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With Gratitude for Barry Grossbach (1939–2025)
Our friend and neighbor Barry Grossbach passed away in December 2025, but his dedication to the neighborhood and pragmatic, problem-solving approach live on in many ways, including throughout Bartram’s Garden….
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For the past seven years, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) and Bartram’s Garden have partnered to pursue a shared vision: the creation of a freshwater mussel hatchery adjacent…
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Fostering Biodiversity in the Meadow with Pocket Gardens
If you’ve passed through the meadow over the past few years, you may have noticed that there are several spots that stand out from the surrounding vegetation. These are “pocket…
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“So I was the new flower that had to flourish and be that tall”
The 15th annual Philadelphia Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration will be held at Bartram’s Garden on Sunday, October 12, 11am–5pm. We sat down with the event co-host and one of the…
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Tending Common Ground: “Community” as an Action Word
An Interview with Charles Lomax, Sophia Poe, and Ben Vershbow In June 2025, Bartram’s Garden finalized a new strategic plan, Tending Common Ground, to guide the organization from 2025–2033. The…
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Meet Ciara Williams, our Lenape Research Fellow!
Last spring, Bartram’s Garden began the search to find our very first Lenape Research Fellow. The creation of this fellowship project was to answer a deep need that we have…
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Meet Our 2025 Juneteenth Artists!
We’re excited to have our friends, the multi-talented artists of VinylTap215, back to co-host our Juneteenth celebration this year. Get to know the faces, voices, and minds behind the music,…
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Share Your Story with River Tales!
This article was featured in the April 2025 Bartram’s Garden collaboration with the Southwest Globe Times newspaper. The Bartram’s Garden River Program has partnered with Our Fishing Log to build an…
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