Tag: gardening

Green City Teachers Grow Greens

PHS Press Release – The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will lead more than 25 teachers in creating a school garden as part of its Green City Teachers program on Wednesday, July 9th at Hackett School, 2161 E. York Street. The event will start at 10AM. Now in its second year and made possible with funding…

‘City Harvest’ Grows Community

On October 12th, in the improbable surroundings of a Philadelphia prison, members of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Philadelphia Prision System, and representatives of regional food cupboard distribution agency Self-Help and Resource Exchange (SHARE), met to celebrate a successful first year of their innovative pilot project, City Harvest. The City Harvest Project connects an extensive…