PA Horticulture Society Pop Up Garden Now open In Manayunk

MANAYUNK, PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has opened a Pop Up Garden in Manayunk.

The PHS Pop Up Garden in Manayunk is now open for Families, friends, and pets to enjoy the PHS Pop Up Garden’s horticultural displays along with a full-scale menu with new food and beverage offerings, as well as new artistic design elements, and new public and private seating options.

Hours are 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; noon to midnight Friday ad Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. Sundays.

The garden is located at 106 Jamestown Ave.

This marks the garden's second season.

Food and drink menus are curated Cantina Los Caballitos and Khyber Pass Pub. New savory summer tastes include Watermelon & Feta with reduced balsamic, basil, and black lava sea salt, Peel & Eat Shrimp which are garlic & herb seasoned shrimp with charred lemon and cocktail sauce, Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with cayenne glazed fried chicken tenders, bread & butter pickles and coleslaw, and a Chili Cheese Dog with Cooper sharp cheddar and minced onion on a brioche bun.

Vegetarians and vegans can enjoy plant-based versions of sandwiches along with a selection of snacks such as the famed Sidewinder Fries, Drive-In Nachos, or fresh seasoned popcorn. Summer-inspired sweets include crunchy Caramel Popcorn and Cherry and Lemon Water Ice to cool down. A full bar is available with something for all tastes.

For cocktails don’t miss the Woodermelon with Tito’s vodka, watermelon, Fever Tree ginger beer, and lime or the Pink Peppercorn Paloma with Lunazul Blanco Tequila, pink grapefruit, pink peppercorn and lime. Cool off with a frozen drink such as the Gritty Marg! with Lunazul Blanco Tequila, Tang, lime slice, and black salt rim or Frosé with Aperol, rosé, and lemon.

Beer and hard seltzer fans will have a variety of draft and canned options such as 2SP Garden Lager, Neshaminy Creek Pilsner, Dogfish Head Seaquench Sour, Log Yard Le Bleu Blueberry Shandy, or Truly Hard Seltzer’s Wild Blueberry.

For the first time at the Manayunk garden, reservations can be made for groups of six to 20 people online. For larger groups of 20 or more people, private event spaces are available for your special occasion. These spaces are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, or any other occasion where guests want to celebrate outdoors. Interested groups can visit PHSOnline.org to learn more, submit a private event request, or reserve space online.

The garden will also feature weekly PHS horticultural programming starting with PHS Plant Swaps. These weekly events will begin in late July and continue throughout the summer and fall season. More information will be announced soon.

This year, the Pop Up Garden in Manayunk will feature a new array of plants and flowers. Perimeter plantings in the garden are now inspired by native plant communities like the American prairie and eastern woodland, featuring leafy trees and plants like Quercus bicolor, Sassafras albidium, Acer rubrum, and Taxodium distichum.

Together, these new plants will give the garden a forest-like feel, with all the warmth and fresh air of the outdoors.

Along with the new plantings, PHS will again grow fresh produce for the PHS Harvest initiative. Harvest aims to combat food insecurity in Philadelphia by encouraging residents to garden for themselves and donate or share their garden’s bounty. In 2020, the program resulted in over 44,000 pounds of produce being donated and shared with the community. This year, PHS will continue to grow and donate all crops grown at the Manayunk Pop Up Garden to North Light Community Center.