Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Community Garden Collection
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- Ahimsa House Garden
- Aquinas Center Garden
- Awbury Community Garden
- Bethel Victory Gardens
- Brewerytown Garden
- César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden
- D.I.T.O. Seague Garden
- Eastwick Common Ground Garden Association Garden ("Airport Garden")
- Emerald Street Community Farm
- Farm to City
- Farm to Families
- Food Moxie
- Frankford Avenue Garden
- Free Haven Farms
- Friends of Cloverly Park. Old Tennis Court Farm
- Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Park. Corinthian Gardens
- FNC Community Learning Farm
- Friends of Fox Chase Farm
- Germantown Kitchen Garden
- Greensgrow Farms and Greensgrow West
- Grounded In Philly | Resource Ecosystem for Urban Agriculture
- Grumblethorpe
- Hansberry Garden & Nature Center – A community resource for fresh food and environmental education
- Heritage Farm at Methodist Homes
- Hicks Street Garden
- Historic Fair Hill Gardens
- Holly Street Neighbors Community Garden
- KleinLife Garden
- Liberty Lands
- Mantua Urban Peace Garden
- Neighborhood Gardens Trust
- Newton Friends Meeting. Garden Project
- Norris Square Neighborhood Projects
- North Philly Peace Park
- Novick Urban Farm
- Organic Community Gardens at the Schuylkill Center
- Passyunk Gardens
- Pastorius Community Gardens
- Pemberton Community Garden
- Pentridge Children’s Garden
- Philadelphia Orchard Project. 5000 Cedars Garden
- Point Breeze Gardens
- Riverside School Organic Garden
- Ruth Bennett Community Farm
- Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden
- Schuylkill River Park & Community Garden
- Southwark Queen Village Community Garden
- Spring Gardens
- Urban Creators. Life Do Grow Farm
- VietLead. Resilient Roots Community Farm
- Wiota Street Garden
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society COVID-19 Press
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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Community Garden Collection
McLean Library has created a web-archive collection focusing on the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s programmatic COVID-19 response via #GrowTogetherPHS, a campaign to engage our audiences in gardening at home. In addition, the collection includes Philadelphia-area community gardening responses through social media sites as well as web-based documentation of recommendations for urban agriculture during COVID-19.
In response to COVID-19, the Pennsylvania Horticultural initiated #GrowTogetherPHS, a campaign to engage its audiences in gardening at home, converted its educational programs to online webinars, for example, for example PHS Tree Tenders Basic Training series, as well as Grow-to-Share (Harvest 2020); PHS Kids; Love the Earth 2020 and the Artful Gardener.
The Ahimsa House Garden, 5005 Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia, is "...open to all throughout the daylight hours. The beds along the fence and the herb spiral are beds cultivated by Food Not Bombs, you are welcome to harvest and grow in those beds!" In response to COVID-19, the garden continues to be open with some restrictions and guidelines.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Ahimsa House Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Aquinas Center Garden is a multicultural community garden located at 1616 South 17th Street in South Philadelphia. In response to COVID-19, the Center is closed.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Aquinas Center Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Awbury Arboretum Community Garden, located at 6340 Ardleigh Street, with Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension in 1977, is the successor to Great Depression allotments and WWII Victory Gardens. The garden provides flowers, fruit and vegetables to local residents and annually donates substantial quantities of food to Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s City Harvest. What makes this garden even more special is that it is managed by a coordinating committee of neighbors of Awbury Arboretum. In response to COVID-19, the offices were closed and programs suspended.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Awbury Arboretum Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bethel AME Church of Ardmore started this Victory Gardens Community project with an aim to strengthen the community around it, serve the families who had gardens with fresh produce, and to supply food for the local food banks. In response to COVID-19 and with restrictions -- "Continue growing food! Now more than ever we should be practicing local self-reliance and grow food for ourselves and the community"
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Bethel Victory Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 27th and Master Streets, North Central Philadelphia, Brewerytown Garden cultivates a productive, beautiful, and sustainable community garden using organic and environmentally friendly techniques. In response to COVID-19, Brewerytown closed its Farmstand, but continued access to member gardeners with restrictions
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Brewerytown Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden located at 427 Arlington Street, Kensington, was founded in 2012 by the Philly Socialists who expropriated parcels of vacant, tax-delinquent land and converted it into a community garden and people's park. Community gardens have been deemed essential by the City and the Community Garden is open with COVID-19 restrictions
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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The "Urban Farming" Program under D.I.T.O.'s "Segue Garden" division officially started June 6, 2014. In its conception, it was an effort to clean out 24 year vacant plot, 1636-38 Church Lane, but evolved into "an educational food resource."
