Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden

09/22/2025

09/08/2025

Live in SW or West Philly and want to grow your own food!!?? Groceries prices soaring- wanna know where your food is coming from!
Come on down to this free half day teach in!

08/20/2025

Volunteer days are back! We're looking for folks to lend some helping hands with seasonal maintenance and harvest at Sankofa Community Farm this Saturday, 8/23, 9:30am-12pm. Click the link to register

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03/09/2025

The Spring/Summer 2025 SWWAG schedule is here! Join our knowledgable and amazing Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden team, plus community partners for these FREE workshops to learn the ins and outs of urban gardening and agriculture. Click the link to register and see the season's full schedule

🧤March 22, 12-1:30pm - How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
Learn the basics of raised bed agriculture and be guided through the process of planning, building, and sustaining a raised bed (BEGINNER).

🌱April 3, 5-6:15pm - DIY Seeding & Greenhouse Basics
Learn how to start seeds in small spaces or container gardens with what you have at home (BEGINNER)

🥕April 12, 1-2:30pm -Soil with Supreme Compost
Learn the six-step process that demonstrates the beginning stages of how to make compost. (BEGINNER).

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08/27/2024

It was a great day!

Last month I attended the Northeast Regional Equity Convening hosted by the USDA and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on July 18, 2024. This was a unique opportunity to interact with fresh voices and discuss charged and meaningful topics like urban agriculture and nutrition sovereignty.

06/11/2024

Market season starts this Saturday at Clark !

Sankofa Farm Stand season starts this Saturday! 🍅🍒🧄

Come purchase fresh, chemical-free inspirited local produce straight from Sankofa Farm Stand every 2nd and 4th Saturday 10am-1pm at Clark Park Farmer's Market and every Thursday 3-6pm, starting 6/20 at the Bartram’s Village apartments (54th & Lindbergh Blvd entrance)!

EBT, cash, WIC Farmer’s Market vouchers, and Senior vouchers are all accepted methods of payment (standard retail WIC vouchers are not accepted).

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03/12/2024

the Spring/Summer 2024 SWWAG schedule is here! Join our knowledgable and amazing team, plus community partners for these FREE workshops to learn the ins and outs of urban gardening and agriculture. Click the link to register and see the season's full schedule! https://www.bartramsgarden.org/calendar/list/?tribe-bar-search=SWWAG

🌱March 25, 4:30-6pm - DIY Seeding & Greenhouse Basics
Learn how to start seeds in small spaces or container gardens with what you have at home (BEGINNER)

🧤April 6, 12-1:30pm - How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
Learn the basics of raised bed agriculture and be guided through the process of planning, building, and sustaining a raised bed (BEGINNER).

🥕April 10, 4:30-6pm - Intro to Spring Planting
Learn the basics of planting your spring garden, including maintenance and best practices in natural agriculture and pest management (BEGINNER).

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12/12/2023

Building Your Home Apothecary is now accepting applications for 2023! Deadline: Tuesday, January 31📆 Apply here: https://www.bartramsgarden.org/home-apothecary/

Led by instructors Maebh Aguilar, Dominique Matti, and Mercelyne Latortue, this 8-month introductory course is taught through the lens of herbalism as a tool for cultivating intimate, liberating, and communal relationships with the land and each other.

Some details about the course:

💐Topics will include: growing & using herbs, making medicine, learning about the body's systems, herbalism in context, and community building. We'll explore these topics through 2 monthly class sessions, apothecary work, and homework time,

💐Exact dates TBA, but the course will run from March-October 2023. The monthly workload amounts to 15-20 hours, and includes 2 class sessions per month (one on Sunday and one Wednesday). Because this class is a community project, there is a high expectation for attendance.

💐The total cost for the course is $850. Payment plans are available to all. Additionally, scholarships of 25 or 50% are available to any person of color with financial need. We do this to address the whitewashing of herbalism, the stolen healing practices from people of color by white folks, and systemic inequalities that affect income.

💐Childcare is available!

💐This course involves moving across the Garden. Please let us know if you have physical limitations or anticipate needing support.

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10/08/2023

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