An urban orchard and a lush, modern oasis will brighten the city landscape
PHILADELPHIA (April 2017) – Two PHS Pop Up Gardens will transform the city landscape in May and through October, with delicious new food and drink menus and inspirational programs and events that connect people with plants and each other in lush urban oases.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will bring fresh, new design elements and gardens to the beautiful gathering space at 15th and South Streets and is planning an urban orchard for its newest location at 36th and Filbert Streets in University City.
PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street – Opens May 5
The flagship PHS Pop Up Garden near 15th and South Streets will be operated by Cantina Los Caballitos, the South-of-the-Border mecca in South Philly. The opening fiesta, sponsored by Corona, will be May 5 – coinciding with Cinco de Mayo festivities – featuring a mariachi band, special drink discounts on Corona and Pacifico, and giveaways.
An expanded food and beverage menu will include burrito or bowl selections, corn on the cob with lime mayo and queso fresco, jicama and watermelon salad, black bean hummus, and Mexican hot dogs, as well as margaritas with botanical flavors, mint juleps, mojitos, and frozen daiquiris. The taps will flow with great craft beers and an extensive can menu. Special events are planned weekly, including live music on Brewsday Tuesdays and a Guest Chef Series every other Thursday featuring dishes from Di Bruno Brothers, Federal Donuts, Royal Tavern and others.
The new landscape design will blend romantic-rustic elements with modern furnishings. A new garden palette of American wildflowers, purple and pink annuals and perennials, crape myrtles, illuminated zelkova trees, and the site’s towering mulberry will provide seasonal interest and great gardening ideas for patios and containers.
Grateful thanks to Kenny Gamble and Universal Companies. Sponsors of the PHS Pop Up Garden at South Street are Whole Foods Markets and Modelo Especial.
PHS Pop Up Garden at uCity Square – Opens third week of May
PHS will turn a corner of the vast vacant lot at 36th and Filbert Streets in University City into an open-air, European-style garden for the season. The new site is located in the dynamic uCity Square community surrounded by top-tier universities, research and medical centers, growing start-ups and established companies, and historic neighborhoods.
Jet Wine Bar will operate the garden and offer delicious dishes created by Rex 1516 and Café Ynez The Tex Mex cuisine will include BBQ sandwiches, tacos, tortilla salad, nachos, tater tots, pimento cheese and crackers, and chips and salsa. Special events will include Mardi Gras Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Wine Wednesdays, and Thursday Yappy Hours for canines and their companions. The drink menu will include a selection of wines and draft beers, frozen margarita, hurricanes, and sangria. Constellation Brands will feature top labels Corona, Modelo Especial and Pacifico, beers imported from Mexico.
A variety of apple trees will create an urban orchard beneath a canopy of vines filled with flowers and edibles. The entire garden will glow with creative lighting over long communal seating and café tables for more intimate parties.
Grateful thanks to Drexel University. Sponsors of the Pop Up Garden at uCity Square include Univest Bank and Trust Co., Wexford Science + Technology, the University City Science Center, and Modelo Especial.
PHS Pop Up Programs
Both gardens will host a range of creative programs and events designed by PHS and its partners, including a Plant-a-thon in the South Street community, an herbal cocktail emporium, rain barrel workshops, succulent wreath-making, and dorm room makeovers.
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About PHS
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1827, whose programs connect people to horticulture and collaboratively creates beautiful, healthy and sustainable communities. PHS’s best known activities include the Philadelphia Flower Show, street tree planting and maintenance, community gardening, public beautification, and the PHS Pop Up Gardens. PHS is supported by individual members and supporters, foundations, partners and government grants. PHS programs bring together people from diverse backgrounds to engage in horticultural projects that advance social equity, environmental sustainability, and urban livability. For information or to support our work, visit PHSonline.org.
About Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), including its wholly-owned subsidiary, Univest Bank and Trust Co., Member FDIC, has approximately $4.2 billion in assets and $3.2 billion in assets under management and supervision through its Wealth Management lines of business. Headquartered in Souderton, Pa., and founded in 1876, the Corporation and its subsidiaries provide a full range of financial solutions for individuals, businesses, municipalities and nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Univest delivers these services through a network of more than 50 offices in southeastern Pennsylvania extending to the Lehigh Valley and Lancaster, as well as in New Jersey and Maryland and online at www.univest.net.
About uCity Square
Located in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, uCity Square is a 6.5 million-square-foot mixed-use community consisting of office, laboratory, clinical, residential, and retail space. Surrounded by top-tier colleges and universities, independent research institutions, world-renowned hospitals, hundreds of restaurants and shops, and home to thousands of jobs, uCity Square is the center of connectivity for residents, students, professionals, and entrepreneurs alike. Boasting over 9,000 employees and 90+ companies in the medical, life sciences and technology fields, uCity Square is driving Philadelphia’s innovation economy through collaborations between the private sector and top-tier research institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. The project is a joint development of Wexford Science + Technology, the University City Science Center and Ventas. For more info: www.ucitysquare.com
About Wexford Science + Technology
Wexford Science + Technology is a real estate company exclusively focused on partnering with universities, academic medical centers and research companies to develop vibrant, mixed-use communities. Wexford’s communities are built on a foundation of discovery, innovation and entrepreneurial activity that creates visible outcomes in the form of substantial economic growth, new and diverse jobs and community transformation. Wexford targets strategic opportunities with top-tier research universities that are directly on or contiguous to dense, urban campuses. Presently Wexford has developed twelve Knowledge Communities across the United States. For more information about Wexford, visit www.wexfordscitech.com.
About the University City Science Center
Located in the heart of uCity Square, the University City Science Center is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that catalyzes and connects innovation to entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. For 50+ years, the Science Center has supported startups, research, and economic development in the life sciences, healthcare, physical sciences, and emerging technology sectors. As a result, graduate firms and current residents of the Science Center drive $13 billion in economic activity in the region annually. By providing resources and programming for any stage of a business’s lifecycle, the Science Center helps scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators take their concepts from idea to IPO – and beyond. For more information about the Science Center, go to www.sciencecenter.org
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Alan Jaffe, PHS Senior Director of Communications & Media, 215.988.8833, ajaffe@pennhort.org
Marion McParland, PHS Communications Specialist, 215.988.8815, mmcparland@pennhort.org
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