Uwishunu.com

Herbs at the Norris Square Gardens (photo by M. McClellan for GPTMC)

We made mention of the Festival de Flores in this post, but it’s such a neat event that we wanted to make sure that no one missed out on this opportunity to see some of the most beautiful community gardens in the city.

The event is on Sunday, September 12. Festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a Philly Fringe Performance by COSACOSA. The September 12th celebration will gather friends, community members, partner organizations, and gardening enthusiasts at NSNP’s Las Parcelas Garden. The real party begins at 4 p.m. and will include music, traditional Puerto Rican food and people from all over the city of Philadelphia.

The Norris Square Gardens truly feel like a piece of Puerto Rico, set down in North Philadelphia. Explore the gardens for yourself and you’ll see. During the festival, you can can take yourself on tours of Las Parcelas Garden, Villa Africana Colobó Garden and Raices Garden.

There is a $10 suggested donation for this event. NSNP will be accepting checks and cash donations at the Festival de Flores. You may make also make donation online. If September 12 happens to be a rainy day, the festival will be bumped to October 2, 2010. Las Parcelas is located along N. Palethorp St. (just below N. 2nd St.), between W. Susquehanna Ave. and W. Dauphin St.