Bartram's Garden

Admire these and so many more colorful June blooms during your next walk in the Garden using our Bloom Calendar tool! 🌈💐https://www.bartramsgarden.org/bloom-calendar/

Planning your visit with young children? Be sure to check out this month's Little Explorers dates on June 3 and 17, which are all about what's buzzing and blooming in the Garden this summer.
https://www.bartramsgarden.org/calendar

[ID: close-up photos of the following plants and flowers
1. Calapa
2. Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
3. Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella damascena)
4. Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani')
5. Water Lily (Nymphae odorata) and Pickerelweed (Pontedaria cordata)
6. Prickly Pear (Opuntia cespitosa)
7. Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)
8. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
9. Woodland Pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica)
10. Southern Magnolia or Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)]

Welp, it’s a beautiful but BLUSTERY day: boating is canceled today, May 30, owing to unsafe wind conditions. 🌬️

[ID: Post information, the Bartram’s Garden logo, and stylized curls representing gusts of wind in white against a light-blue background.]

The next time you're in the Garden, you may be pleasantly surprised to see a little (big, actually, 12-feet to be exact) addition to the Meadow! These giant metal ginkgo leaves, adorned with colorful ribbon, will be here through mid-July as part of an art installation by indira allegra, titled Sail Through This to That.

Sail Through This to That is indira allegra’s newest commission, exploring the lives of Ona Judge, the seamstress and bondswoman who styled Martha Washington and escaped to freedom in 1796, and the aspiring fashion designer and trans woman Rem'mie Fells, who was tragically killed in 2020. This work intertwines the lives and art of these two remarkable women.

This project is a part of ArtPhilly 's Now What: 2026 festival. Visit their page to learn more!

[ID 1: a photo of one of the gingko leaf structures, taken during a sunny day in the Meadow. It is a tall, metal outline of a gingko leaf, staked in the tall grasses by a thin metal pole. Tied around the structure and pole, blowing in the breeze are yellow, red, magenta, and blue ribbons, bright against the equally vivid blue sky. These ribbons are made of the same material as

ID 2: a close-up of a hand-written message on one of the red ribbons. It reads "I wish for a world where Joy is our highest value."]

Lend a hand on the land! Register for tomorrow's Sankofa Volunteer Day or visit bartramsgarden.org/volunteer to see other upcoming volunteer opportunities

Have a few extra minutes? Tell us about your volunteer experience at Bartram's Garden! Your feedback helps us grow and improve! Visit bartramsgarden.org/volunteer-survey

[ID: a photo of two volunteers working on the Farm on a sunny day, tall sunflowers and lush green growth surrounding them]

Join us for Produce Safety Field Day at Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden on June 6, 9:00am–1:00pm.

This half-day workshop is designed for farmers and community gardeners and will cover practical produce safety basics, including common risks related to land, water, wildlife, hygiene, equipment, and harvest practices. Light lunch provided.

Register for free here: https://www.bartramsgarden.org/event/produce-safety-fieldday/

[ID: a close-up photo of small tomatoes in varying stages of ripeness growing on a trellis. The event name, date, and time in red and white font are in the bottom left-hand corner, and Bartram's Garden, Sankofa Community Farm, and Cheseapeake Agriculture Innovation Center]

Okay, wow... we heard you! Deadline extended. Still want in? You're in luck. Apply by June to be part of our sitewide welcome volunteer cohort for the 2026 season
http://www.bartramsgarden.org/volunteer

[ID: A photo of two people in the open-air pavilion at Bartram's Garden. One is enthusiastically pointing to share something they care about; the other is smiling beautifully and ready to go check it out. Blue shapes are interwoven among the figures reading, "You could be outside at Bartram's Garden making people feel GREAT. Apply by June 6!"]

Save the date for our annual Juneteenth Jubilee on Sunday, June 14, 12–4pm!

We're thrilled to have our friends at VinylTap215 return to emcee the afternoon, bringing to life culture and history through musical performances, poetry, and storytelling, as well as Sistah Mafalda with her stilt-walking workshop.

This free, family-friendly event will also have activities, free food, vendors, biking, and more!

[ID: a photo of the Carr Garden, with cutouts of the artists of Vinyl Tap 215 superimposed on top. The event title is centered in large white and gold font against a black shape in the center, and the event date, time, and location are in green font against a yellow cut out along the bottom]

Sankofa Community Farmstand returns this week! Shop for fresh, chemical-free produce grown at Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden

🌶️Every 2nd and 4th Saturday, 11am-2pm beginning this Saturday, May 30, at The Black Farmer's Market with Get Fresh Daily
at Freedom Greens & Gardens (52 & Pine)

🥕Every Thursday, 2:30-4:30pm beginning June 18
at the Bartram's Garden Welcome Center

🥬Every 1st and 3rd Saturday, 9am-1:30pm beginning June 20
at the Clark Park Farmer's Market (43rd and Baltimore)

EBT, cash, WIC Farmer’s Market vouchers, and Senior vouchers are all accepted methods of payment (standard retail WIC vouchers are not accepted).

[ID 1: a graphic with the above info and dates in black text against a tan background, with the Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden logo and illustrations of a plum, okra, garlic, and peppers. The info about payment is in white text in a red call-out shape.
ID 2: the graphic for the Black Farmer's Market Kick-Off, which has info in black text on a chartreuse background, centered around an apple-shape that is filled with an image of produce]

Request for proposals: Management and Operation of Event Planning and Catering
Deadline: July 1, by 5pm

The John Bartram Association (JBA) is issuing this RFP as a part of selecting a caterer to provide private event planning and catering at Bartram’s Garden. JBA requests proposals from all individuals and firms that would like to manage and operate private event services at Bartram’s Garden (“Event Planning and Catering”).

To read full details, visit bartramsgarden.org/careers and click "Contracting Opportunities".

[ID: "Request for proposals: Management and Operation of Event Planning and Catering. Apply by July 1!" in white text centered over a photo of the sunny lawn of trees in the Garden and under the Bartram's Garden logo]

🎂 Happy 327th birthday, John Bartram! 🥳

John Bartram, who founded Bartram's Garden in 1728, was born on May 23 in 1699 in nearby Darby, Pennsylvania.

There are no images of John from his lifetime, so instead we imagine him here in his study, with east-facing windows looking out at the botanic garden that he cultivated and to which he and many others devoted so much time, skill, and care.

Photo courtesy Adam Cooperstein.

[ID: A photograph of John Bartram's study in the Historic Bartram House, as seen through a doorway. The room and the image are both dominated by the large, light-filled window; it is so sunny outside that the view beyond the window isn't visible. An antique wooden chair is set at an angle to the window; someone sitting there might be able to look back and forth between their work and the garden beyond.]