Category: Horticulture
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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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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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Grow your garden with our 2025 plant selections!
Spring plant catalog is now available! Shop at our Welcome Center beginning April 15.
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New Tools for Garden Visitors with Low Vision Created by Local Accessibility Advocate and Philly Poet
This article was featured in the April 2025 Bartram’s Garden collaboration with the Southwest Globe Times newspaper. For Southwest Philadelphia neighbors, Bartram’s Garden is a place to experience nature in…
Read MoreJoel’s Wisdom in the Garden: Remembered by Mandy Katz
In fond memory of Curator Joel T. Fry (February 22, 1957–March 21, 2023) Almost one year past the date of Joel’s surprising illness and death, I still find myself in…
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Free yard trees available for Southwest Philadelphia residents!
Hey Southwest Philadelphia neighbors! Would you like a free tree for your yard? Register by November 7! In partnership with TreePhilly and the ROOTS Tree Crew, sign-ups are now available to…
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It’s time for spring planting!
Spring plant catalog is now available! Shop at our Welcome Center beginning April 15.
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Ailanthus: John Bartram and Philadelphia’s Most Notorious Tree
Few trees define America’s urban environments more than Ailanthus altissima, or the “Tree-of-Heaven.” If you are not familiar with that name, you are undoubtedly familiar with the tree itself. Ailanthus…
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