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.

Upcoming Events & Trainings

Winter 2010

Philadelphia Green Skills Conference
A special two-hour "Garden Tenders Training: Starting A Community Garden"

Date: Saturday, January 30, 8:45 am to 12:45 pm
Location: McNeil Science and Technology Center (McNeil STC)
723 S. 43rd Street, Philadelphia, PA  19104 (43rd & Woodland)
Registration: To register, go to PHSonline.org, look under Latest News and click on Philadelphia Green Skills Conference.   

Spring 2010   

Spring Basic Training

Dates: Wednesdays, March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 21, 28, May 5, Saturday, April 17
Location: PHS, 100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor. Philadelphia, PA
Registration: To register online, click here

Pre-registration for basic training is required. For more information about Garden Tenders, call 215-988-8800 or click here.