native plants

Interested in exploring the birds who call our backyards home? Did you know that adding more native plants to our environment is one of the best ways to support them? We’ll use our nature journals to explore and document the...

Unleash a wave of local biodiversity and bring our ecosystem to life! Join us at The Discovery Center for an engaging seed-packing party. Get hands-on and become a vital link in supporting the buzzing native pollinators and beautiful local native...

“Seasonal Sovereignty”  is an herbalism program rooted in the cycles of the Earth located in the heart of Philadelphia, designed to reconnect you with the land beneath your feet and the medicine that grows all around you. Whether you’re new...

Celebrate the end of the Summer by using your nature journals to identify, explore, and collect seeds from native perennial flowers in our pollinator garden and save them for future plantings that will support healthy habitats at the Discovery Center...

Join us at the Discovery Center (3401 Reservoir Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19121) on Saturday, August 23 from 10 am to 12 pm to celebrate the abundance of late summer by using nature journals, bug boxes, magnifying glasses, and butterfly nets to explore native wildflowers and...

Catch up on the latest sustainability news: 25 Philly-Area Solar for Schools grants awarded. Lawmakers and educational leaders hope that the funds for green energy projects will help lessen the burden of rising energy costs. Representative Elizabeth Fiedler, who introduced...

You can make a critical difference in fostering the health of our planet just by choosing to plant native plants. Join Pa. Master Naturalist and horticulturist, Steve Jones, at our native plant nursery to learn more about the diversity of plants we foster, and...

The latest in sustainability news: Philly residents can get free plants through a program to curb the spread of invasive species. The newly launched statewide “Pennsylvania Invasive Replace-ive” Program will provide native plants at no charge to participants who remove...

Native plants are part of a collective solution to the expanding problem of stormwater mitigation in Philadelphia. Climate change and invasive species, however, are affecting their survival. Horticulturalists and scientists say planting native species and understanding their role in water...