Frick Environmental Center to Host Freedom Harvest on Sept. 6

The Frick Environmental Center’s Freedom Harvest event in September is a free community celebration promoting unity, freedom, and the harvest season that will include live music, tasty food, and interactive activities.

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The event’s inspiration is The Frick Environmental Center’s From Slavery to Freedom Garden, which showcases crops that were invaluable to people seeking freedom, such as peanuts, green onions, and raspberries. These crops were often used along their journey for nutritional, medicinal, and symbolic purposes.

Dandelions, the inspiration for the event’s logo, promoted digestion and fought inflammation and is symbolic because it grows in a variety of environments, even in difficult or neglected conditions. The plant is a symbol of endurance and resilience. 

Freedom Harvest’s events include live performances, a variety of offerings from local food and beverage vendors, and festivities for the entire family. 

There will also be interactive activities, such as garden tours and history hikes that weave tales of the past, as well as face painting and lawn games. Local community organizations will offer table activities and crafts.

The event is held in September, which marks International Underground Railroad Month, commemorating the escapes of such iconic figures as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

Freedom Harvest will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6 at The Frick Environmental Center, located at 2005 Beechwood Blvd. No registration is required.