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Sunday Fun Days 2022
May 8, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
SUNDAY FUN DAYS
at The Farm at Awbury Arboretum, 6336 Ardleigh Street
May 1st – October 30th 2022, every Sunday from 1:00-4:00 PM
Every Sunday is a Fun Day at The Farm at Awbury Arboretum! Free family-friendly activities every weekend: See the goats and chickens, take wellness classes, go on farm tours, and get your hands dirty in gardening workshops.
The Farm is always free and open to walk and explore (click here to learn more about hours & admission), but on Sunday afternoons we host special activities and Awbury staff and partner organizations at The Farm to welcome you.
Cost: All events are FREE, no registration required
Location: The Farm at Awbury Arboretum. Please park on Ardleigh Street and walk in the entrance at 6336 Ardleigh St. Click here for maps and directions.
Questions? Please contact Megan Do Nascimento at wellness@awbury.org.
This Sunday May 8th
WELLNESS
• Kara “Tea” for Moms by Action Karate
ACTIVITIES
• (for kids) Frame and Card making for Moms 2:00 pm
and Yoga for Moms 1:00-2:00pm
Food
• Mumu Maureen Gregory 1-4
OTHER
• 1:00 – 4:00 PM – Visit with the goats and chickens
• 1:00 – 4:00 PM – Awbury Merch For Sale!
Past Sunday Fun Days have included…
Philly Goat Project meet and greets, and performance of “Billy Goats Gruff”
Kids’ martial arts with Action Karate
The Free Library of Philadelphia Summer Reading Kick-Off and book giveaway
The Free Library of Philadelphia Summer Reading Finale
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers demonstrations and workshops
Performances by drummer, poet, and Germantown resident Karen Smith
Family Yoga with Sarah Charlesworth Attie
Awbury Community Garden Tour with Leo Cooper
Afrovibes Wellness Class with Rasaq Lawal
Enviroscape 3D water ecology demonstrations with Let’s Go Outdoors
Activities with Black Girls with Green Thumbs
Soil Demonstration with Jasmine Thompson of Philly Forests
Zumba
Nature scavenger hunts
“Wingo-WHAT?” Poetry & Water Workshop with Trapeta B. Mayson and the Philadelphia Water Department
Educational Games for Kids with the TTF Watershed Partnership’s Creekmobile
Waterway Stewardship lessons with the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewardship Program
Brunch at the Farm with Chef Gail and Julian
A Quiet Day on the Farm, with mindfulness, nature observation, and wellness
Produce Sale & Farm Tours with Jasmine Thompson of Philly Forests
Herbal Tea Tasting & Conversation with Darius Lantz from Coffee After Dark
Make-and-Take Activities with Chef Gail
Monarch Butterfly Release with Julie Kring
“How to Draw a Goat” with Barbara Katus
Flatbelly Veg Food Truck
Cyanotype Photograms with Kirstin Brug, part of the 20/20 Photo Fest
Leaf Print Workshop with S(tree)twork and the Futurefarmers
Weaving with Nature with Julie Kring
African Dance Class with Peaches
Blues Music Workshop and Jam Session with the Philly Blues Society
Stormwater Demonstrations and Freshwater Mussel Exhibit, part of the Delaware River Festival
Live Music curated by Andre and Will, featuring Verbosity, Andre Saunders, Richie Duran, Koser, & Seraiah Nicole
Art vendors and local makers selling paintings, jewelry, clothes, and more
Sir Michael’s Science
Featured plants:
- Mint and Goumi berries
- Sunflowers
- Shiso
- Lavender
- Houseplants