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The Flower Show

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 Awbury Arboretum

Location: The Farm at Awbury 6336 Ardleigh Street, Philadelphia, PA,
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Year Established: 2006
Dimensions: 26’x60’ greenhouse
Partner(s): Weaver’s Way Farms / Awbury Arboretum
Other Facts:

Includes additional hardening off house
The PHS GRC at Awbury helped Weaver’s Way to expand their farm operations and propagate 55,000 seedlings annually to serve PHS affiliated sites in NW, NE and North Philadelphia.

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 Green Resource Center at Strawberry Mansion

Location: 3212 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, Visit Google Maps
Year Established: 2019
Dimensions: 30’x60’ greenhouse
Partner(s): East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA), Neighborhood Gardens Trust (NGT), Strawberry Mansion CDC
Other Facts:

Includes solar array
Composting toilet
Rolling hoop house (20’x48’)
Shade structure
Helped build capacity for five Strawberry Mansion-based gardens and serves the entire region as a propagation and resource hub with PHS’s other GRCs. Propagates 140,000 seedlings annually.
Supports on site community garden and Strawberry Mansion High School’s Culinary Arts program.

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.

Community Gardens

Explore PHS Green Resource Centers

PHS’s Green Resource Center at Awbury Arboretum

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

PHS’s Green Resource Center at Strawberry Mansion

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

PHS Green Resource Center at Norristown Farm Park