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Pitcher Perfect
The Horticulture staff at Bartram’s Garden is known for their expertise with all sorts of strange and wonderful plants, and here’s a good example — a blooming Sarracenia x catesbaei *….
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SEEING HISTORY — THE REMAINS OF A HISTORIC WHARF
If you explore the boardwalk at Bartram’s Garden, it will take you along the shore of the Schuylkill River. At one spot, you can observe old timbers in the water. We…
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BARTRAM’S MILE: Ribbon-Cutting & Grand Opening with Mayor Jim Kenney
Bartram’s Garden hosts the ribbon-cutting of the new 1.1 mile Bartram’s Mile Trail, a new segment of the Circuit Trails that expands the Schuylkill River Trail to connect Southwest Philadelphia…
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FUN! Bartram’s Garden FREE events during Philadelphia Science Week
The Philadelphia Science Festival is a nine-day, community-wide celebration of science that takes place annually in April. Featuring lectures, debates, hands-on activities, special exhibitions and a variety of other informal…
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UPDATE: Where’s the Picnic Pavilion?
Latest plans about our Wedding Pavilion & Picnic Area from Executive Director, Maitreyi Roy: Hello All, Over the winter, we’ve broken ground on some new and exciting projects. There’s a “bandstand” at 56th…
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Meet BARETEETH — our Artists-in-Residence for 2017
Bartram’s Garden is pleased to welcome BARETEETH as its Artists-in-Residence this year. Bareteeth is a multi-disciplinary and experimental dance theater collective that pushes on pre-prescribed boundaries concerning identity, survival, and…
Read MorePHOTO GALLERY: The Farm at Bartram’s Garden gets ready for Spring
The Farm at Bartram’s Garden is already a beehive of activity, as our farmers Chris Bolden-Newsom and Ty Holmberg lead their teams in preparation for the growing season. The greenhouses are…
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HISTORIC FIND IN FLORIDA: 200 YEARS BEFORE THE BARTRAMS
You already know that John and William Bartram traveled to the South in their lifetimes, collecting plants such as the Franklinia tree. Among their stops was present-day St. Augustine, Florida,…
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Pirates, Privateers & John Bartram
Philadelphians are often surprised to learn about the history of pirates in our region, including the legendary figures of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Says one source: “Philadelphia, like many cities…
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