May 20, 2013
Now in its third year, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Pop Up Garden initiative transforms pockets of urban blight into beautiful landscaped community spaces. Opening today, the third PHS Pop Up Garden blooms on South Broad Street just across from the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of the Arts [...]
Read more»September 13, 2012
[Evenings in Philadelphia are always action-packed, and we want to help you cherry-pick from all the events and activities going on. On certain days that promise particularly bustling evenings, we round up our selections for the most can't-miss pursuits with which to fill your schedule. See you out there!] The weather is once again completely [...]
Read more»September 12, 2012
Enjoy an evening in the quaint PHS Pop-Up Garden this Thursday, September 13, for the benefit of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s City Harvest program, which fights hunger across the city. Located on Walnut Street between 19th and 20th Streets, the backyard garden, adorned with splashes of colorful plantings, chairs and umbrellas, invites guests to mingle around the picnic tables for an evening happy hour, complete with cocktails and fresh bites from garden sponsor Chipotle. Your contribution ($50) can be made online. [PHS Pop-Up Garden]
August 16, 2012
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) is utilizing their quaint Pop-Up Garden in Rittenhouse to combine imbibing and fundraising needs this September to benefit the City Harvest Program, an initiative which grows and donates fresh produce to help feed 1,000 families each week. Located on Walnut Street between 19th and 20th Streets, the backyard garden, adorned [...]
Read more»August 13, 2012
This past Saturday night, August 11, Uwishunu hosted our first-ever Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square, featuring Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris. It was awesome to see a crowd of 500+ gathered on the lawn before the event; thank you so much to everyone who came out. Despite some weather-related technical difficulties, and a little [...]
Read more»August 9, 2012
Our event, Uwishunu Presents a Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square, is fast-approaching. This Saturday, August 11 at 8:30 p.m., we’ll be screening Midnight in Paris on a giant inflatable screen set up in the southeast corner of the square at 18th and Locust Streets. Beforehand, from 7-9 p.m., Shake Shack will be setting up shop [...]
Read more»August 7, 2012
In case you haven’t heard, Uwishunu is turning Rittenhouse Square into a pop-up outdoor movie theater this Saturday night, August 11 with our event, Uwishunu Presents a Moonlit Movie Screening in Rittenhouse Square. The movie screening of Midnight in Paris begins at 8:30 p.m. but you’ll want to arrive earlier than that for some pre-movie [...]
Read more»July 24, 2012
Walking down Walnut Street around Rittenhouse Square might surprise you this summer. Next to the great hotels, restaurants and shops, you might find yourself in a little green oasis, with a long table and brightly colored chairs fit for the Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Pop-Up Garden on 19th and Walnut Streets [...]
Read more»July 19, 2012
It’s official: pop-ups are a craze all over the country, with impromptu gardens, shops and restaurants setting up temporary locations throughout the year. But summer is an especially fun time to check out the pop-up fun as quirky events do everything from maximize outdoor space (the PHS Pop-Up Garden), to provide perfect-for-summer entertainment (Porch at [...]
Read more»December 6, 2011
In continuation of its incredibly popular Pop-Up campaign, including the Pop-Up Garden at 20th & Market Streets which received more than 6,000 visitors, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is launching its first-ever Holiday Pop-Up Shop at the Comcast Center from December 12–16. From 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. daily, passersby will experience a taste of the Hawaii-themed 2012 [...]
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