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Don't miss these great postings that appear on the PIC Plant Sale online store blog! Make a Planter Your Garden I Found My First Perennials
We are grateful to PIC's After School teachers and students who worked extremely hard in order to make priceless contributions to the PIC Plant Sale. The Stucco Building, the Spruce Building, and the Sweet building all have beautiful banners in the windows and in the stairwells. Next time you are at...
Posted by PIC Mom and Plant Sale Committee Member Mariko O'Byrne (Zach is a Sunshine). Living in Center City, we have no yard and very little outdoor space. However, we discovered that with some herbs and a variety of smaller flowers we could create a cute little garden that was the perfect size for...
Read the Spring 2014 Annual Report edition of PIC's Neighborhood Newsletter . See who is helping us give children a great start in life and provide support to young families in our community.
Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to help with the PIC Plant Sale and other center-wide tasks. We had nearly 40 volunteers participate. After sharing coffee and donuts, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Together, we primed 600 KidPots! These flower pots will be delivered to the...
Visit our online store to see the full selection of annuals, perennials, herbs, native plants, baskets and more! We have many more varieties online than on the paper order form. Not sure what to buy? You can find “Garden Starter” packages for sunny or shady spots, our popular “Grab and Grow” groups...
Bring yours home today! Tell all your neighbors about the PIC Plant Sale by placing one of these bright lawn signs in your yard, on your front porch, or in a window. Signs are located on the toddler level of the Spruce Building, right outside Karen Stachelek's office. Please stop by and pick-up your...
For the third year in a row, the Mott Campus Clowns have come to PIC to put on a show for our preschoolers. Their show featured sing-along songs, classic clowns skits and comedy magic-- all with an anti-bully message. But, these are no ordinary clowns! They are a group of honors students enrolled at...
Posted by PIC Mom and Plant Sale Co-Chair Mani Fogelson-Teel (Elijah is a PIC Alumni and Remy is a Starfish). We have always tried to instill “green” values in our family’s lives. We gave our son the middle name “Verde” which means “green” in Spanish because we hoped to cultivate a love and respect...
We have just learned that 42nd Street will be closed at certain times THIS AND NEXT WEEK due to the filming of the television show, How to Get Away . The closing of 42nd Street between Spruce and Locust Streets will start on Tuesday, March 11 at 10:00 pm until Thursday, March 13 at 8:00 am. The same...