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Creating Community Gardens with "Garden Tenders"

Philadelphia Green’s Garden Tenders is a self-help training course for community groups and non-profit organizations within the city of Philadelphia that are interested in starting community gardens on vacant lots in parks, around schools and churches. The responsibility for creating and maintaining a garden belongs to each group.

Participants learn how to get gardens started and how to keep them going. The training course offers basic organizational information that helps groups to establish successful, self-sustaining community gardens. Upon completion of training, graduates are invited to attend additional gardening workshops.

Garden Tenders Trainings

Winter 2009
Wednesdays, January 21 and 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Spring 2009
Wednesdays, April 1, 15, 22, and 29, May 6, 13, and 20, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Location: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor.

Pre-registration for basic training is required. Given the depth
of the lectures and the late hours, the training is not appropriate for children under 13. Click here to register.
Act 48 credit for teachers available.

For more information about Garden Tenders, call 215-988-8800 or click here.