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Photos: Philly potheads pass it around the Oval at pop up weed party

Sam Newhouse Posted on October 20, 2016

A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia, on Oct. 20, 2016.
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
Just enjoying a donut.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
A few hundred marijuana enthusiasts gathered at Eakins Oval for a pop-up Weed Garden event to celebrate two years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia by smoking and sharing joints, at Eakins Oval, Oct. 20, 2016.
Charles Mostoller
Pot activist and comedia NA Poe donned his giant marijuana leaf costume during the ev
Charles Mostoller

Philadelphia might just have a new holiday on its hand: celebrating the decriminalization of marijuana.

On Thursday, the second anniversary of former Mayor Michael Nutter signing the law decriminalizingmarijuana possession below 30 gramsin Philadelphia, smokers celebrated with a pop up weed garden in Eakins Oval organized by pro-marijuana legalization activists.

A diverse group of a few hundred people attended to enjoy marijuana and munchies in the park, while a small detachment of police was posted up across the street.

Under decriminalization statutes, possession of up to 30 grams is punishable by a $25 fine, and smoking in public can get a $100 fine.

No word – yet – if there were any arrests or citations.