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Greensgrow Farms Fall Festival

Posted September 18, 2012

Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms Save the Date: 5th Annual Subaru Fall Festival at Greensgrow Farms! Saturday, October 6, 2012, 11:00 – 4:00 PM Greensgrow Farm, 2501 E. Cumberland Ave, Philadelphia, PA Join Greensgrow and Subaru for all the farm favorites – DIY and gardening demos, delicious food, Milkshake’s birthday party, a chili cook-off, vendors [...]

Tree Tenders and Garden Tenders Classes

Posted September 18, 2012

PHS Tree Tenders and Garden Tenders Classes Begin Soon Help plant and care for trees in your community. The PHS Tree Tenders® program offers hands-on tree care training for residents of the five-county Philadelphia region. Click here for details. http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/tree-training.html Also, learn what it takes to start a community garden. PHS Garden Tenders training is [...]

Making Peace with the Land Conference

Posted August 21, 2012

Making Peace with the Land: Embracing God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation Making Peace with the Land: Embracing God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation Duke Divinity School September 21 – 22, 2012 Co-hosted by the Duke Center for Reconciliation and the Center for Environmental Leadership Christians have sometimes had a hard time imagining that God [...]

PHS Fall Garden Festival

Posted August 16, 2012

PHS Fall Garden Festival Save the Date: 2012 PHS Fall Garden Festival Saturday, September 22, 9 am–5 pm Start the fall season with a fantastic celebration! The PHS Fall Garden Festival will be held on the first day of autumn at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, an exciting location with a mix of historic [...]

Urban Sustainability Forum: Green Job Training Behind and Beyond the Walls

Posted August 16, 2012

Urban Sustainability Forum: Green Job Training Behind and Beyond the Walls September 20, 6 pm, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia Learn about the PHS Roots to Re-Entry job training program. Roots to Re-Entry maximizes the chances of employment for inmates involved in PHS’s award-winning City Harvest program, and [...]