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, D.I.T.O. Seague Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Eastwick Community Garden is located at Bartram Avenue & Island Avenue is the largest community garden in Philadelphia
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Eastwick Common Ground Garden Association Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Emerald Street Community Farm is a communal farming project started by a group of neighbors in the the Spring of 2008. The Farm is open every Monday, April - October, 5- 8PM(or Sundown), the first Wednesday of the month, 5- Sundown and the third Saturday of the month, 10 - Noon. All are welcome! We grow communally and share in the harvest. Come on by to get your hands dirty, hang out and take home some delicious organic veggies! We are located on the Corner of Emerald Street and Dauphin Street in Philadelphia." In response to COVID-19, the garden is open with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Emerald Street Community Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Farm to City is a Philadelphia-based business whose goal is to unite communities, families, and farmers year-round through good locally grown food. In response to COVID-19, Farm to City has issued status reports on its 12 Farmers Markets with instructions for shopping safely.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Farm to City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Farm to Families is a collaborative community-based effort to improve the diets and health of children and families in North Philadelphia by addressing obstacles to healthy eating: access to nutritious food and access to information on nutrition and food preparation. St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children partners with the Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative (LFFC) to source, package and deliver fresh food to Farm to Family community food hubs every week of the year. Farm to Families continued its work with COVID-19 restrictions
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Farm to families (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, St. Christopher's Foundation for Children
Food Moxie, located 559 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, partners with schools and community organizations to activate educational growing spaces that offer experiential learning in gardening, farming, nutrition, and culinary arts. Partner gardens are Stenton Family Manor Garden Club and Hope Kitchen, Farm Club at Martin Luther King High School, and, Land Lab & Land + Table at W.B. Saul Agricultural High School. "In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Food Moxie is more committed than ever to ensuring our vulnerable neighbors have access to healthy food. We know that food insecurity is a daily reality for many in our community, and we are prepared—with your help—to make sure there is ongoing access to healthy foods."
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Food Moxie (Philadelphia, Pa.), Martin Luther King High School (Philadelphia, Pa.). Farm Club, Walter B. Saul High School (Philadelphia, Pa.), Stenton Family Manor Garden Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Founded in 2004, the Frankford Avenue Garden, located at 2614 Frankford Avenue in Kensington -- ".. There are no gates or fences, and All are welcome to come and enjoy the space from Dawn until Dusk any day, any season. The Garden sits on vacant Public Land and is maintained by The Friends of the Frankford Avenue Garden. We have regular work times (Sunday Morning and Tuesday Evening in season) which also serve as Group meetings." In response to COVID-19, the garden opened with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Frankford Avenue Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Free Haven Farms was established in 2017 in Lawnside, N.J. Lawnside is a suburban community, located in Camden County; not exactly where most people would expect to find a farm. But Micaiah had a vision before the couple purchased their home in Cynthia's hometown to create a homestead farm where they could raise their children and also be able to show others in their community how to grow their own food. Our location allows us and our produce to be accessible to our community. We started out in 2017 by operating a farmer's market on site on Sunday."
