Philadelphia Seed Swap

The Seed Swap at Earth Cup Cafe, 45th and Pine Streets

Yummy Squash, Bean and Eggplant Seeds

Sorting the seeds into catagories

Mira and Joel, Co-Coordinators of the Philly Seed Exchange Mira is also involved with the Blue Red Yellow project growing plants in the city to make natural dyes. She was featured in Grid Magazine and had a demo table at Swap O Rama Rama last year.

The Philadelphia Seed Savers are holding seed swaps across the city this spring so be sure to check out this link to see when the next ones will be held!

Philly Flower Show

Matisse-themed garden

Painting in Progress on Native Plants

I placed an order with Yellow Springs Nursery and I was so excited to see the plants I bought and to plan my garden at West Philly High School, I decided to make a painting of the plants we selected. The sketches came from looking at my garden in Spring Gardens and the Wildflower Guide helped me with the rest of them. I should be done by the end of the week!

The plants arrived today and we planted them in the beds!

Happy Cat Organics Plant Sale and Flea Market at the Garden

Today I got to buy my peppers and tomatoes from Happy Cat Organics in my garden, Spring Gardens, and get them right in the ground (no schlepping them on the bus!) The selection was great and I got peach, white, red tomatoes and purple, red and green peppers. They carry heirloom tomatoes and unusual varieties that taste great and make good sauces and sliced sandwich goodies. They are at Head House (around 2nd and South Streets in Philly) every Saturday. Check out Tim's Blog for more info.

Chanticleer Gardens in Wayne, PA

This weekend I visited Chanticleer with my family and we took a quick tour in the bright sunshine, but the garden is really wonderful. The gardeners are given the liberty to make changes to the beds and create furniture which includes painted pairs of Adirondack chairs to allow visitors a view down the hills.
View down the stairway into the tennis court garden.

The cutting garden and vegetable garden with two men talking on a bench at the end of the path.


Lilly pads on the pond.


Succulent plantings on the hill.


The ruins in the center offer great framing devices, creating windows onto the woods.


They'll only be open until Oct 31st when the season ends. They are on Church rd. in Wayne, PA.

BioPond at Penn

Stopped at the BioPond on Penn's campus during lunch on Friday. Here's sedum with a bee.

Pink Flowers

Bright Green Leaves

Ruins in the Ferns


Wrinkly leaves