Volunteer Spotlight: Plant Donor Jeanette DiMeo
We are eternally grateful to our volunteers and supporters, especially POP plant donor Jeanette DiMeo, who has generously donated us many fig trees that we… Read More
Category Archives: POP Orchards
Volunteer Spotlight: Orchard Liaison Tony Dorman
POP is able to support 54 city orchards thanks to the efforts of our amazing and dedicated volunteers! Especially crucial to our success are our orchard… Read More
Volunteer Spotlight: Chris
POP could not continue to plant and maintain orchards throughout the city without the help of our dedicated volunteers. We asked Chris Poehlmann, who recently… Read More
2015 POP Orchard Partner Survey Summary
In all, 45 of 55 total POP partners (82%) participated in our annual Orchard Partner Survey in November and December 2015. As a thank you,… Read More
Orchard Partner Stories: a look back at 2015
Every year we ask our orchard partners to reflect on the year in the orchard, and to share with us stories about what the orchard… Read More
Tulpehocken Orchard and the Miraculous Power of Community
A Short History of the Tulpehocken Garden and Orchard (written by WCGN garden committee) In years gone by, those who rode SEPTA’s Chestnut Hill West… Read More
Orchard Partner: Overbrook School for the Blind
Source: Overbrook School for the Blind Tower News Fall 2015 Overbrook School for the Blind has taken great strides in recent years to enhance the… Read More
Orchard Report: Overbrook Environmental Education Center – Summer 2015
“If knowing was a prerequisite, then we would have never started.” Jerome Shabazz started Overbrook Environmental Education in 1998 by teaching at Overbrook High School.… Read More
Strawberry Fest 2015
The Annual Strawberry Festival hosted by POP partners Historic Woodford Mansion, Historic Strawberry Mansion, and East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA) took place on Saturday, June… Read More