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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 ArboretumPlease 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

Details

Date:
May 8, 2022
Time:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

The Farm at Awbury
6336 Ardleigh St
Philadelphia, PA