Marathon Master St. Farm Family Fair
Games and Activities for Children, Food, Beer,
And Silent Auction to raise money
For Educational Programs in Urban Gardening and Sustainability
WHAT: Fall Family Fair at Marathon Farm
Activities include: Pumpkin Carving, Apple Pressing, Puppet Shows, Chicken Petting Zoo, and Garden Tours, Make your own Seedling, Live Music, and a Silent Auction.
Musical acts are: Clay and Price duo, and Cris and Lou and The Virtues, a kids music group
Puppet show is by Puppet Tyranny
WHEN: Saturday, October 22 – 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 pm
Free Admission.
Activity Participation carnival style by $1.00 per ticket
5 tickets for food, 4 Tickets for Beer, 2 Tickets for fresh cider, 2 Tickets for all children’s activities
WHERE: Marathon Master Street Farm – 27th and Master Street
Brewery Town section of Philadelphia
WHO: Marathon Farm
The BUZZ: Marathon Farm, a 501c3 was formed earlier this year to support a 15,000 square-foot urban garden with the intent of growing organic produce to be sold at an affordable farm stand on site with a portion dedicated for purchase at fair market value by Marathon Restaurants in Center City Philadelphia. In a few short months a blighted inner-city land parcel was turned into green blossoming farm land with produce grown on raised flat beds and sold at the Farm stand.
Over the summer local youth participated in the programs offered at Marathon Farm including many students from the Vaux High School
Twenty plots were designated for neighbors that wanted to participate in their own community gardens. Funds raised at the Family Fall Fair will help continue these programs, expand plantings at the Farm and teach Do-It-Yourself urban gardening in Philadelphia in backyards, roofs, vacant lots and even fire escapes!
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