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Free Haven Farms (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Founded in 1986 as a committee of the Westside Neighborhood Council, the Friends of Cloverly Park is an all-volunteer group committed to preserving and improving Cloverly Park as an asset to the quality of life in its surrounding community. Located at 5407 Wissahickon Avenue, Germantown, the Old Tennis Court Farm is maintained by the Old Tennis Court Farm gardeners and the Friends of Cloverly Park. The Park is open with restrictions in response to COVID-19.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Friends of Cloverly Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Old Tennis Court Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Corinthian Gardens is another step in the development of Eastern State Penitentiary Park, conceived by neighbors and Bache Martin School parents who united in 1995 to clean up and improve the derelict exterior grounds of the historic prison. Along the Brown Street side, we created an expansive lawn and a playground from what had been an unsightly parcel of weeds, broken asphalt, debris, and an abandoned, deteriorated outbuilding of the prison. Neighbors may apply for personal garden plots within the Corinthian Gardens. In response to COVID-19, access is restricted.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Friends of Eastern State Penitentiary Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), Old Tennis Court Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.), Corinthian Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
FNC Community Learning Farm at 8th and Poplar is located in an ethnically diverse area of North Philadelphia’s East Poplar Neighborhood, this vibrant farm is improving access to affordable healthy food through their weekly farm market and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares. In response to COVID-19, FNC closed its physical office in favor of remote programming
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, FNC Community Learning Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Friends of Fox Chase Farm (FFCF), an all volunteer group with over 400 member families, was formed in 1990 to assist the Fairmount Park Commission and the Philadelphia School Board in maintaining and preserving the Fox Chase Farm, a working educational farm located in Northeast Philadelphia. FFCF actively supports the farm by assisting with physical maintenance, fund raising, guided tours, and other public events." In response to COVID-19, special events were cancelled
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Friends of Fox Chase Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Germantown Kitchen Garden, located at 215 E Penn Street, is half acre urban farm and nursery in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, growing a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and perennial plants for sale to neighbors through weekly farm stands, and to restaurants in search of the freshest greens. In response to COVID-19, customers of the farmstand were required to wear a mask and keep a 6′ distance from others while waiting their turn to shop.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Germantown Kitchen Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Greensgrow is an educational urban farm and demonstration garden that provides an essential connection to food and nature in an urban community. In response to COVID-19, Greensgrow Farms, located at 2501 E. Cumberland Street, has remained open with restrictions, while Greensgrow West, 5123 Baltimore Avenue, remains closed.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Greensgrow Farms (Philadelphia, Pa.), Greensgrow West (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Grounded In Philly came into existence as a civic project in 2013 in order to help Philadelphians find information about vacant land — in order to put it back in the hands of the community. In response to COVID-19, the website provides information and links to community gardeners and urban agriculture including updates from Philadelphia City Government, guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and recommendations for farm stands and farmers markets.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Grounded in Philly (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Grumblethorpe, located at 5267 Germantown Avenue includes a youth-based market farm, elementary education, extracurricular and community programs. In response to COVID-19, the farm market opened with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Grumblethorpe (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 5150 Wayne Avenue, Southwest Germantown, the Hansberry Garden and Nature Center builds community by offering organic gardening, educational programs, and fresh, wholesome produce to an underserved neighborhood. The City of Philadelphia deemed community gardens as “essential,” and Hansberry is open with restrictions in response to COVID-19.