Newkirk monument to 56th Street Plaza. But if you can't make it here, chances are there's a story path near you!

Today's scavenger hunt clue: #forgotten #bootramsgarden

The berries and flowers of elderberry are packed with antioxidants and vitamins that can help boost your immune system and soothe coughs & sore throats. Join us and Nyambi Naturals this Saturday, Nov. 7 (12-2pm) to learn to make the immune-stimulating herbal remedy, Elderberry Syrup. Everyone will be able to make one to take home! facebook.com/events/339708773906313

Our Handmade Holidays sale goes live this Friday! You can expect a lot of goodies from our nursery, like this aromatic garden bundle, perfect for bringing life to a sunny windowsill in winter. This bundle contains scented geranium, a lovely coleus, and delicious oregano. You can check out our other plants currently available in the shop! Just visit bartrams-garden.myshopify.com

Today's scavenger hunt clue: #ginkgo #bootramsgarden

Thanks for the shout-out, Les!

Handmade Holidays is almost here, and things will look a little different this year On Friday, online sales will open for wreath orders (pick-up 12/5) and gifts from our incredible local vendors. More on those in another post! We'll only be selling our 16" Bartram Signature wreaths this year, and our inventory is limited to 100. We also won't be selling loose greens. We do this as a part of an effort to reconsider our relationship with the land and those we share it with. Harvesting greens for wreaths is both time and resource intensive, and now more than ever it feels vital to shift our ways of doing things to center on giving back to the land, rather than taking from it. We thank you for understanding!

Need a little green in your home? Here are a couple of plants you can put in a sunny window during the winter and bring out in spring/summer (available at bartrams-garden.myshopify.com!) Talinum paniculatum (left) otherwise called Jewels of Opar, is a tender perennial plant that likes to reseed itself all over the Carr Garden. The plantings we have for sale were grown up from those seedlings. This plant is native to the Caribbean and Southeast parts of the United States. Put ...this beauty in a sunny window at home and you will see the beautiful purple jewels that emerge from the flowers. The Bartram/Carr family is known to have collected an assortment of geraniums (Pelargonium sp.). The powerful fragrance of citrus will surely wake you up after an exhausting day! Geraniums, otherwise known as pelargoniums originated from South Africa and then were cultivated in Europe and North America.

Today's scavenger hunt clue: #scales #bootramsgarden

Fall is harvesting season, especially in Southwest Philly! Help us invest in community food sovereignty by supporting our neighbors to grow food at home. Each garden bed costs us roughly $250 in materials and labor, but they are available to neighbors starting at just $25. Your support helps us bridge that gap! To donate, visit gardenbeds.givesmart.com

Get your plants TOMORROW! Once you make your online order, come by the Garden and check in at the Welcome Center on Saturday between 10 and 3. We'll confirm your order and have it ready in 15-20 minutes--enough time for a nice stroll along the river. Place your order at bartrams-garden.myshopify.com

Discover and be inspired by the natural artistry of hidden patterns in the world around us. We’ll investigate and use our observations to create our own works of art! Stream our family art workshop this SUNDAY on Facebook Live from 12pm to 3pm. More info: facebook.com/events/690051078441454

Grateful for this beautiful image from @jtothechong on Instagram, captured during one of our Art in the Meadow previews last month. Look out for more on this project with artists Sarah Kavage and Adria Garcia, coming up next summer!

Today's scavenger hunt clue: #osageorange #bootramsgarden

On top of everything else cold and flu season is coming but don’t worry because Nyambi Naturals has you covered with their recipe for Herbalist Fire Cider! Join us on Saturday, Oct. 24 (11am-1pm) to learn how to make it with ingredients right from your pantry. Get your tickets now and check out the other events in the series: bartramsgarden.org//herbalist-fire-cider-cold-flu-medicine