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…
It’s Earth Month 2021, and we’re proud to announce the permanent preservation of the Emerald Street Community Farm! Securing and protecting the land for this East Kensington communal growing space took five years and efforts…
Alanna Bozman, a gardener at Chester Avenue Community Garden, shares her favorite early spring blossoms now growing in the garden! Daffodils (Narcissus): The standard-bearers of spring. Found in the large front bed, along the side…
Among many losses of 2020, Philadelphia lost Libby Goldstein, a leader in the movement to reclaim vacant land for community gardening, and in the fight to preserve that land for the neighbors who cultivate it.…
We asked NGT community gardeners from around the city to share how they are keeping the gardening spirit alive as temperatures drop and daylight fades earlier. Learn how they’re preparing their gardens for the winter…
Uniting a Community for Food Justice Dr. Beverly Giles Carter’s journey to the movement for food justice and the creation of the Five Loaves Two Fish Community Garden began around 2009. A West Philadelphia…
Abandoned Lot to Beloved Space Situated in the heart of East Kensington is a grassy 2,045-square-foot plot of land sown by seeds of love. Over a decade ago, the space was nearly unrecognizable. Its grass…