Plant Trees with Philadelphia Orchard Project

Posted by on August 26, 2013

NOTE: If you intend to volunteer at an event, please RSVP via our website (http://www.phillyorchards.org). By clicking on an event description, you can see how many people have signed up and where your help is most needed!

Please contact phil@phillyorchards.org for more information on a particular event.

Fall 2013 Event Schedule

URBAN FARM BIKE TOUR
Saturday, September 7 @ 8am
Greensgrow Farm, 2501 E. Cumberland, North Philly
This is the 8th annual Urban Farm Bike Tour organized by Weavers Way and a great way to check out a lot of POP orchards and other fantastic urban farms!  A longer and shorter route are featured this year and POP sites on the tour include Teens 4 Good, Bartram’s Garden, Awbury Arboretum, Grumblethorpe, Walnut Hill, and Mill Creek.  See http://weaversway.coop/bikeride for details and to register.

BARTRAM’S ORCHARD CARE DAY
Saturday, September 14 @ 10am
Bartram’s Garden, 5400 Lindbergh Blvd, West Philly
Lend a hand with weeding and clearing understory at the site of Philadelphia’s largest orchard. A great opportunity to check out historic Bartram’s Garden, the innovative community farm run by the Urban Nutrition Initiative, and the wide array of fruit growing in the orchard.

Philadelphia Orchard Day!

PHILADELPHIA ORCHARD DAY
Saturday, October 26
Please save the date for our 3rd annual Philadelphia Orchard Day, a celebration of community orchards that will include plantings, harvest festivals, educational opportunities, and other events at locations across the city.  Details to be announced. . .