National Historic Landmark house, garden, and farm. The Oldest Rose Garden in United States.
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Happy ! Any gifts given today will support our Home Farm Foodways Workshop Series. Learn all about how your gift can impact the Germantown community. Visit our website to give and for more information: https://wyck.org/giving-tuesday-2022/
Thank YOU for supporting Wyck and it’s mission to utilize our site to serve our community!
Save the date for ! Next Tuesday, November 29, Wyck will be holding its first Giving Tuesday campaign.
By participating in Giving Tuesday, your generous support will allow us to continue offering our educational workshop series (which over 200 people attended this year) for free and to more members of our community during the 2023 season!
Visit our website to learn more about the program and how to give: https://wyck.org/giving-tuesday-2022/
Check back next Tuesday for more!
Last Tuesday, Wyck had the pleasure of honoring Alan Metcalfe and Aaron Goldblatt of with the 2022 Wyck-Strickland Award. We were able to celebrate them at on one of their most significant projects, Out on a Limb. Their user-focused design embodies the spirit of this award, named after architect William Strickland. Thank you to all who attended and congrats again to Alan and Aaron!
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We are thrilled to be honoring Alan Metcalfe & Aaron Goldblatt of Metcalfe Architecture & Design, LLC at tonight's 2022 Wyck-Strickland Award Presentation. Their experiential and user-focused design has made a significant impact on Philadelphia life and embodies the spirit of the award, named after architect William Strickland who restored Wyck in 1824.
Congratulations Alan & Aaron!
Learn about Wyck in Old City today at the American Philosophical Society Garden Party! Stop by 5th and Chestnut noon to 3pm today!
There's still time to register for our Cultural History of Soup workshop, happening this Saturday, October 8 at 11am!
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Join Dr, LaKeisha Thorpe as she explores the delicious and collaborative history of soup!
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This is a free workshop, but registration is required. Register by clicking on the image below.
Warm up this fall by exploring the delicious and collaborative history of soup!
Due to the forecast, Wyck will be closed (both the grounds and house tours) on Saturday, October 1. Thank you for your understanding!
A reminder to join us tomorrow from 12-3pm for Coffee & Conversation! This is an opportunity to share feedback on Wyck’s program and let us know what you’d like Wyck to offer.
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This year, the event will be held in conjunction with the West Central Germantown Neighbors Potluck! Wyck staff will be providing coffee, tea, and water, but feel free to bring a dish and participate in the potluck!
Join us for an evening in the garden on Thursday, September 22 from 6-8pm! 🌹
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Wyck’s garden will be open after hours for visitors to enjoy the grounds, play some lawn games, enjoy refreshments, and meet neighbors.
This is a free event with drinks for purchase. Registration is recommended — register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/415566138507
Part 2 of your guide to Honey Fest at Wyck has arrived! 🐝
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Join us on Saturday, September 10 from 10am-4pm for a sweet day full of local food and drinks!🍻Stop by for various programs, including a workshop on the medicinal benefits of honey, live extractions, children’s activities, and the buzz-worthy 🐝Bee Beard🐝
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The full schedule of events can be found here: https://wyck.org/philadelphia-honey-festival/ — we hope to see you there!🍯
Here’s the first part of your guide to the 2022 Honey Fest at Wyck! 🐝🍯🐝
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Join us on Saturday, September 10 from 10am-4pm to shop our vendor marketplace full of the amazing local vendors featured here!🛍
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Stay tuned as we announce more about the festival, including our food & drink vendors and other special programs!
Getting excited for Honey Fest? Check out some scenes from last year’s festival to see what all the buzz is about!🐝
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Join us next Saturday, September 10 from 10am-4pm for a vendor marketplace🛍, food trucks🥪, a beer and mead garden🍻, local honey🍯, and more!
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Check back on Tuesday as we reveal all of the vendors who will be joining us at Wyck for this year’s Honey Fest!
Don’t miss the excitement that will be happening at Wyck this Saturday during The Jabali Jungle Plant Pop Up Experience! 🌿
This event (hosted and organized by ) celebrates & highlights Black and POC owned plant shops, flower shops, floral design businesses, and urban farms across the U.S.!
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Saturday, August 27, 2022 | 12 - 4pm at Wyck House, Garden & Farm | 6026 Germantown Ave.
