The PHS Pop Up Gardens in Manayunk and South Street Are Reopening With New Workshops, Menu Items, Plant Swaps, & More

You know the spring is here when beer gardens start to pop back up. Speaking of pop-up beer gardens, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) just announced the opening dates for their highly anticipated PHS Pop Up Gardens at Manayunk and South Street. Both locations are set to open on March 28th and as always, guests can look forward to delicious food, drinks, and a wide range of activities and programming.

This year’s season brings a few new additions including new crafted cocktails and a lineup of hands-on workshops and events.

Food and Beverage

Both PHS Pop Up Gardens offer a wide range of food options for everyone to enjoy, including vegetarian, vegan and meat-based options along with water bowls and treats for your four-legged friends. Enjoy creative cocktails, refreshing frozen drinks, a well-rounded selection of wine, craft beers and a robust selection of non-alcoholic offerings. Both locations will offer a mix of signature offerings and shareable bites including items such as tacos, empanadas, cheeseburgers, pretzel bites and more. For drinks, each location will offer unique selections such as the Gritty Margarita, frozen cocktails, beers, seltzers, and more. Visit phsonline.org/popup to view the full menus for both locations.

In Manayunk, the menu features a mix of shareable bites and  options with surfside inspired eats and drinks including shrimp cocktail complete with cocktail sauce and lemon, tacos featuring a choice of protein, creamy cabbage slaw, red onion, pickled jalapeño and lime in a corn tortilla, and fish & chips with crispy fried striped bass, creamy coleslaw and lemon, with the signature sidewinder fries. The drink menu features new frozen cocktails including the Manayunk Mule, a refreshing concoction of White Claw pineapple vodka, Fever Tree ginger beer, dragon fruit and lime, and the Red Wooder Ice cocktail featuring Holla Banana vodka, passionfruit and Hawaiian Punch.

At South Street,  The menu features new sweet and savory empanadas in a variety of flavors including cheeseburger, buffalo chicken, and apple pie as well as pretzel bites, mozzarella sticks, sidewinder fries and more. Refreshing salads like the watermelon salad with arugula, feta, mint, basil, watermelon, and balsamic and summer salad with arugula, spinach, roasted red peppers, red onion, cucumbers, tomato and roasted corn topped with white balsamic vinaigrette are the perfect way to welcome warmer days. Celebrate the season and sip on signature frozen cocktails with the return of the famed Gritty Margarita featuring Lunazul Blanco tequila, Tang, lime and black salt as well as the new Mango Water Ice made with White Claw Mango vodka and lemon. These items will be available to enjoy alongside seasonal specialties and more refreshing drinks, perfect for enjoying in the garden setting.

Activities and Events

This year guests can explore their creative side with hands-on craft workshops, including garden embroidery, pressed flower workshops, orchid workshops and moss terrarium making. These interactive sessions provide a fun and relaxing way to learn new gardening techniques and skills while creating a unique, take-home place inspired by nature.

The famed monthly, free Plant Swap series is back again this year at both gardens. Throughout the season, guests who visit South Street can acquire new plants for their homes thanks to Solo Real Estate, a Center City-based independent real estate company committed to sustainably investing in communities. Solo Real Estate will co-host the monthly Plant Swaps with giveaways of horticultural favorites such as summer bulbs, houseplants, succulents, and more. Solo will also provide plant prizes for guests who pre-register for the Plant Swaps, including complimentary pollinator mix seed packs, tote bags and recycling containers that guests can take home throughout the season.

Hours and Locations

The Pop Up Garden at Manayunk
106 Jamestown Avenue (just off of Main St.)
Philadelphia, PA 19127
Monday-Wednesday: 5:00-10:00pm
Thursday: 5:00-11:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 12:00pm-12:00am
Sunday: 12:00pm-9:00pm

The Pop Up Garden at South Street
1438 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Monday-Wednesday: 5:00-10:00pm
Thursday: 5:00-11:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 12:00pm-12:00am
Sunday: 12:00-9:00pm