• Bingo, Bubbles, Binoculars – Prescribe Outside

    the Pond and Wetlands Washington Lane, Philadelphia, PA

    It’s time for a game that never gets old – B-I-N-G-O, with some added bubble blowing fun for the kiddos.  In addition, we’ll take a walkabout around the Awbury pond, plus one of their easy nature trails, to spy some birds with our kid-friendly binoculars. Start Time: 11:00am Meet Location:  Awbury Pond, which is next to the […]

  • School Day Off Camp

    School Day Off Camp
    Awbury Arboretum One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Kids don’t have school on certain national and religious holidays, so what better way for them to spend a day off than enjoying time at camp? On four separate holidays this spring, Awbury Arboretum will be hosting a day of camp from 8:30am-3:30pm! We'll have a full day’s activities: games, hiking, lunch over a campfire […]

  • Wild Wisdom & Potluck

    Join us for Wild Wisdom & Potluck! The Wild Wisdom course is designed to introduce common and underutilized wild edible, medicinal, and craft plants of the Philadelphia bio-region, ancestral homeland of the Lenape/Wingohocking people. Wild Wisdom will teach you to find, harvest, prepare, and cook wild foraged plants! The course is offered as a 4-part […]

  • Leisurely Fall Fun – Around the Farm

    Join us for a relatively quick and easy hike along the Farm side of Awbury Arboretum’s grounds, as well as for some leisure fall fun activities.  We’ll stroll along the trail, where we’ll explore and seek out items that are listed on our kid-friendly scavenger hunt sheets. Once we’re done, we can play a few […]

  • Many Hands Apothecary Herbal Aid Ed – Classes

    The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA

    Welcome to Herbal Aid! The Many Hands Community Apothecary is a cluster of garden beds located in The Farm at Awbury. During the Herbal Aid Ed course, students will care and support those garden beds over the 9-month course of study. The program covers an introduction to 40+ plants from a range of cross-cultural traditions. […]

  • Many Hands Apothecary Herbal Aid Ed – Classes

    The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA

    Welcome to Herbal Aid! The Many Hands Community Apothecary is a cluster of garden beds located in The Farm at Awbury. During the Herbal Aid Ed course, students will care and support those garden beds over the 9-month course of study. The program covers an introduction to 40+ plants from a range of cross-cultural traditions. […]

  • Holiday Open House & Greens Sale

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us at the Cope House Sunday, December 8th for our annual Holiday Open House & Greens Sale! We'll be celebrating the closing of another year at Awbury Arboretum from 12pm - 4pm. Come hangout, purchase some greens, particpate in some festive arts and crafts fun for the whole family!Who doesn't like starting off their […]

  • Cope House Gallery Exhibit

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    See the latest art exhibit to come to The Cope House Gallery! The Cope House Gallery is open Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm, weekends 10am - 2pm, or by appointment by contacting artcommittee@awbury.org. To learn more about our present and previous artist, visit our website HERE!

  • Cope House Gallery Opening Reception

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us January 10th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at the Cope House gallery for the artist opening reception of our latest exhibit! There will also be a book signing by Richard Metz. Richard will be signing copies of his new book,' A Murder of Crows' at the opening reception. The 8" x 8" […]

  • MLK Day of Service – CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

    Awbury Arboretum One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Join us at Awbury for our MLK Day of Service Volunteer Clean-up Day! This years project: Removing Ivy and other invasive vines from the stone wall in Haines Field as well as from the base of some old Yew trees along the wall. This will help to beautify Awbury Arboretum while also helping to do […]