Festivities include:
Music • Gardenside Chat • Seed Library • Produce Table • Bloom Bar • Art
This past Saturday was filled with beautiful flowers thanks to our Flower Arranging workshop with ! Anastasia led participants as they picked flowers from Wyck’s farm to create colorful, wonderful arrangements! Thank you to everyone who participated 💐
Bee prepared to celebrate the honey bee!🐝 The annual Philadelphia Honey Fest returns to Wyck on Saturday, September 10 from 10am - 4pm! Food trucks, beer & mead, vendors, and bee/honey related activities will be offered all day! You can find more information and a full schedule of events here: https://wyck.org/philadelphia-honey-festival/!
Today's Farm Club Session (Tuesday, August 9) has been CANCELLED due to the heat warning. You're welcome to stop by the farm Wednesday, August 10 from 4-6pm to volunteer as we'll be planting and harvesting -- stay cool!
Thanks for the shoutout KYW Newsradio!
The Wyck, a historic house, garden and museum in Germantown, is connecting its history to its community through summer programs for the entire family.
It's hot out there! To keep our visitors, docents, and staff safe, we will not be offering tours of the historic house this weekend.
Friday's Farm Club and Saturday's Without Wings performance will run as scheduled, with accommodations.
Stay cool and thanks for understanding!
Join us this Saturday at 10am for the Philly Children's Theatre inaugural production: "Without Wings," a play for young audiences, by Ilana Zahava Abusch.
About the Show: New tooth fairy, Cassiopeia, is about to retrieve her first-ever tooth. Unfortunately, 7-year-old Mia can't bear to part with her first-ever lost tooth, thwarting Cassiopeia's mission and sending fairyland into disarray. With Cassie's reputation, Mia's childhood, and the fate of fairies everywhere at stake, can the two girls work together to save the day?
Performances are on Saturday (7/23 and 7/30) at 10 AM at Wyck Historic House, Garden, & Farm.
This play is free for all to attend. Please bring a blanket or low chairs to sit on as the play will be performed outdoors (shade and water will be provided). No need to register anywhere- just show up for live, outdoor, free theatre!
In our August Home Farm Foodways workshop, Anastasia Alexandrin will lead participants as they go out in the field and cut their own flowers for a unique arrangement. You will learn the proper way to cut and process your flowers before arranging and make a hand tied bouquet using the spiral method (a foundational floral design skill) to take home with you!
Space for this workshop is limited, so please register only if you intend on attending! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/381267600657
There are still a few open seats for Saturday's Home Farm Foodways Workshop! Register today https://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-farm-to-home-table-a-cooking-workshop-with-chef-valerie-erwin-tickets-368458578527
Visit us tomorrow, June 30, for a free museum day as part of Wawa Welcome America Week! We’ll be open from 12-4pm for free tours. Join us to enjoy our unique collections and grounds while learning about history, horticulture, and urban agriculture.
There are approximately 20 species of native roses in North America, and you can catch the wild prairie rose blooming at Wyck today on PA Native Species Day! Throughout history, these lovely single-flowered Prairie roses have been used as medicine, fiber, and food across the continent.
For July's Home Farm Foodways Workshop, Chef Valerie Erwin returns to Wyck to teach participants how to cook seasonal vegetables! Erwin will utilize produce grown fresh on Wyck's home farm to demonstrate how to approach seasonal cooking and eating. Attendees will also sample dishes.
This is a free workshop, but registration is required. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/368458578527
Wyck's Roses are blooming! Visit this week or next for the peak rose experience, or stop by this Saturday at our Celebration of the Roses Festival, 11am-3pm for special garden tours, plant sales, and more!
Enjoy Wyck's rose garden in full bloom during this twilight social event, hosted by The Young Friends of Wyck! Free entry, with food and drink available for purchase. Space is limited, so register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/328227917537
Members of the Wyck community are invited to join us on this Sunday, May 22 from 1-3pm for a memorial service in the honor of Gregory Funk. Greg shared his talents and enthusiasm with Wyck visitors for several years and all those who were impacted by Greg are welcome to join us in honoring his memory in Wyck’s Rose Garden this Sunday.
Our June Home Farm Foodways Workshop will focus on both the artisanal and mechanical processes of taking flax from seed to fabric.
This interactive workshop will be hosted by Heidi Barr, co-founder of the PA Flax Project, and will explore the process of flax from retted straw into golden spinnable fiber destined to become fine linen. Participants will also make and take home a braided flax fiber piece made from the PA Project's crop!
