Help United by Blue preserve the oldest botanical garden in North America by ending your work or school day cleaning up Bartram's Garden and the Schuylkill River! Mother Nature will certainly be happy after the hours you will spend making our environment cleaner.
Since this historic site rests on the banks of the Schuylkill River, it is often littered with a sea of Styrofoam pieces, plastic bottles, tires, and whatever else gets carried downstream or left there.
Our cleanups include work and play, throughout the evening we will holding competitions with prizes including free UBB merchandise. Learn more by clicking here, calling 215-278-7858, or emailing [email protected].
Getting There:
Parking is available at Bartram’s Garden. Volunteers should park in the visitor’s lot and walk down the hill toward the community gardens.
By Bike:
• For a handy bike map from UBB Old City click here, from UBB University City click here.
By Public Transportation:
• Take No. 36 Trolley from City Hall to 54th Street.
• Cross over the railroad bridge to Garden entrance on left.
By Car From The West Via i-76:
• Travel east and south through Center City to Exit 346B, Gray’s Ferry Avenue.
• Bear left on exit ramp and turn left at light on to 34th Street/University Avenue. At next light turn right on Gray’s Ferry Avenue and cross Schuylkill River.
• Take first left on to Paschall Avenue. Turn left at next light on to 49th Street and around bend on to Gray’s Avenue. Follow trolley tracks and bear left at fork on to Lindbergh Boulevard.
• Just beyond 54th Street sign and immediately after crossing over the railroad bridge make a sharp left turn into entrance, which is not visible until after crossing bridge.
By Car From Center City:
• Take 23rd Street south below Market Street and merge right on to Gray’s Ferry Avenue just beyond South Street, then follow directions above.