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Hansberry Garden and Nature Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Heritage Farm is located at 4300 Monument Road. "In 2011, Methodist Services revitalized 4 of its 22 acres to establish Heritage Farm, cultivating vegetables, flowers, berries and an orchard. Equipped with four high tunnels and a greenhouse that greatly extend the growing seasons, Heritage Farm strives to bring care, attention to detail and passion to the treatment of our soil, vegetables, community and customers." In response to COVID-19, public events were cancelled but farming and distribution continued with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Heritage Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Hicks Street Garden, located at 1835 South Hicks Street in the Newbold/Point Breeze neighborhood of South Philadelphia, is Neighborhood Gardens Trust community garden. Maintained entirely by neighborhood volunteers, the garden's mission is to create a welcoming, safe and beautiful place for all neighborhood residents. In response to COVID-19, gardeners continued to work with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Hicks Street Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Historic Fair Hill cares for the gardens in the Fairhill neighborhood with community partners. Gardens include the Auburn Street Garden, 911-925 W. Auburn Street; Burial Ground Garden, 2901 Germantown Avenue; Potter-Thomas Community Garden, 3001-65 N 6th Street; and, Semilla Art Initiative Garden, 312-322 W Somerset Street. In response to COVID-19, community gardening continued with restriction. "Despite the virus, our garden team is doing essential service of planting gardens for food and for beauty in Fairhill"
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Located at 423 West Holly Street, West Powelton, the Holly Street Neighbors Community Garden is a living memorial to honor its founder Winnie Harris. The Holly Street gardeners commemorate her dedication to grow food organically. Community gardens have been deemed essential by the City and the Holly Street Garden is open with restrictions in response to COVID-19.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Holly Street Neighbors Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
KleinLife Garden is located10100 Jamison Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. In 2010, KleinLife purchased a handful of raised beds, with the goal of growing and distributing fresh fruits and vegetables to encourage their seniors to eat more produce. Over time, this project has blossomed; with the support of Walmart and JFRE, KleinLife has built two hoop houses and planted an orchard at KleinLife’s Northeast Philadelphia location, producing nearly 2,000 pounds of produce in 2019 alone. In response to COVID-19, KleinLife started boxing up their produce and supplemental produce from Common Market in their new community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. "Weekly orders are on the upswing, with more and more individuals picking up boxes, safely and without contact, of vegetables, fruits, and even farm-fresh eggs."
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, KleinLife Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Liberty Lands Community Gardens has roughly 30 garden plots, each of which are “rented” and maintained on a year-to-year basis by individual gardeners or groups. There is a waiting list for plots. We encourage anyone interested in a plot to turn up for park workdays or volunteer to help in the public gardens at the park: current volunteers have first priority for available garden plots, and there are always opportunities to start gardening right away." In response to COVID-19, the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association offices are closed.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Liberty Lands (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Mantua Urban Peace Garden (MUPG) is a community space for residents to grow and share healthy, organic fruits and vegetables and build relationships with their neighbors. MUPG, located at 37th and Brown Streets, was established in May 2013, with support from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Currently, Mt. Vernon Manor CDC serves as MUPG’s fiscal sponsor and will hold a long-term lease for the land so that gardeners have a guaranteed space to grow produce and community. Response to COVID-19 is unknown.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Mantua Urban Peace Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Previously known as the Neighborhood Gardens Association (NGA), NGT was established in 1986 to address this problem by preserving and promoting community gardening across Philadelphia. NGT has preserved more than 38 community gardens, ranging from single lots to a 3.7- acre site, from vegetable and flower gardens to sitting parks. In response to COVID-19, the NGT issued “Guidelines for Gardening During COVID-19” on its website
Subject: Neighborhood Gardens Trust (Philadelphia, Pa.), COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
The Newton Friends Meeting Garden Project is located at 808 Cooper Street in Camden, New Jersey. "Since it was established in 2007, the Garden Project has served more than 500 residents of the Garrett House, a halfway house under the supervision of the NJ Department of Corrections. Women from the Garrett House contribute to the community throughout the year by growing vegetables for the needy people and helping to maintain a garden on the grounds of Newton Monthly Meetinghouse, a historic landmark in the center of Camden"
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Newton Friends Meeting Garden Project (Camden, N.J.)
Norris Square Neighborhood Projects urban gardens were created between 1980 and 2006 by the women of Grupo Motivos led by co-founders Iris Brown and Tomasita Romero, and community residents. Each of the six gardens represents and embodies the diversity of the Puerto Rican culture and West African diasporas in Philadelphia. Located in Kensington area of North Philadelphia, Norris Square Gardens are: the Butterfly Garden, 2141 N. Howard Street; Las Parcelas, 2248 N. Palethorp Street; El Batey, 169 W. Susquehanna Avenue; Jardín de Paz, 2201 N. 2nd Street; Raíces, 2217 N 2nd Street, and Villa Africána Colobó, 2263 N. Palethorp Street, Philadelphia. In response to COVID-19, all gardens are open with restrictions.
