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| | Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 8:00am - 1:00pm
Tree Tenders Volunteer Opportunities
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Open to the public and members
Volunteers are needed for community tree plantings in Philadelphia. Please contact Mindy Maslin (see below) for specific locations.
TBA
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 10:00am - Noon
Meadowbrook Farm: Containing Winter in Pots and Boxes
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Presented by Sharon Kaszan
Open to the public and members
When cold weather arrives, it is time to freshen up your outdoor displays or even bring the outdoors inside. Combine evergreens, plant seeds, and branches in a pot or window box for creative winter displays. Sharon Kaszan will demonstrate how to use these gifts of the garden. Please bring hand pruners and gloves...
Meadowbrook Farm
1633 Washington Lane
Abington Township, PA
| | | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
City Gardening Series: Holiday Flower Arranging
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Presented by Mary McKnight
Open to the public and members
Bring your home into bloom for the holidays! Penn State Master Gardener Mary McKnight will offer fun tips to turn everyday items into simple centerpieces and arrangements.
The City Gardening Series is generously supported through a collaborative partnership with Chanticleer ... A Pleasure Garden, in Wayne, Pa...
Fox Chase Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia
501 Rhawn Street
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 10:00am - Noon
Meadowbrook Farm: Holiday Treasures from the Garden & Forest
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Presented by Diana K. Weiner
Open to the public and members
Bring some green to your mantle or table for the holidays, and learn the tricks of the florist trade from Meadowbrook Farm’s Diana K. Weiner. She will demonstrate how to make roping, kissing balls, and fabulous wreaths from plants you may have in your own garden. Then you will create a boxwood topiary treasure that will last for months indoors...
Meadowbrook Farm
1633 Washington Lane
Abington Township, PA
|  | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
December selection: Sarah Orne Jewett, 'A White Heron' (short story); selections from Jack Canfield’s 'Chicken Soup for the African American Soul.'...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Saturday, December 5, 2009 | 10:00am - 11:00pm
City Gardening Series: Decorative Wreaths
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Presented by Beverly Agard
Open to the public and members
Horticultural therapist Beverly Agard shares tips and ideas for making decorative wreaths using natural materials.
The City Gardening Series is generously supported through a collaborative partnership with Chanticleer ... A Pleasure Garden, in Wayne, Pa.
Dickinson Square Community Park
S. 4th St. and Tasker St.
Philadelphia, PA
| | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
City Gardening Series: Holiday Flower Arranging on a Budget
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Presented by Janet Carter
Open to the public and members
Community gardener Janet Carter shows how flower arrangements can enhance the merriment of the holiday season without breaking the bank.
The City Gardening Series is generously supported through a collaborative partnership with Chanticleer ... A Pleasure Garden, in Wayne, Pa.
J. Lewis Crozer Library
620 Engle Street
Chester, PA
| | | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
City Gardening Series: Flowers for the Holidays
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Presented by Mona Gold
Open to the public and members
Horticultural therapist Mona Gold will show how a holiday floral arrangement is an easy and fun way to enhance the table and welcome guests to your home.
The City Gardening Series is generously supported through a collaborative partnership with Chanticleer ... A Pleasure Garden, in Wayne, Pa.
Tacony Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia
6742 Torresdale Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
City Gardening Series: Creative Holiday Flowers
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Presented by Janet Carter
Open to the public and members
Janet Carter shares tips and ideas on how to enhance your holiday celebrations using a variety of materials.
The City Gardening Series is generously supported through a collaborative partnership with Chanticleer ... A Pleasure Garden, in Wayne, Pa.
Park Towers Senior Residence
4001 Conshohocken Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
| | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Garden Tenders Hands-On Workshop: Holiday Arrangement
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Open to the public and members
Make a holiday centerpiece. Space is limited. RSVP to Sally McCabe (see below).
PHS
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role.
This year’s selections will focus on films from countries featured in the 2010 Philadelphia Flower Show 'Passport to the World' and will include films from or set in the Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, India and New Zealand. ...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the PHS McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
January selection: Jane Stevenson, Garden Guerrillas (novella IN: Good Women)...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Saturday, January 9, 2010 | 8:30am - 1:00pm
Tree Tenders Training, Philadelphia
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Open to the public and members
Two Saturdays: January 9 & 16, 8:30 am -1 pm
BECOME A TREE TENDER! Become part of the “growing” TreeVitalize program designed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to increase Southeast Pennsylvania’s tree cover and promote the benefits that trees offer us all.
