We went to
Bartram's Garden for their Little Explorer program...it was a wicked summer day-- a hundred and something plus humidity, but we enjoyed it anyway. We were exploring bugs, of course it was fun!
Bartram's, like most places in Philadelphia, is historically significant. It was the farm of another of America's firsts- the first American Botanist. John Bartram was a quaker farmer, who, while plowing his field was struck by the beauty of a daisy, and was inspired to devote his life to learning all he could about plants. He identified and introduced into cultivation more than 200 of our native plants. He lacked formal schooling but taught himself so well that he was recognized as a royal botanist by King George in 1765.
Tanzen observing water bugs...
Ketty on the cool old house...
We made our own butterflies...
Bartram's, like most places in Philadelphia, is historically significant. It was the farm of another of America's firsts- the first American Botanist. John Bartram was a quaker farmer, who, while plowing his field was struck by the beauty of a daisy, and was inspired to devote his life to learning all he could about plants. He identified and introduced into cultivation more than 200 of our native plants. He lacked formal schooling but taught himself so well that he was recognized as a royal botanist by King George in 1765.
Tanzen observing water bugs...
Ketty on the cool old house...
We made our own butterflies...
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