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An open, fence-free, charitable, intergenerational, neighborhood-managed ecology campus championing food, education and community. Located 2200 W. Jefferson Street in North Philadelphia, North Philly Peace Park COVID-19 response includes “Grab And Go Care Package Edition of our “Free Produce Day,” and the “Peacetown Mask Drive.”
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, North Philly Peace Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Novick Urban Farm, located at 3660 S Lawrence Street in South Philadelphia, was founded in 2012 by co-owner Gary Novick. It began small, with an initial goal of seeing if farming the land was indeed possible. "By the time he retired in 2016, it had successfully taken root. Seeds of what Gary planted -- both literal and figurative -- grew into an organization that each year feeds thousands of people in need while teaching just as many area children about the value of nutrition." In response to COVID-19, volunteers continued to work and the farmstand opened with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Novick Urban Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"For nearly fifty years, our gardens have offered an escape from the chaos of city life. During the height of the growing season, one can get lost amid towering yellow corn, bright red heirloom tomatoes, meandering flower beds, sprawling pumpkin patches, and much more. Nestled in Upper Roxborough, our gardens are surrounded by serene farmland and scenic views. As one of Philadelphia’s largest community gardens, we offer large garden plots and always have space for new gardeners." In response to COVID-19, the gardens were tended by staff and volunteers.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Organic Community Gardens at the Schuylkill Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
"Harry O's Passyunk Gardens. We'll still be keeping things looking green in 2020, but for now the garden is closed. Check back for updates and posts about what is growning!" COVID-19 response not determined.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Passyunk Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pastorius Community Gardens is an organic community garden and permaculture fruit orchard in the East Germantown section of Philadelphia. Response to COVID-19, not determined.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pastorius Community Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pemberton Community Garden is located at 704-06 S 19th Street, Graduate Hospital. No information available concerning response to COVID-19.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pemberton Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 4929 Pentridge Street, the garden has been a volunteer run green space where youth and families in West Philadelphia can learn to garden, play in a natural space, eat nutritious snacks, and participate in artistic and creative activities. The garden has grown in its lifetime to include two apple trees, a Concord grape vine, a fig tree, raspberries, strawberries, an herb circle and 15 beds for growing food and flowers. In response to COVID-19, the Garden is closed to the public, but open to working member gardeners.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Pentridge Children's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 5018 Cedar Avenue, West Philadelphia, 5000 Cedars Garden began in 2012 when the couple bought the vacant lot next door to their home and began seeding with neighbors a vision for a neighborhood teaching and feeding garden. In partnership with the Philadelphia Orchard Project and in response to COVID-19, planting and gardening continued with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Philadelphia Orchard Project, 5000 Cedars Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
South of Washington Avenue and east of the Schuylkill Expressway, the Point Breeze community has a long history of community gardening. Dozens of community green spaces were created here in the 1980s as one of PHS’s earliest Greene Countrie Townes. Mamie Nichols of the Point Breeze Federation worked with local residents to turn trash-filled vacant lots into gardens and parks to improve the neighborhood. When NGA was formed in 1986, Point Breeze was one of the first neighborhoods that NGA worked in to help preserve community gardens. NGA preserved seven Point Breeze Gardens — the largest grouping of land trust gardens in one neighborhood in the city. Response to COVID-19 not determined.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Point Breeze Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.), Concert Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.), Bouvier Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Founded in 2001, the "purpose of the Riverside School organic gardens is to provide inviting, engaging, instructive, and authentic outdoor classrooms for the education and pleasure of our students. Specifically, we seek to provide a living laboratory for hands-on learning experiences across the curriculum; to teach children about healthy food, eating habits, and growing food; to promote meaningful outdoor activity; and to foster cross-grade relationships and connections to the wider community." In response to COVID-19, work in the gardens continued with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Riverside School Organic Garden (Princeton, N.J.)
