Welcome!

The Philadelphia Botanical Club, founded in 1891, is dedicated to increasing knowledge and appreciation of the botany of the Philadelphia region and beyond.

Meetings

Meetings featuring talks by botanical experts. Meetings are held monthly from September through May.

Membership

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We encourage anyone with an interest in plants to join. Membership includes a subscription to Bartonia. To join us, visit our membership page.

Field Trips

The Philadelphia Botanical Club
The Botany Department
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195

Bartonia: Journal of the Philadelphia Botanical Club

A journal of botany, which we publish annually. Bartonia was named for William P. C. Barton, author of the first local flora of Philadelphia (1818).

Field Trips and Workshops

Field trips to wild areas and gardens in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware — and occasionally farther afield. Field trips have two purposes: to record the plant species at the field trip site and to increase participants’ knowledge of plants.

Workshops on botanical topics, such as fern identification and grass identification.

Our Organization

Officers & Appointees

Herbarium

Club History

Contact Us

Grants for Students

The Bayard Long Award for Botanical Research

Grants for Members

The Philadelphia Botanical Club Grant for Botanical Research, Education, and Conservation