Greensgrow

The New Kensington Community Development Corp. is working to revive the farm, which was a community resource for 25 years before it succumbed amid labor unrest, infrastructure concerns, and financial disarray. In the year since Greensgrow suddenly closed last July,...

Bring your friends and family and join us for our festive evening markets! We are keeping the farm open late and have invited some of our favorite friends to join us at our little green oasis. The farmstand has organically...

It’s time to start preparing your garden for winter. Learn about seed saving, dividing and prune perennials, planting spring flowering bulbs and cover crops, and special tasks for helping wildlife, as well as care and maintenance for your containers and...

Learn the best practices for care and maintenance of your houseplants! We’ll discuss how to choose the best soil, various lighting requirements, how to groom and uppot, good watering practice, and propagation techniques. Greensgrow staff instructor and horticulture expert Donna...

Registration Required. Fire Cider is a tonic that is traditionally made in the fall season, most notably used as a cold & flu preventative. It’s an old folk medicine, a digestive tonic, aiding in proper digestion and to promote circulation....

Registration Required. Farm your city – get back into the garden this fall! Enjoy fresh food from your garden longer with less worries from heat stress, pests and plant diseases. Join Greensgrow staff expert, Ari to learn how to grow...

Inspired by the lush gardens and water exhibits at the Philadelphia Flower Show? Bring the magic home! Visit the Fairmount Water Works for a hands-on workshop, where you can make your very own wildflower seed balls, led by Greensgrow Farms....

Thanks to the growth of urban farms, more people than ever have access to local, healthy food across Philadelphia. But how did they pop up across our city? The stories behind the farms are even more impressive than the juicy,...

Happy Friday! Hope you’re getting into the holiday festive spirit like SEPTA trolleys and trains. ICYMI this week, PlanPhilly informed that City Council ended their Fall with new bus shelters and Philadelphia Land Bank plan. And the City Hall Parking Lot...