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Food: Spring Gardens Volunteer Coordinator Reveals the Human Side of Nature
The Spring Gardens Community Garden is a hidden gem in an urban jungle. [continue reading…]
Community Gardening
Fairmount
Food: Five Community Gardens Enriching Philadelphia
Community gardens are spreading like weeds throughout Philadelphia. These beautiful green spaces ensure sustainable, fresh produce in a concrete jungle and provide a refreshing feel to a metropolitan area. Not only do these open spaces [continue reading…]
Brewerytown
Brewerytown: Brewerytown Garden Brings Neighbors Together Through Food and Fun
The Brewerytown Garden, located at 27th and Master streets, has become a staple in the community, bringing people together by welcoming them into the space, whether or not they have gardening experience. Nissa Eisenburg is [continue reading…]
Environment
Northern Liberties: Liberty Lands Brings the Community Closer
The Liberty Lands committee wakes up early many Saturday mornings not to drink coffee and relax but to plant trees, clean up trash and pull out weeds from more than 30 garden plots. Liberty Lands sits [continue reading…]
Environment
North Philadelphia: Keeping the Strawberries in Strawberry Mansion
On April 25, residents, volunteers and workers came outside during National Garden Month to weed, mulch and plant a new strawberry patch at the Fairmount Park orchard shared by Woodford Mansion and Strawberry Mansion. Leaders and organizers [continue reading…]