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bioPhilly 7: Of Birds and Buildings…

Let's meet for an indoor-outdoor Happy Hour on the waterfront of the bird-friendly Discovery Center to celebrate Spring and the return of our beautiful native birds. You and yor family can explore various educational stations and activities offered by our...

Free

Melting Ice/Changing Winds

Mandell Theater 33rd and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Melting Ice/Changing Winds (Dance and Music of Climate Change), a collaboration inspired by the artists unique experience in the Arctic and addressing global warming. Described by critics as “dazzling” (The Times) and “mesmerizing” (Edinburgh Spotlight), Melting Ice/Changing Winds is a collaboration between...

Free

Nature Hike using iNaturalist

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Become a community scientist as we hike through the forest to identify plants, birds, insects, and more. Start out by learning how to use iNaturalist, an app that uses community observations as a way to help scientists better understand species’...

Free

Home & Garden Festival in Chestnut Hill

7700-8700 Germantown Avenue 7700-8700 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, United States

Philadelphia’s Garden District blooms into a new life with the full return of the Home & Garden Festival.  Germantown Avenue will transform into a home and garden marketplace with over 150 vendors complementing the 200 restaurants, shops, and businesses in...

How America’s Best Idea – National Parks – Came to Fruition with Dennis Drabelle

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Dennis Drabelle discusses his new book, The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks, with Shaun Eyring Manager, Cultural Resources Division National Park Service. About the Book: Wallace Stegner called national parks “the best idea we...

$15

Spring Wildflower Walk

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

If “the earth laughs in flowers,” as wrote Emerson, then this walk will leave you guffawing as we visit stands of trout lily, trillium, shooting star, Virginia bluebells, cohosh, and more. In an annual tradition, Executive Director Mike Weilbacher takes...

$10 – $20

Spring Fungi Hike with the Philadelphia Mycology Club

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Morels, chicken of the woods, and oyster mushrooms–with the temperate weather and rainy days of spring, the forest starts to come alive with different varieties of fungi. Hike along our Ravine Loop as we learn how to identify common fungi...

Free

POP Spring Open House & Plant Sale

POP Learning Orchard at The Woodlands 4000 Woodland Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join POP for a spring open house and plant sale at the POP Learning Orchard at the Woodlands! Come visit the demonstration orchard and see what's growing, and pick up some perennial plants for your garden from POP's expanded nursery....

Slow Wine Private Tasting

Karamoor Estate Vineyard & Winery ~ By Appointment Only 6118 Butler Pike, Blue Bell, PA, United States

Private Wine Tasting with Slow Food Philadelphia and Karamoor Estate WinesIt is time to drink some wine and learn about our local gem, Karamoor Estates Vineyard in Blue Bell, PA. We will enjoy an exclusive tasting hosted at the vineyard...

Ride of Silence

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia invites the Philadelphia region’s cycling community to join us for the 7 mile Ride of Silence this year on Wednesday, May 18th. This is a slow paced group ride, for all experienced level cyclists. We will gather at...

Free
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