Category: River

April 10, 2025

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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September 18, 2024

River Program Season Update for Fall 2024

Unfortunately, free Saturday boating will be closed until Spring 2025, and the Southwest Fish Off will also be canceled until next year. We are incredibly grateful to the Community Boathouse…

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August 29, 2024

Bartram’s Garden Chemical Contamination

This blog post was written by Stefanie Kroll, for the Riverways blog. Philadelphians were alerted last month to possible industrial pollutants spilling over the Bartram’s Mile Trail at Bartram’s Garden….

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May 22, 2024

EPA Awards Remediation Funding for Future Field Station Site

On May 20, we were thrilled to join U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), and Mayor Cherelle Parker for the announcement of new…

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April 25, 2024

Spotlight on Water Quality Monitoring

This article was written by Valerie Onifade, River Program Coordinator, and Chloe Wang, River Program Manager for the print version of the April 2024 Bartram’s Garden collaboration with the Southwest…

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October 12, 2023

2023 Southwest Fish-Off

The Southwest Fish-Off had 31 participants, and 65 fish were caught in 4 hours. The species caught were white perch, channel catfish, bluegill, American eel, emerald shiner, and yellow perch….

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July 26, 2023

River Staff Featured by PennEnvironment

Did you catch members of the Bartram’s Garden river staff in the news last week? River Program Coordinator Valerie and Alliance for Watershed Education Fellow Ammarava were featured in a…

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July 5, 2022

“Coming Soon to 56th Street”

This article appeared in the print edition of our special issue of the July Southwest Globe Times Coming Soon to 56th Street Have you heard? A new Ecosystems Education Center and…

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June 5, 2020

A Letter from Bartram’s Garden to the PA Department of Environmental Protection

This post was written by Carly Schmidt and originally published by our partners at River Network. In the days of the Clean Water Act, the Lower Schuylkill River was a…

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Birds

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Kids' Activities

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Southwest Philadelphia

Water Quality

Workshops, Wellness & Culture

Youth Internships

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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.