{"id":22307,"date":"2011-06-22T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=22307"},"modified":"2025-09-02T02:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:57:44","slug":"pop-up-garden-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/22307\/pop-up-garden-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia\u2019s Not-So-Secret Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pop-ups appear in cities everywhere, but mostly selling European sneakers and street artwork. In Philadelphia, things are a bit more down to earth, literally. The Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) recently teamed up with a variety of local businesses, star chefs, academics, artists and urban farmers to create the PHS Pops Up<\/strong>, a temporary garden carved out of a once-gritty vacant lot at the corner of Market and 20th streets. <\/p>\n

The nearly 32,000 square-foot temporary oasis\u2014unveiled on June 13th\u2014is home to a seasonal mix of herbs, vegetables, flowers, and grains, all planted in a pattern inspired by Piet Mondrian\u2019s geometric grid compositions. Arching over the entrance to the space is \u201c\u00e9colibrium,\u201d an exhibit of sustainable greenery erected by Temple University Ambler for this year\u2019s Philadelphia International Flower Show<\/a>. Visitors can check out the verdant spot every Wednesday and Thursday from noon to 2p.m., when the grounds will host tours, fitness classes (botanical bootcamp?), and workshops on topics like container gardening and edible landscapes.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a cool concept that gives back to the community and elevates Philly\u2019s rapidly growing locavore food scene. If you don\u2019t have time to sample all six of the restos and you only have time for one stop, we suggest Barbuzzo\u2014the experience of dining there recently was so flavorful and brilliantly balanced that we can only describe it as food nirvana. Eco enthusiasts should plan a trip soon, as the PHS Pops Up will only be on display until October. At that point, it will be dismantled but bloom again next spring in a new location.<\/p>\n

To learn more about PHS, visit pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org <\/em><\/p>\n

For tips on things to do and places to stay in Philadelphia, read offManhattan’s article, Beyond the Liberty Bell: Finding What\u2019s New in an Old Town<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

How to get there:<\/strong> Consult the Philadelphia Transportation guide<\/a><\/em> in the Transportation Advisor section of offManhattan.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pop-ups appear in cities everywhere, but mostly selling European sneakers and street artwork. In Philadelphia, things are a bit more down to earth, literally. The Philadelphia Horticultural Society (PHS) recently teamed up with a variety of local businesses, star chefs, academics, artists and urban farmers to create the PHS Pops Up, a temporary garden carved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":22309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,332,316],"tags":[145,17,608,467,573,449,421],"class_list":{"0":"post-22307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-philadelphia-2","9":"category-weekend-getaways","10":"tag-dining","11":"tag-gardens","12":"tag-green-getaway","13":"tag-green-news","14":"tag-locavore","15":"tag-restaurants","16":"tag-sustainable"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":22309,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5860531390_66fa992213-300x199.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}