Neighborhood Gardens Trust

06/01/2026

🗓 On June 6, visit the Nicholson Church Lane Community Garden, a 50-year-old food-producing garden in the historic Germantown section of Philadelphia. NGT is partnering with to present Digging Deeper: Remaking the Nicholson Church Lane Community Garden.

🔗Use the link in the comments to register today!

🌱Permanently preserved by the Neighborhood Gardens Trust, this shared growing space underwent a major renovation in 2025, designed and constructed by the landscape practice .

🌱 This project focused on retaining the original character of the site and its generous plot dimensions while addressing the challenges of assuring safe accessibility on terraced ground with steep grade changes. Learn about the collaborative effort with the gardeners to transform this neighborhood anchor to improve its infrastructure, quality of harvest, and community engagement capacity.

*photo credit: Jaime Alvarez

04/23/2026

Thanks for the shoutout Claneil Foundation!

"Community Fund grantee partner is celebrating adding six permanently preserved community gardens to its portfolio. This brings the total to 61 protected community gardens across Philadelphia. By working with neighbors and community members, and through generous support from the Philadelphia City Council, NGT was able to acquire the gardens from the . The new gardens include:

· 15th Street Garden in Point Breeze;

· Pemberton Sitting Garden;

· Chester Ave Garden in the Kingsessing section
of Southwest Philadelphia;

· Holly Street Neighbors Community Garden;

· Cleveland Street Garden, which began in 2020
during the COVID pandemic; and

· Miracle on Oakford Street Garden.".

04/21/2026

Join us!

Interested in learning about the urban agriculture landscape in Philly? Come to the virtual Vacant Land 215 on May 6!

03/06/2026

Dreaming of spring at the Flower Show! 💐

12/02/2025

🌱 Help us keep land in the hands of Philadelphians to cultivate food, flowers, and community.
🌱ngtrust.org/donate

11/27/2025

We are deeply grateful to you—the gardeners, supporters, and partners who make it possible for NGT to protect and nurture a growing network of community gardens and green spaces across Philadelphia. Thanks to your dedication, we are gaining momentum in securing more cherished spaces, ensuring they remain vibrant hubs of nourishment, learning, and connection for generations to come.
 
As the growing season comes to a close, we are reflecting on all we have accomplished together this year and the impact felt across our city—bountiful harvests shared, celebrations held, workdays completed, cultural gatherings hosted, wellness programs offered, and urban landscapes restored.
Your commitment is invaluable, and we look forward to continuing this work in partnership with you in the months and years ahead.

06/12/2025

🎉Big news from today’s City Council hearing!

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier introduced and successfully passed a bill transferring ownership of the Summer Winter Garden from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to NGT, securing the garden’s permanent preservation. Her support throughout this long process has been invaluable, thank you, !

🌱 Located at 33rd and Race Streets in Powelton, the Summer Winter Garden has been serving the community since 1976. More than 60 volunteer gardeners grow hundreds of pounds of fresh produce each year, which goes to the Mantua Haverford Community Center Food Pantry, supports Drexel University’s Culinary Arts curriculum, and helps other local programs.

🫶 This is a win for the Powelton Village community and a powerful sign of hope for other community gardens and shared open spaces across Philadelphia that urgently need protection. Our work isn’t done yet, but today is a meaningful step forward.

06/10/2025

🗓Wednesday, June 11 at 12pm.

🌱Join the Garden Justice Legal Initiative , Neighborhood Gardens Trust, and to learn about the resources each provides to gardens and land stewards in the city. You will hear about pathways for joining or starting a garden, the process that exists to secure land through the Land Bank, and barriers that may come up in our journeys to secure and protect our garden spaces. There will be time at the end to ask questions and share your own experiences with gardening and accessing land in Philadelphia.

🔗 Registration in bio.

03/18/2025

A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome. - Matshona Dhliwayo

02/03/2025

Like wildflowers; you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would. -E.V.