PHS Tree Tenders training is free and includes tree biology, urban stresses on trees, tree identification, basic tree pruning and root care, tree planting, and community organizing...
PHS
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | Noon - 1:30pm
Brown-Bag Lunch: Burma - A Photographic Journey through the Lost Golden Land
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Presented by Penny Hansen
Open to the public and members
Penny Hansen’s interest in photography has grown over the past five years, but a visit to India in 2007 turned her hobby into a passion. She revisited India later that year to participate in an intensive photographic workshop with a renowned National Geographic photographer, travelling throughout Rajasthan to photograph village life, tribal festivals, and a camel fair...
PHS Auditorium
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, January 14, 2010 | 10:00am - Noon
Meadowbrook Farm Workshop: Glass Bowl Terrarium
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Presented by Sharon Kaszan
Open to the public and members
In the depths of winter, what could be better than to brighten your home with a lush, green, miniature world under glass? Only certain plants can grow in a glass terrarium, and the planting procedure requires special attention. But once assembled, your mini plant world is easy to care for, requiring minimal pruning and watering...
Meadowbrook Farm
1633 Washington Lane
Abington Township, PA
| | | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role.
This year’s selections will focus on films from countries featured in the 2010 Philadelphia Flower Show, Passport to the World, and will include films from or set in the Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, India, and New Zealand...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Free Lecture Series: Fungi and Plants
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Presented by Dr. Karen Snetselaar
Open to the public and members
Wednesday, 1/20; five Mondays, 1/25 through 2/22.
The fungi constitute an entire kingdom of organisms, just as plants and animals do, but they are far less well-known. While perhaps 100,000 species of fungi have been named, compared with over 300,000 plant species, some experts have suggested that there may be 10 times more fungal species than plant species...
PHS Auditorium, 5th floor
100 N. 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, February 4, 2010 | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
February selection: Dan Koeppel, Banana: the Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role. This year’s selections will focus on films from countries featured in the 2010 Philadelphia Flower Show, Passport to the World, and will include films from or set in the Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, India and New Zealand...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 | 10:00am - Noon
Meadowbrook Farm Tour: Flower Show Behind the Scenes
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Presented by John Story
Open to the public and members
How do all those out-of-season plants bloom just in time for the Philadelphia International Flower Show? It’s a combination of art and science, and it has its joys and challenges. The magic happens at Meadowbrook Farm. Join Meadowbrook general manager John Story on a tour through the greenhouses highlighting the unusual plants growing for displays at the 2010 Show, Passport to the World (February 28 – March 7)...
Meadowbrook Farm
1633 Washington Lane
Abington Township, PA
| | | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role. Participants are asked to view the film before the discussion.
March film: Home. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009.
There will be a screening of this film at 4 pm in the library conference room...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Monday, April 5, 2010 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Free Lecture Series: Pollination Biology
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Presented by Dr. Tatiana Livshultz
Open to the public and members
Six Mondays, April 5 - May 10.
Pollination evolved 360 million years ago with the evolution of seed plants and is ubiquitous in all landscapes dominated by them—almost all landscapes occupied by humans. This course, taught by Dr. Tatiana Livshultz, will survey the science of pollination biology including the discovery of plant pollination in the late seventeenth century; plant adaptations to animal pollination and how they evolve; the diversity of pollinating animals; the many ways that plants manipulate animals to achieve pollination (including false advertising); and the importance of pollination to human society...
PHS Auditorium
100 N. 20th Street, 5th floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
April selection: Enchanted April. Discussion of Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel and the film adaptation based on it...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
May selection: Patricia Klindienst, The Earth Knows my Name: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Film Discussion Group
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Open to the public and members
Do you love to watch movies and talk about them? Join us in this film discussion series, where we’ll talk about movies in which nature, gardens, or the environment play a starring role. Participants are asked to view the film before the discussion.
May film: La Veuve de Saint Pierre (The Widow of St...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
| | | Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 5:45pm - 7:45pm
Book Group: Stories From the Garden
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Open to the public and members
In this book discussion group, which meets in the McLean Library, we read and discuss works of fiction or non-fiction having to do with gardens, plants, or the land. Participants need to obtain books and read each monthly selection prior to the discussion.
June selection: Henry Beston, The Outermost House...
PHS McLean Library
100 North 20th Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA
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