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»April 30, 2013
A piece of cool news that Team Uwishunu is pretty excited about: Visit Philly’s With Art Philadelphia™ Website won a Webby Award today. The With Art Philadelphia™ website is Visit Philly’s website dedicated to showing off Philadelphia as an amazing destination for lovers of art, newcomers to art and everyone in between. We launched it [...]
Read more»April 24, 2013
If sunny spring weather has you yearning for a country escape, this Saturday is an ideal time to visit the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Meadowbrook Farm. Now in full bloom, Meadowbrook Farm’s lovely estate grounds and plant nursery welcome floral enthusiasts to the PHS Meadowbrook Farm Spring Fling on Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Head [...]
Read more»February 28, 2013
The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show will soon be starting up and is bringing us a taste (and smell and look) of the world across the pond. Transport to Great Britain without the pricey plane ticket at Brilliant!, the 184th Philadelphia Flower Show located at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, running from March 2-10. This year’s show [...]
Read more»February 13, 2013
Get discounted access to the Philadelphia Flower Show and the Philadelphia Museum of Art with their 2013 Art and Horticulture Package combined ticket. For $65, receive the PHS SuperPass, an all access pass that is good for two-day admission to the Flower Show. This year, the flower-lover’s heaven is themed Brilliant! and will sport British-themed [...]
Read more»January 2, 2013
With the holiday season in high gear, it’s a good time to reflect on the good fortune bestowed on Philadelphia this past year. From well-deserved accolades — being named one of the top 10 destinations for 2013, and home to the Best Sandwich in America — to exciting development projects — the opening of The [...]
Read more»November 19, 2012
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the group behind the largest indoor flower show in the world, is holding a pop-up holiday store to help you deck the halls for all of your garden-savvy friends and family. The festive 400 square-foot space, located across from the Chestnut Hill Hotel on Germantown Avenue, will be adorned with birch [...]
Read more»October 11, 2012
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will be tipping its hat to Philadelphia’s fresh local food and the people who grow and prepare it at a special event at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Friday, October 19. Pheast will feature tons of local restaurants and chefs that work in collaboration with farms in the area such as [...]
Read more»September 17, 2012
One of the most feel-good, accessible festivals of the fall season is back this weekend. The PHS Fall Garden Festival returns to the Navy Yard this Saturday, September 22 for an all-day celebration of music, food, plants, workshops, gardening tips and more. It’s free, open to the public, family-friendly and an annual favorite on the [...]
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]
