Increasing Our Reach: POP School Orchard Program Update Spring-Summer 2019

On the Wings of Dragonflies — Observational Ecology PDF Lesson Pack Download

POP Orchard Director Alkebu-Lan and I were weeding the food forest orchard at the Fairmount Park Horticultural Center on a humid late July afternoon, when… Read More

Honoring Roseann McLaughlin and GrowAbility Honeybee Sensory Lesson Book (PDF Download)

It’s with deep sadness that we at the Philadelphia Orchard Project offer our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and community of Roseann McLaughlin of… Read More

Getting Funky with Fermentation – MS/HS Lesson (PDF Download)

If there’s one thing we continually learn in offering our School Orchard Program it’s that culinary classes are always a hit with students and teachers… Read More

2017 School Orchard Update & Linked PDF Lesson ‘Tea Time’

2017 was the kickoff year for POP’s new School Orchard Program. In collaboration with POP’s 12 school orchard partners from around the city, we began… Read More

2021 POP Orchard Partner Survey Summary

POP sends out a survey to all of our orchard partners at the end of each season to learn about partners’ orchard successes and challenges,… Read More

Green Reads for Kids: A K-6 Orchard-Themed, Community Gardening, & Cultural Foodways Book List

With the Philadelphia School District’s recent decision to hold the upcoming school year virtually through November, POP’s School Orchard Program wants to share a number… Read More

Philadelphia’s Food Forests

Food Forests are not an unfamiliar concept for Philly’s urban agriculture advocates. This model has actually been studied and adapted in the city’s parks, schoolyards,… Read More