The Ruth Bennett Community Farm, located in Chester, Pennsylvania is an urban and organic farm working to provide fresh, nutrient dense produce to local residents. In response to COVID-19, the farm continued its activities with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Ruth Bennett Community Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Bartrams’ agricultural legacy and our modern commitment to food sovereignty take root at the Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden. After several years of transition, the farm is now firmly rooted at Bartram’s Garden and in its Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood, with an African focus for “our work, strong local leadership guiding our vision, and renewed resources and partnerships to sustain youth development, community health, and food sovereignty.” In response to COVID-19, Bartram’s Gardens/Sankofa Community Farm is open with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.). Sankofa Community Farm
"The Schuylkill River Park Community Garden (SRPCG), located at about 25th and Spruce, contains around 70 plots that range in size from 10’ x 10’ to 10’ x 20’. The land is owned by the City of Philadelphia / Fairmount Park Commission and leased to the Center City Residents' Association (CCRA), which manages the Garden through a steering committee comprised of current Gardeners. In addition to tending their plots, Gardeners are responsible for attending three work days per season and assisting with the Garden's public maintenance." In response to COVID-19, the garden is open with restrictions.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Schuylkill River Park and Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 311-315 Christian Street, the Southwark/Queen Village Community Garden (SWQVCG), created in 1976, is a space for public gardening, creating and connecting communities and nurturing bio-diversity. Southwark/Queen Village Community Garden is managed as a gardening park by the Neighborhood Gardens Association / A Philadelphia Land Trust and by the gardeners. In response to COVID-19, the Garden is closed to the public, but open to working member gardeners.
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Southwark Queen Village Community Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 1822 North Street, the Spring Gardens was built by neighbors from the ground up starting in 1995 and helps families grow food and flowers for themselves and for donation through two large City Harvest sections. The garden serves as an outdoor classroom hosting cooking workshops, gardening classes, school education tours, farm bike tours, and provides hands-on learning for student interns, visitors and volunteer groups. In response to COVID-19, ONLY current gardeners with waivers may go into the garden at this time
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Spring Gardens (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 2315 N 11th Street, Urban Creators is a "North-Philly based collaborative that fuses food, art, and political education as tools to nurture self-determination, equity, and resilience in our neighborhood." In response to COVID-19, Urban Creators was approved as an ‘essential business’, and we officially began its growing season with restrictions
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, LIfe Do Grow Farm (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Located at 123-199 N 29th Street in Camden, New Jersey, Resilient Roots Garden is an intergenerational community garden that provides high school internships. In Response to COVID-19, the garden will operate with restrictions
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- New Jersey -- Camden, Urban agriculture -- New Jersey-- Camden, Urban gardening -- New Jersey -- Camden, Resilient Roots Community Farm (Camden, N.J.)
The Wiota Street Garden located in West Powelton has been providing fresh produce and green space to the community since 1984. The Wiota Street free farmstand and gardens have remained open with restrictions in response to COVID-19
Subject: COVID-19 (Disease), Community gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Urban gardening -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Wiota Street Garden (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Philadelphia green advocates deliver free trees after coronavirus cancels giveaway
https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/tree-planting-philadelphia-coronavirus-spring-treephilly-20200527.htmlArt of Aging: Cooperative community gardens cropping up across Philadelphia amid COVID-19 pandemic to help those in need - 6abc Philadelphia
https://6abc.com/health/cooperative-gardens-cropping-up-across-philadelphia-to-help-those-in-need/6199705/Philadelphia green advocates deliver free trees after coronavirus cancels giveaway
https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/tree-planting-philadelphia-coronavirus-spring-treephilly-20200527.htmlFighting food insecurity through community gardeners | KYW
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