Spring Fest

Event Description

Join us in the Garden for our free annual celebration of spring!

SpringFest this year will focus on the many stories held in and sustained by our connection to the land. Highlights of the day will include:

• a presentation by Dr. William Woys Weaver, an internationally known food ethnographer and the Director of the Keystone Center for the Study of Regional Foods and Food Tourism
• youth-led arts activities showcasing natural materials by Ginger Arts Center from Philadelphia’s Chinatown
• the launch of new visual accessibility tools created by poet Beth Feldman Brandt and Dr. Charmaine Parrish to welcome visitors with low vision to the Garden
• guided tours of the Garden’s 19^th-century flower garden and an oral history initiative capturing stories from Philadelphia’s community gardeners
• plus the launch of the Garden’s annual plant sale, a volunteer-powered tree planting, family fun, and more!