October 2025

  • Free Bike Rentals [2025]

    Free Bike Rentals [2025]

    Free, walk-up bike rentals and helmets available for kids and adults! Bikes are first-come, first-served, but register in advance to receive info on weather-related cancellations.   Have your own bike? We also provide simple repairs (flats, chains, brake adjustments), diagnostics, and bike safety brochures.      


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  • SWWAG 2025 Workshops

    SWWAG Workshop: Seed Keeping

    Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden
    5400 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA

    Join Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm in an evening of seed keeping and story weaving, and have a deep-rooted conversation about our collective past and evolving futures.    


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  • WeWalk PHL Thursday Walking Group

    WeWalk PHL Thursday Walking Group

    Bartram's Garden Welcome Center

    Come out for a walk in the park! Join neighbors for a free, easy 1-hour walk on the Bartram's Mile Trail with a group. Come every week or just when you can! All walks will be led by a trained We Walk group leader from the community and will meet at the Welcome Center. Thursday...


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  • Community Harvest Event at Woodland Academy

    Woodland Academy
    5401 Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

    Join our neighbors at Woodland Academy for a fun-filled day of resources, activities, dancing, and food! If you're interested in tabling at this event, contact Stephanie Battle at or call 215-726-6646


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  • November 2025

  • Community Quilting

    SOLD OUT Community Quilting

    Coach House
    5400 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us for a fun and creative afternoon of community quilting in the Garden! Bring your own fabric scraps or use some of ours to create a unique quilt square that can be the start of something beautiful or a standalone piece for your lap or table. No quilting experience necessary – all skill levels...


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  • SWWAG 2025 Workshops

    SOLD OUT SWWAG Workshop: Biochar and Compost Tea

    Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden
    5400 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA

    Learn about the making and use of biochar and compost tea to improve garden and orchard soils with POP Biochar is a charcoal-like soil enhancer made by burning organic material. Compost tea is a living liquid soil enhancer made by 'brewing' compost.  In this workshop, we'll go over the history, usage, properties, and how they...


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  • Community Quilting

    SOLD OUT Community Quilting

    Coach House
    5400 Lindbergh Blvd, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us for a fun and creative afternoon of community quilting in the Garden! Bring your own fabric scraps or use some of ours to create a unique quilt square that can be the start of something beautiful or a standalone piece for your lap or table. No quilting experience necessary – all skill levels...


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  • December 2025

I'm interested in:

Biking & Walking

Birds

Boating & Fishing

Flowers, Plants & Trees

Gardening

History

Kids' Activities

Sankofa Community Farm

Southwest Philadelphia

Water Quality

Workshops, Wellness & Culture

Youth Internships

I'm interested in:

Biking & Walking

Stroll the Schuylkill River Trail or join us for biking!

Birds

Look up! More than 100 species of birds rely on this ecosystem.

Boating & Fishing

Enjoy all that the Tidal Schuylkill River has to offer.

Flowers, Plants & Trees

See what’s blooming, find a favorite tree, and stroll the gardens and natural lands.

Gardening

Bring the Garden home! Shop for plants or grow food, trees, and more.

History

Uncover the interconnected stories of this historic site.

Kids' Activities

Join us year-round to learn, make, share, and wonder.

Sankofa Community Farm

“Go back and get it!” Growing food sovereignty with an African Diaspora focus.

Southwest Philadelphia

Resources and opportunities especially for neighbors in Southwest Philly.

Water Quality

View our latest data on current river conditions.

Workshops, Wellness & Culture

Enjoy upcoming workshops, self-care, and events. Are you a Southwest artist? Let’s partner!

Youth Internships

Calling Southwest students: paid internships available with the river, the farm, and the trees.