The Princeton Club of Philadelphia Enjoyed an Afternoon at Beautiful and Historic Bartram's Gardens!

Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 3-6 PM

Bartram’s Garden is a 45-acre site located on the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia, which features the homestead of John Bartram (1699-1777), America’s first botanist. Bartram gathered and catalogued an extraordinary collection of American native trees, shrubs, and flowers, which he planted at his home. The site features Bartram’s 18th century home and farm buildings, an historic botanical garden, a wild flower meadow, a freshwater wetland, parkland and a river trail.

The event featured a lecture by Dr. Robert Peck '74, an expert on the gardens and John Bartram. Dr. Peck studied history and archeology at Princeton. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences, a naturalist, and historian who has traveled extensively around the world. He has written for a wide range of popular and scholarly magazines including Audubon, National Wildlife, International Wildlife, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Times.

The Garden is located at 54th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, in the Grays Ferry Section of Philadelphia, and is easily accessible from the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76). For more information and directions, visit www.bartramsgarden.org.

Bob Peck '74 leads a tour of the Gardens     The Bartram Postal Stamp from 1999     

Bob Peck '74 lectures  60-70 alumni         Evan Fieldston '98, Bill LeFevre, and Joel

Evan, Ellen Sisle '85, and Bink Wurts '62            Kathy Turner, Evan, Ellen             

The historic Bartram House             The Grounds of Batram Gardens