Bartram S Gardens

Bartram s garden is a 45 acre national historic landmark operated by the john bartram association in cooperation with philadelphia parks and recreation.

Bartram s gardens. After several years of transition the farm is now firmly rooted at bartram s garden and in our southwest philadelphia neighborhood with an african focus for our work strong local leadership. Bartram gardens trail along the st. The new eastwick pavilion is customizable with a covered porch and a.

The oldest botanical garden in the country provides intimate natural settings for an outdoor ceremony transitional spaces for cocktails and lawn games. Covering 46 acres 19 ha with an 8 acre 3 2 ha arboretum the garden is near the intersection of 54th street and lindbergh boulevard on the west bank of the schuylkill river. Nearly 100 000 each year and counting.

It is a destination and an outdoor classroom living laboratory and membership organization for ever expanding audiences. The bartrams agricultural legacy and our modern commitment to food sovereignty take root at the sankofa community farm at bartram s garden. You will be rewarded when a friendly and knowledgeable guide like heather shares family history and gardening strategies with her guests.

It is the most peaceful place in the city and it s amazing that it has survived this long. A historic natural setting minutes from center city. Founded in 1728 by botanist john bartram 1699 1777 it is the oldest surviving botanical garden in north america.

The bartrams are credited with identifying and cultivating hundreds of native plants. Johns river at lake beresford discover the river anew through william bartram s eyes as he recorded his observations of alligators fish and flora in 1774 stetson university deland 29 000718 81 355957. We make your wedding vision a reality.

Travelling to the site is a bit challenging but worth the effort. For more than 50 years john and his son william devoted themselves to the collection and study of north american plants traveling far and wide to collect trees shrubs and herbaceous plants for their own garden as well as for other collectors at home and. Bartram s garden is a historic philadelphia garden and arboretum in philadelphia pennsylvania.