Preservation Growing Neighborhoods One Tree At A Time On Arbor Day Arbor Day is upon us and this year the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is sending an army of volunteers out to plant trees all across the city. Kimberly Haas has the details
Urbanism Again Under Threat, Wiota Street Garden Organizers Seek Public’s Support In West Powelton, caretakers of a 32-year-old community garden prepare for battle over the pending sale of the once vacant lot for new construction. Tyler Horst reports.
Art & Design The National Parks: America’s Best In Show To celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary, the Philadelphia Flower Show—its 188th—brings the country’s greatest natural treasures together under one roof. Park enthusiast Brad Maule laces up his boots and hits the Flower Show trail
Urbanism With Pop-Up Beer Gardens Under Threat, Here’s Why They Matter With pop-up beer gardens seemingly everywhere (and now under threat), Nathaniel Popkin talks with the designer of most of them, David Fierabend of Groundswell Design Group, about the ideas behind the installations
Uncategorized The Flower Show Makes A Lot Of Scents After a walk around its perimeter made him realize the Convention Center stinks, Brad Maule couldn’t have enjoyed the smell of the 2014 Flower Show any better. His photo essay from Articulture this way
Art & Design On South Broad Street, A Lot Of Cool Stuff The vacant lot across South Broad Street from the Kimmel Center has become a fulcrum for creativity. Come Monday, the space will be reborn as this year’s Pop Up Garden, an initiative to populate the noticeable empty space with green landscaping and a beer garden with food from chef George Sabatino
Art & Design Lofty Ambition For The Tiny WPA We sit down for an inspiring interview with Alex Gilliam, founder of the non-profit Public Workshop about their TinyWPA and its latest project, an adventure playland designed and built by teens at the Rittenhouse Pop-up Garden
Art & Design Rittenhouse Pop-Up Garden Delights Unpretentious, engaging, and fun, says landscape writer Nicole Juday, on the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s pop-up garden near Rittenhouse Square