This is a free workshop, but registration is required. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/336709867277
We are thrilled to announce the honorees for our 34th Annual Wyck-Strickland Award: Alan Metcalfe, AIA & Aaron Goldblatt of Metcalfe Architecture & Design, LLC!
Enjoy Wyck’s historic rose garden in full bloom during the annual Celebration of the Roses Festival on Saturday, May 28 from 11am-3pm!
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Enjoy special garden tours with our horticulturist, beer from Attic Brewing Company, food from 2streetsammies, and a vendor marketplace featuring Soap by Alana, The Bearded Carver (https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBeardedCarver), thebrujologist, Cigar Box Paper Arts (www.etsy.com/shop/cigarboxpaperarts)
Gowen Gardens & Nursery, and more! The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild, American Philosophical Society, and the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion will also be joining us on site.
View our website for more information and a full schedule of events: https://wyck.org/celebration-of-the-roses/.
We hope to see you there!
Join us this Saturday, April 16 from 11am-3pm for a Seed Exchange hosted by GREAT (Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together)! View the flyer below for more information about this event!
Congratulations to Stenton and all the History Hunters partner sites on winning a PA Museums award for the Virtual History Hunters program. We are honored to be part of this rich program serving Philadelphia schools!
Wyck's Home Farm Foodways Workshop series, which includes weekly farm workdays and monthly skill-building workshops, returns this April with a workshop on the Appalachian tradition of making salt rising bread!
In this session, baker and historian Jenny Bardwell will explore the historical and cultural significance of salt rising bread through a demonstration and taste test! Bardwell is the co-author of Salt Rising Bread: Recipes and Heartfelt Stories of a Nearly Lost Appalachian Tradition and the founder of Rising Creek Bakery in Mt. Morris, PA, which specializes in salt rising bread.
Be sure to register at this link for a chance to learn about and taste this fascinating regional food: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/298058419757
Today is the last day to register! Join us tomorrow for the Invincible Garden Ladies, a free virtual lecture by Abra Lee! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-invincible-garden-ladies-a-womens-history-lecture-by-abra-lee-tickets-267064807027?fbclid=IwAR0QV03tig_CXm_6Exw6xFGUkS5lArB5g7QJWlyhxUJ4s-JuhHlXaRYCB8o
Join us during Women's History Month for an engaging and fascinating lecture on Black women in horticulture by Abra Lee
Join us during Women’s History Month on March 12, 2022 at 11am for a lecture presented by Abra Lee!
This lecture will focus on the lives of several Black women who have made an impact on the world of American horticulture. A Q&A session will follow.
This is a free virtual event. Register at the link below for the Zoom link and to learn more about this program! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/267064807027
Questions? Email [email protected]
Join us during Women's History Month for an engaging and fascinating lecture on Black women in horticulture by Abra Lee
With heavy hearts we share the passing of our culinary historian, dedicated volunteer, and dear friend Greg Funk. Greg so generously shared his passion and skills with Wyck's community for many years, and his efforts at building our culinary programs were recently featured in the Chestnut Hill Local (https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/wyck-volunteer-brings-germantown-culinary-history-alive,22013?). Greg's smile, talents, humor, and irreplaceable presence will be so greatly missed.
We offer our deepest sympathy to Greg’s family and many friends, and all who have been touched by his light (https://memorials.wetzlerfuneralhome.com/gregory-funk/4812126/index.php).
Interested in the Young Friends of Wyck and learning more about us and what we do? Join us for a winter social and information session on December 2 from 6-8pm! We'll be enjoying festive drinks and snacks while discussing our events for 2022, hearing others' ideas for the group, and just chatting with one another!
Refreshments and snacks will be provided. This is a free event, but please register at the link below to let us know you'll be joining us!
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/208798490907
Join us October 30th from 10am – 12pm for
Coffee and Conversation at Wyck
Live in the neighborhood? Interested in learning more about what Wyck has to offer? Want to help shape our programs?
Come learn about the programs and events that Wyck offers and share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas over light refreshments. We’d love to meet more of our neighbors and hear your feedback on how this property can better serve the community!
Free, no registration necessary.
Questions?
Call us at 215.848.1690 or email [email protected]
Join us for the last Home Farm Foodways Workshop of the season on November 13 from 11am - 12:30pm!
