Get outdoors

To celebrate the reopening of our Wildlife Clinic, it’s a day of wildlife-themed fun at our Visitor Center, including crafts, animal face painting, nature walks, a bake sale and a raffle for the clinic. Learn about caring for wildlife from...

Celebrate Father’s Day with Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) at Bartram’s Garden to learn the basics of nature photography! Instructor Joshua Lee Mallory of Noise Soul Cinema will cover shot composition, lighting, auto focus, and pro-tips for editing photos through your phone or camera. Attendees will capture photos of...

Celebrate Earth Day at POP’s food forest orchard at Fairmount Park’s Horticultural Center. Volunteers will help mulch and tend to the orchard, and POP will lead tours and have some of our favorite orchard trees, shrubs, and herbs for sale...

Help plant a brand new POP orchard at Union Baptist Church!  In addition to planting diverse fruit trees and berry bushes, we’ll be spreading a mountain of mulch and compost in preparation for new food forest plantings.

Become a citizen scientist in one of the Schuylkill Center’s longest-running programs- counting winter birds. Beginners pair up with experienced birders to find nuthatches, chickadees, red-tailed hawks, even the occasional bald eagle. Warm drinks and donuts provided while we share...

Orchestra 2001 presents this free outdoor concert featuring music by Composer/Conservationist John Luther Adams, made possible by a “New Audiences/New Places” grant from the William Penn Foundation. Bring a folding chair or stroll among the musicians during the performance. Described by...

Fall is (sorta) here! Camping is best in the autumn – warm days, cooler nights become the perfect combination for a campfire and s’mores. Where can you go within a 4-hour drive of Philly? We rounded up ten ideas for...

I’ve mentioned how I’m working with the Fairmount Park Conservancy for a little, and one of the job perks includes helping out with hikes & yoga. On Halloween, I took a hike led by Brad Maule in the Wissahickon, right in the...

Philadelphia has a lot of really great parks. From the large (Fairmount) to the smaller (Rittenhouse Square), they all have something special to offer. Highlighted below are four the of best ‘hidden gems’  of parks based on quaintness, urban development, location,...