Category: spring events
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Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary
One of my favorite day trips from Philly is to visit the Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary in Mays Landing, NJ. It’s been a Noah’s Ark of love and community for more than 600 rescued animals for over 20 years. I learned about this incredible true story by reading founder Laurie Zaleski’s nonfiction best seller,…
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PA Peony Festival
Styers Peonies in Chadds Ford, PA is a 100-year old farm that hosts an annual, 2-week Peony Festival every spring. You can pay $15 per person (or $30/car of 4) to drive or walk through acres of peony fields with 55,000 peonies blooming. It is a pleasant drive of less than an hour from Philadelphia.…
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Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival
[envira-gallery id=”1116″]This year will mark our family’s third annual visit to the spectacular Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square Park. This spring event features 29 towering illuminated lantern sculptures. There are animated and color-changing lantern designs ranging from whimsical to jaw-dropping in their intricacy. The sculptures are constructed onsite by 100+ amazingly skilled artisans…
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Sakura Sunday
Fairmount Park’s Cherry Blossom festival on Sakura Sunday has become our annual rite of spring. It was gloriously warm for mid-April with 1,000 cherry trees lush with blooms. The event price is reasonable: it includes live music and dance, Japan House admission, fashion shows, hands-on culture demonstrations and rampant cosplay. Prettiest in Pink We headed straight to one of our favorite events,…
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Procession of the Saints
One of the longstanding May traditions in South Philadelphia’s Bella Vista neighborhood is the Procession of Saints during the Italian Market Festival. I was one of the hundreds who gathered at historic St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Church on Sunday morning. I joined musicians, Italian dignitaries and parishioners in a strolling parade from 8th and Montrose to 9th and Washington. Saintly Blessings Saint statue displays were…