Join the Young Friends of Wyck

Join a group of young professionals interested in history, preservation, and building community in Germantown and beyond!

Become a Young Friend of Wyck now!

The 2025 season will bring Young Friends of Wyck together for a variety of programs and events with workshops, after hour socials, and film screenings that you won’t want to miss out on! 

Want to help plan these events? Submit an application here to join the Young Friends of Wyck Advisory Board! No background in history or preservation necessary!

Young Friends Spring Events:

Rosé and Roses, May 29, 6 – 8 pm

Stroll the paths of the oldest rose garden in the United States still growing in its original plan. Young Friends of Wyck invite you to sip rosé, play some lawn games, and get to know your neighbors, all while supporting a Philadelphia treasure! Register Here

June 12: Sook Vinyl Listening Party

June 20: Lantern Theater: Jazz Around the World, 5 – 7 pm

SMALL BUSINESS POP-UP SERIES

Each month, YFOW convenes at a Germantown business to bolster our local economy and

February: Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books + Ubuntu Fine Art

March: Space & Grace Yoga Studio

April: Young American Hard Cider & Tasting Room

May 10: Historic Germantown, Kambel Smith exhibition and film screening

Support Wyck Projects

The Young Friends of Wyck events support preservation and community outreach efforts. Help us on projects such as adding welcoming signage to the Germantown fence or conserving important artifacts such as the Germantown Brewery sign that hung on the avenue at the turn of the 19th century.

The oldest rose garden in the United States, still growing in its original plan. Photo courtesy of Robert Buzzard.