On January 31, NGT kicked off the new year with the preservation of the Peace Garden, our 53rd protected green space! The Peace Garden was created in 2001 under the auspices of New Jerusalem Now…
The Pulaski Zeralda Garden has been a beautiful, thriving community garden in the Southwest Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia for 35 years. This GivingTuesday, you can help secure its future for generations to come. NGT has…
This growing season, NGT expanded its partnership with John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and the Audubon Society to bring hands-on technical support, education, and native plants to create new pollinator gardens at the Five Loaves…
There is an innate synergy between art and nature. Go on a tour of any art museum, and you will encounter painting after painting of picturesque natural landscapes. The other side is true, too. Talk…
Viola Street Community Garden, founded almost 50 years ago, is one of Philadelphia’s oldest community gardens. Its neighborhood of East Parkside has lacked resources and investment for many years, with 86% African American and over…
On Tuesday, June 20th, Neighborhood Gardens Trust was thrilled to join a press conference and garden tour celebrating a successful campaign to protect nearly one hundred community gardens from the threat of sheriff’s sale and…
A Dream Come True The House of Grace Catholic Worker Community Garden has been serving Philadelphia’s East Kensington neighborhood for almost 30 years. Under the leadership of Johanna Berrigan and Mary Beth Appel, the garden…
The start of growing season is always an exciting time. Neighbors look forward to seeing bright colors pop up from what’s planted, and gardeners get to rekindle their relationship with the soil and other gardeners. The new season at Pulaski Zeralda Garden came with new leadership. Tracey Savage took on the role of Garden Coordinator and recently showed us around the garden and shared her vision for the future.
For most neighborhoods in North Philadelphia, you would consider yourself lucky to have a tree on your block that provides shade during the hot summer months or a picturesque scene as leaves fall in autumn.…
This little oasis has been a fixture in the Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood since 1992. Over many years this all-volunteer garden community has stayed true to its mission to provide a transformative educational and safe space…