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Enjoy a walk through our fields and forests to learn how art can address ecological challenges, from invasive plants to dropping pollinator populations. Schuylkill Center LandLab artists in residence will talk about how they developed installations that create positive change...
Event: Meatless Monday: Book Club Edition Date/Time: Monday, April 27th at 6:30p Cost: $150 inclusive of wine, tax and gratuity 12 guests The only activity more satisfying than flipping through a cookbook is eating your way through one. Alicia Walter,...
“Farming in Philly: An Interactive Panel Discussion”-Please join Repair the World, Jewish Farm School, and the Philadelphia Orchard Project on Tuesday, April 28 at 6 pm at 4029 Market St (the Repair the World workshop) for a panel discussion about urban farming!...
Just in time for Mother’s Day we will be hosting a bouquet-making workshop. We will be using the French Spiral bouquet method. This method ensures your bouquets have structure and depth that create a sense of fullness. Nadine will teach...
See the work of our seven LandLab resident artists in this exhibition focusing on how their work informs ecological restoration. Each artist will present the results of their work, including outcomes and documentation of the evolution of their installation, and...
Join United By Blue for our annual Warehouse Sale at deeply discounted prices. Items for purchase include past season's items, salesman samples, and slight factory defects. UNITED BY BLUE – 144 N 2ND ST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19106 FRIDAY MAY 1ST...
In recognition of Philadelphia’s leadership in trail development and in celebration of several new world-class sections of the East Coast Greenway here in the City, Philadelphia has been chosen as the host city for the State of the Greenway Summit...
The Parent-Infant Center is holding it's annual Plant Sale in the beautiful St. Andrew's Chapel beside the school. Sale hours are 4-6pm on Friday, May 1, and 10am-3pm on Saturday, May 2. Choose from hundreds of annuals, perennials, herbs and...
Learn how to propagate perennial and annual herb plants, basic herbal history and garden design. Proper site choices for container or in-ground growing, care requirements and herb preservation will be included. Herbal tea recipes will also be provided.
South Street kicks off Philly's summer festival season with a free, all-day, all ages block party on Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 11:00am to 8:00pm. Festivities will take over South Street between Front and 8th, plus continue onto 2nd Street...
Our annual plant sale features a beautiful selection of more than 100 species of perennial trees, shrubs, vines, and wildflowers native to this region. Grow an edible garden with heirloom varieties of vegetable and herb starts. Volunteers and plant experts will...
The annual plant sale features a beautiful selection of more than 100 species of perennial trees, shrubs, vines, and wildflowers native to this region. Grow an edible garden with heirloom varieties of vegetable and herb starts. Volunteers and plant experts...
Learn about Nature Preschool, the Schuylkill Center's pioneering school for children ages 3-5. Visit the classrooms, meet staff, find out details on our curriculum and schedule, ask questions, and more. Families get a sneak-peek at what children learn and experience each...
Join us in Tall Trees Playscape, our all-natural playground, to dig in the sand, explore the mud kitchen, play on the music wall, and more. Meet new friends and enjoy the wonders of the outdoors. For ages 3 and up.
The art of American beer brewing goes back centuries before our founding fathers experimented with grains, molasses, and even spruce to create their concoctions. We’ll do some experimenting of our own with invasive plants we can find in the spring...
What is It? An afternoon of homeopathic medicine workshops and holistic shopping, brought to you by the National Center for Homeopathy. This event brings NCH’s popular Homeopathy Academy for Moms webinar series Live! and in-person! Who Should Come? Moms, dads,...
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with this evening of live music and great food in an enchanted outdoor setting. This year’s Forest honors two very special friends, Binney Meigs and Julie Spahr; see our website for more information about their dedicated...
Join us on the patio for a variety of all natural burgers, chicken, ribs, and vegetables fresh off the grill. Menu will include: grass fed burgers farm raised chicken seared baby carrots seared new potatoes baby back ribs and more!
Craft Phila - Liberty Bell Fair presents an open-air artist and makers fair on Saturday, May 16 (10am-7pm) and Sunday, May 17, 2015 (10am-5pm) at Sixth and Market streets. Celebrate USA hand-made craft, visual art and fashion at America's epicenter...
We’ll open our beehive and take a peek inside to get the buzz about bees. The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild will share honeybee biology, bee behavior, and what it’s like to work with bees – up close. Learn everything you every wanted to know – and some things you didn’t – about the sweet-natured...
Craft Phila - Liberty Bell Fair presents an open-air artist and makers fair on Saturday, May 16 (10am-7pm) and Sunday, May 17, 2015 (10am-5pm) at Sixth and Market streets. Celebrate USA hand-made craft, visual art and fashion at America's epicenter...
Eat Retreat Bite On Thursday May 21st, connect with local and national food leaders and celebrate a shared joy of food at Eat Retreat Bite. Open to one and all, this community pop-up features the region’s best food and...
We often boast that, at 340 acres, the Schuylkill Center is Philadelphia’s largest protected open space. But we almost didn't exist. Incredibly, the farmland that became the Schuylkill Center was shortlisted as a site for the United Nations in the...
For more information: Karen Stark, GMO Free PA, righttoknowpa@gmail.com, 952-484-8113 Sam Bernhardt, Food & Water Watch, sbernhardt@fwwatch.org, 267-428-1903 Consumers to Return to Streets of Philadelphia in March Against Monsanto WHAT: On Saturday, May 23rd, consumers, farmers, parents, children,...
At Flowers and Company we have had a number of requests to host a floral crown workshop and thought, what a better time than the week of the (un)official start of summer! Is there a more perfect way to put the...
Enjoy an evening in the forest with delicious local foods and drinks. We'll engage in a roundtable discussion about the future of Philadelphia’s land and food systems. Philadelphia was first imagined as a “City in a Park,” and our panel of...
Let’s Go Outdoors comes for a special Saturdays @ SCEE from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. We’ll learn sign language and become “interpreters” of nature. Then we’ll take a silent walk and “talk” about what we observe. Bring a pencil,...
This spring, The Food Trust is partnering once again with the Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger to host Eat Healthy, Give Healthy!, a healthy food drive at one of The Food Trust’s most popular farmers’ markets in Philadelphia. At this community celebration at Fairmount Farmers'...
The Philly Fixers Guild is a community organization that supports our neighbors and the city through regular Repair Fairs like this one. During the Fair, guests from all around Philadelphia are welcome to bring in their damaged or inoperative possessions...
Interested in birding but overwhelmed by the prospect of getting started? We pair experienced birders with beginners, making the Nesting Bird Census a great opportunity to learn to recognize local birds and to help the Schuylkill Center collect valuable information...
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