POP TIPS: July Orchard Care Tasks
Please check out our new POP Monthly Orchard Task List for recommended maintenance activities to complete this month! Here is some more detail on some of the… Read More
Spring 2021 Events: Open House/ Plant Sale & Strawberry Day
This spring, it has felt wonderful to resume public in-person events, as vaccination rates continue to increase and public health recommendations have allowed for these… Read More
Growing Together: Historic Fair Hill
Historic Fair Hill, POP partner since 2011 In the late 1600s, the Fairhill neighborhood was forest and farmland, and Germantown Avenue was a Lenni Lenape… Read More
Spotlight on Blueberries: Troubleshooting the Local Legacy
THE LEGACY A lot of blueberry history is steeped in South Jersey, which continues to be the blueberry highbush production capital today. In 1910, Elizabeth… Read More
Herbal Salves: Workshop Recap and How-To
In May 2021, Nyambi Royster of Nyambi Naturals hosted a salve-making workshop with the Philadelphia Orchard Project in the beautiful and relaxing POP Learning Orchard… Read More
Add Dogwood Fruit to Your Forage List this Year
It’s never the wrong time to step back and consider the multitude of common and uncommon fruits that grow almost without effort in our Mediterranean… Read More
2020 POP Orchard Partner Survey Summary
POP surveys all of our orchard partners at season’s end and we like to share what we’ve learned. Each year, we ask partners about their… Read More
Spotlight on Goumi Berry: Nitrogen Fixer Extraordinaire
Plant Facts Cherry Silverberry, Cherry Elaeagnus, Cibie, Longpipe Bush, Daio-Gumi…a plant of many names, but uncommonly known in North America, the prolific Goumi Berry (Elaeagnus… Read More
POP TIPS: June Orchard Tasks
June is an important time for some key orchard care tasks including fruit thinning and pest and disease management practices. And June is of course when many of… Read More
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