Bartram's Garden

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Bartram's Garden.

It’s a home for horticulture, the first nationally landmarked landscape, and the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America.

It is Sankofa Community Farm, an ancient riverfront, a conversation on food sovereignty, high school internship programs, and a place of untold histories.

At its core, it is a public park spanning nearly 50 acres in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia, offering peace, rest, and connection.

The Garden is operated by the non-profit John Bartram Association in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation.

Note:  The above descriptive information came from the organization's Mission and Vision page.

In The News

• Freshwater mussel hatchery at Bartram’s Gardens aims to provide natural filter for Pa. rivers, streams, WHYY, January 22, 2019.
• Comcast Cares Day Volunteers Clean Up Bartram's Garden, NBC-10, April 21, 2018.
• Bartram’s Garden Becomes A Trailhead, Philadelphia Record, April 27, 2017.

Info

• Event Calendar: Programs and Events Calendar
• Radio Episode: Cavalcade of America: John Bartram's Garden (MP3, November 10, 1937, at the Internet Archive)
• Twitter: @bartramsgarden

See Also

• Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram's Garden
• Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden
• Urban Arboretum of University City
• The Woodlands