Culinary historian Gregory Funk will explore memories of holiday foods by sharing his own family recipes as well as recipes found in the historic cookbooks of former Wyck residents. This workshop will celebrate the upcoming holiday season by considering the memories attached to food and connecting your own family recipes to those made here at Wyck.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/190417743597
Culinary historian Gregory Funk will share and demonstrate recipes for various side dishes that can be used at your holiday tables!
Join us for the next workshop in our Home Farm Foodways series on October 9th from 11 am - 12:30 pm!
Culinary historian, Gregory Funk, will lead a hands-on demonstration of fermentation and discuss the various dishes you can create from fermented foods.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/172064839567
Learn about the process of fermentation as well as examples of delicious dishes you can make from fermented foods.
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Philadelphia, PA
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It's September which means it is National Honey Month. Celebrate with the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild at the virtual Philadelphia Honey Festival! Visit https://phillyhoneyfest.com/ to check out the schedule of live streams taking place at Bartram's Garden, Glen Foerd on the Delaware, and Awbury Arboretum, purchase local honey, and explore the vendor's websites!
Join Wyck's Manager of Living Collections and Horticulturist Lauren Kope as she explores the history of the oldest rose garden in the United States, still growing in its original layout here at Wyck!
Stay tuned for a virtual tour of the rose garden with Lauren Kope, Wyck’s Manager of Living Collections later this month. While we had hoped to share this tour on the 23rd, we are waiting for the garden to reach its extraordinary peak bloom.
Join Wyck's horticulturists as they answer questions about gardening, roses, and the history of Wyck.
Martha is back with a quick plug for string lines. #gardeningtips #historicgarden #homefarm #historichouse #spring
Spartina patens, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt hay, is a perfect veggie garden mulch! #garden #gardentips #historichome #mulch #veggiegarden
Lauren shows us how scilla bulbs add a beautiful pop of blue to an early spring garden. #historicgarden #springbulbs #spring #historichomes
Some pictures from the rose garden today. We hope everyone is having an amazing weekend! #roses #rosegarden # historicgermantown #AmericasGardenCapital
What you've all been waiting for! Episode three of Unboxing the Past!!!
Thank you to everyone who tuned into last month's very first episode of Unboxing the Past! Here's episode 2!
It's time for the big reveal! Today Wyck would like to introduce everyone to the new "Unboxing the Past" series! Here's the first episode! Thank you to everyone who participated by liking, commenting and sharing our post! Thank you in advance for watching! #collections #unboxingthepast #cabinetofcuriousity
Wow! Today at Wyck we learned so much about the Girl Scouts and founder Juliette Gordon Low. Thank you to everyone who came to the program today for #womenshistorymonth.
Wyck is so fortunate to have a dedicated buildings committee! This weekend, despite the blustery weather, they proceeded with major restoration to our fence near the Ed Shed. Dare we say, they rock?
Giving Tuesday is a annual tradition for people to donate to nonprofit after the hustle and bustle of Cyber Monday and Black Friday. Here at Wyck, we holds many traditions near and dear to our hearts. One that is very important to us is our summer educational programs we host every summer. For more details on how to make a contribution to Wyck to help fund our summer programs visit www.wyck.org. Happy Giving Tuesday 💗
Giving Tuesday is an annual tradition to encourage donating to nonprofits after the hustle and bustle of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here at Wyck, we hold many traditions near and dear to our hearts. One that is very important to us is our summer educational programs. For more details on how to make a contribution to help fund our programs visit www.wyck.org. Happy Giving Tuesday ❤️
Giving Tuesday is an annual tradition to encourage donating to nonprofits after the hustle and bustle of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Here at Wyck, we hold many traditions near and dear to our hearts. One that is very important to us is our summer educational programs. For more details on how to make a contribution to help fund our programs visit www.wyck.org. Happy Giving Tuesday ❤️
Tuesday night we celebrated Sam Katz at our 29th annual Wyck-Strickland Award Dinner. Thank you to Chemical Heritage Foundation, Drexelbrook Catering and Banquet Facilities, and everyone who helped to make it a special evening! Photos by Helga Yang.
Quoting Accuweather: NOT raining until later. We're going until 4:00. Family activities all day. Tent featuring The Colony Meadery and Philly Homebrew Outlet for grown-ups . Dumplings, tacos, burritos, etc. for hungry people.
Acoustic Americana band, Red June from Asheville, NC stopped at Wyck for a great show in the garden on Friday, September 2.
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