On Tuesday 100 Strawberry Mansion residents rallied against effects of violence and blight on their neighborhood, marching from 33rd and Diamond to Strawberry Mansion High, reports Philly Confidential. Sheriff Jewell Williams…
Drew Becher: Making Philadelphia the Greenest City in America Sunday February 5, 11am. Gershman Y, 401 South Broad Street. Drew Becher, President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, will talk about PHS’…
IT’S NOT EASY BEING DREW BECHER. The new president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is standing in the kitchen of his 85-year-old fieldstone home in Chestnut Hill, and here, at least,…
PHS Names New President The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has announced that President Jane G. Pepper will step down on June 1. President since 1981, Pepper has a tremendous influence on…
Remember that feeling you would get as you entered the Philadelphia Flower Show when it was held at the old Civic Center across from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania?…
February 23, 2010 By JoAnn GrecoFor PlanPhillyFor nearly three decades, Jane Pepper and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society have been inextricably linked. This year, though, the 64-year-old dynamo retires, and…
