Explore PHS Green Resource Centers

In close collaboration with community partners, PHS operates five Green Resource Centers (GRCs).  The GRCs are local community hubs where PHS propagates and distributes thousands of organic vegetable seedlings for community gardens and production sites enrolled in our programs.  The GRCs also serve as spaces for workshops, volunteering and much more. 

Each of our Green Resource Centers is available to gardens and grow sites active in our programs. If you are interested in getting involved contact us or learn about becoming a volunteer.

PHS’s Green Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden / Sankofa Community Farm

Location: Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden 5400 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, Visit Google Maps
Year Established: 2011
Dimensions: 30’x60’ greenhouse 
Partner(s): Bartram’s Garden / Sankofa Community Farm
Other Facts:  

• Includes hardening off structure.  
• Material storage for garden support 
• Built capacity of Sankofa Farm and Southwest Build a Bed Program and provides 55,000 seedlings annually to serve PHS affiliated gardens in Center City, South Philly, and West / Southwest Philly. 

PHS’s Urban Agriculture Tool Lending Library and Green Resource Center at Glenwood Green Acres 

Location: 1801 W Glenwood Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, Visit Google Maps
Year Established: 2019
Dimensions: Two 10x20’ modified shipping containers
Partner(s): Neighborhood Gardens Trust / Glenwood Green Acres Community Garden
Other Facts:  

• Home of PHS’s McLean Urban Agriculture Tool Library with over 500 tools available to rent for gardens enrolled in our Community Gardens Program. 
• The GRC also supports growers and gardeners with organic growing supplies including soil, compost, mulch, organic pest control materials, trellising supplies and lumber for raised beds. 
• The Tool Library is fully off the grid and operates with 9 panel solar array.   
• Please note, the tool library is only available to gardens and grow sites registered in the PHS Community Gardens Program.