Category: Native Plants
Nature’s Companions
May 2, 2022[caption id="attachment_275033" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Visitors interacting with artwork by Maria Dumlao, Installation view Companions, Schuylkill Center, 2022. Photographer: Ricky Yanas[/caption]
Cultures and communities define themselves through food. ‘You are what you eat’ is both an adage about nutrition and a reflection on food as an integral part of our social identity. But what these foods are, in turn, is defined by species that live and grow in our landscapes and by foreign relatives—plants, animals, people—that migrate and travel around the globe.
The Schuylkill Center’s newest art exhibition explores how we, as individuals and as a community, define ourselves at home—through…
Blueberries, A Local Classic
September 27, 2021[caption id="attachment_273273" align="alignnone" width="617"] Highbush blueberries are one of the best parts of summer, and one of the only truly native foods to our region.[/caption]
If you have never had the joy of walking or kayaking through the New Jersey Pine Barrens, this fall should be your first time. A short drive but a far cry from the hustle and bustle of Philadelphia, this quietly rugged wilderness is defined by fragrant conifers towering overhead and lush stands of fruiting shrubs at waist height. The crunch of sand under your feet, the soft lapping of water at creek’s edge, a fresh…
This Independence Day, Plant A Liberty Tea Garden
July 5, 2021[caption id="attachment_272919" align="aligncenter" width="768"] New Jersey tea in full bloom[/caption]
Independence Day is one of the quintessential summer celebrations, replete with good food, (hopefully) enjoyable company, and citywide displays of fireworks.
Here at the Schuylkill Center though, and indeed in many wild corners of our city, a very different kind of fireworks display has been happening for the past few weeks.
Milkweeds burst with pink globes and sprays of orange. Red and lavender beebalm florets arc across the meadow. Yellow sunchoke flowers shoot up and fade into brown seedheads. Fields progress from lush spring green to a crescendo of summer…
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