• Tree Print + Leaf Collage Workshop

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Make tree prints to bring home, from stumps of local fallen trees. And Paint/Collage/Stitch with sturdy Uva de Mar leaves! About the tree prints: We’ll have white craft paper; feel free to bring your own thicker white paper or smooth fabric. The prints make excellent gifts and home decor. The printers’ ink we use is […]

  • Holiday Open House & Green Sale

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us for our annual Holiday Open House & Green Sale at The Francis Cope house! Check back here and make sure to subscribe to our newsletter & follow us on social media for more details as we near the event!

    Free
  • Dende Percussion Ensemble concert + Walk to Honor the Trees

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join for a very danceable musical performance by the Dendê percussion ensemble - the vital rhythms of Brazilian carnaval! We will begin with an activation of the art piece on display in the Cope House Gallery, “Flags for Other Nations”: a 20-minute meditative walk/march with colorful tree flags around an Awbury trail, to honor the […]

  • Watershed Goat Walk

    The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA

    Join us on Saturday, August 24th to walk the goats and learn about water systems and ecology! We'll start at the goat barn promptly at 1:00p and we'll walk and learn at the same time! No reservations necessary as this a totally FREE event! Please check website and social media for weather related changes. Rain […]

  • Music for Plants and People

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Vivian Lehrer's exhibition Rhythm is Nature / It is Our Nature invites us to listen to the songs of trees. In the warm environment of the tree-based artworks, we turn our ears to music that reflects reverence for the rest of the natural world… culminating in a singalong, from the silly to the sublime. With […]

  • Many Hands Apothecary Herbal Aid Ed – Classes

    Herbal Aid Education
    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. […]

  • Wild Wisdom & Potluck

    Wild Wisdom & Potluck
    The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA

    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 […]

  • Awbury Arboretum Membership Picnic

    The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia, PA

    This year our Annual Membership Meeting is a Picnic on the Farm.  All current members are invited! Come enjoy a little food, a little business, and a lot of fun including  hard cider tastings with CIDER BELLY CIDERY, fresh local apple cider, local cheeses and Bucks County apples,  and a cake tasting with LILY OF […]

  • Paul DuSold Gallery Talk

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join Paul DuSold as he discusses his working methods in creating the paintings for his exhibition of recent works in the Cope House. Time: Tuesday, October 1st. 10AM - 12PM Location: Cope House Gallery Questions about the event can be directed to Paul DuSold: pddusold@gmail.com

  • School Day Off Camp

    AdventureWoods 6060 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia

    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 […]