Community-Based Preservation Planning

Bartram's Garden

Recipient

Grant Year 2010

Grant Amount $48,100

Status Completed

Updated May 30, 2023

The staff of Bartram's Garden, a National Historic Landmark and home of 18th-century botanists and explorers John and William Bartram, worked with environmental activists, representatives from Bartram's southwest Philadelphia neighborhood, and interpretation professionals to develop a preservation plan that guides the organization in making community-driven decisions about the site's future. The plan was developed based on conversations with preservation and landscape experts and a variety of stakeholders.

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Bartram's Garden

Bartram's Garden is a home for horticulture, the first nationally landmarked landscape, and the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. The site encompasses the 1728 John Bartram House and farm buildings, a 12-acre historic garden, a 15-acre meadow reclaimed from a former concrete factory, a recreational trail and public dock, community farm, orchard, and food resource center, plant nursery, and the only tidal wetlands on the lower Schuylkill River.

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