The sun is out, the air is warm, we’re already working on our farmer’s tans, and the weeds are growing. . . well, like weeds! We’re a two-woman farm crew at the moment and could use a little help! When one of our couples getting married this year told us they met at a “weed dating” event at another Philadelphia urban farm, it seemed like a match made in heaven for Love ‘n Fresh Flowers!
So what is Weed Dating? It’s a spin-off of that now-faded trend, Speed Dating. No, “weed” does not refer to cannabis. You might want to save that for the second date. Haha! Instead, at Weed Dating you hunker down along our rows at the farm to pull up unwanted plants, working across from a cute boy or girl who is interested in doing the same. It attracts the outdoorsy type, the urban farming type, the earth-loving type, the beat-of-their-own-drum type, the food-justice type, the craftsman-type, the volunteerism-type, and the hell-no-I-don’t-do-online-dating-but-really-don’t-know-how-to-meet-new-people-otherwise type. All are welcome (even if you don’t fit into one of the aforementioned types)! The only requirement is that you be SINGLE! Sorry, no open-relationship types. Any orientation is welcome, and we’ll have little ribbons to pin on to help everyone know who they should be winking at while they yank those weeds.
We had our official first round of Weed Dating last month in May, and it was an ABSOLUTE BLAST!! We’re so excited to do it again!! While Love ‘n Fresh Flowers is still the official host for this second round of Weed Dating, we’re partnering with our farming buddies at Heritage Farm to give us a new spot to mix and mingle and keep things interesting. Next month (July), we’ll be back over at the Love ‘n Fresh farm. We will weed the vegetable and fruit plantings at Heritage for about 90 minutes and then take the party to a nearby watering hole for some drinks and hopefully a phone number or Instagram handle exchange with some cuties.
Bring a friend, but don’t fret if you come alone. We’ll make sure you feel right at home. The real dream for us is that someday we get to do the wedding flowers for a couple who met at one of our Weed Dating adventures. We’re sentimental saps like that. Oh yeah, and we’re hoping to do this multiple times this summer so if you’re occupado for this round, stay tuned for more.
So you want to come, right?! Then swing over to the Event page to RSVP and get more deets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weed-dating-6515-tickets-17144913899
When: Friday, June 5th, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (or later)
Where: Heritage Farm (4300 Monument Road, Philadelphia)
Who: Anyone over 21 who is single
Moola: We’ll be having drinks off-site this time at Derek’s in Manayunk so bring $ for a well-deserved beer afterwards.
Spread the word!!! The more the merrier!
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