Philly Food Forests

06/18/2015

We are one of 14 participating gardens in south Philly!

"Since green space isn’t necessarily abundant in the city, this is a day for embracing the pocket parks and gardens available to you in your neighborhood."

http://ngtrust.org/index.php/community-gardens-day/

Community Gardens Day The Neighborhood Gardens Trust will celebrate the Second Annual COMMUNITY GARDENS DAY on Saturday, June 20, 2015. NGT will rejoice and celebrate community gardens and pocket parks, which are essential to the fabric of any city and especially OUR city, Philadelphia. With the pur…

04/14/2015

Free Soil Kitchen this weekend! Bring soil samples from your garden to have them tested for lead, cadmium, and arsenic to ensure the levels are safe for consumption! https://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/news/soil-kitchen-2015

Do you wonder... what's in our soil? Join us for this free soil testing event. Bring your dried and homogenized soil sample to 4014 Walnut St. 19104 on April 18-19 from 11am-4pm. Enjoy local art and fresh soup while your soil is being tested!

10/23/2014

Free soil kitchen this weekend! Bring soil samples from your gardens and get them tested for lead, cadmium, and arsonic to ensure the levels are safe for food consumption. You get the results right there, in about 30 minutes.
https://nkcdc.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/keep-your-kids-safe-from-lead-saturday-october-25th/

Free Testing for Lead for Kids and in Soil at Cione Rec Center (2600 Aramingo) organized by the Environmental Protection Agency and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Bring soil samp...

04/11/2014

FYI to our follow gardeners: we're going to make MEEP's workparties every 1st Saturday of each month. We want to put up flyers in the neighborhood to boost local community involvment and so we need to pick a day and be consistent about it. Sorry to those of you for whom Saturdays are no good! We chose Saturday with the local south philly community in mind. We may also occasionally throw a workparty on a Sunday, but it would be in addition to the one on the 1st Saturday. For the month of May, we do intend to throw a workparty both on the 1st Saturday (May 3rd) and on Sunday, May 4th.

04/08/2014

Hey everyone! Marlon, Maritza and a bunch of other people are going to be at the Mercy Street garden from 4:30pm to sundown on Wednesday, April 9, spreading mulch in the paths. We'd love it if anyone who could make it showed up to help!

03/10/2014

Marlon and Maritza invitied folks over "Dinner with a side of Painting" - They provided a home cooked dinner and asked all to pick up a paintbrush and help convert recycled rocks and wood into beautiful signs for MEEP.

01/18/2014

Yesterday I noticed that at 5:30pm the sky had not yet entered into full dark. It made me realize that we're on our way towards a new spring season, even though it's still cold outside! So, I figured I'd better post pictures from MEEP's 2013 season before we begin this season. So, enjoy these few pics and smile at the thought that soon we'll meet again to sift some dirt between our fingers in south Philly!

09/25/2013

Hi. Someone came to MEEP and pulled up alot of plants, including perenials.. Please post here, inbox, or give me a call (267.975.1890) if you paid a visit. I'm curious to see your vision! -Maritza

08/27/2013

Hello, follow gardeners! Marlon and I (Maritza) have signed up for a beekeeping beginners class at GreensGrow Farms on September 7, 2013. The goal to to get an active hive going again at MEEP next year. We would love to have one or two (or three!) other gardeners join us for the class if he/she/they would like to be seriously involved in helping us with the regular maintaining of the hive. The class costs 25$, so it would definitely be an investment in MEEP's future! Please contact us if you sign up!

http://www.greensgrow.org/event/beekeeping-101-workshop/

We close when temperatures reach 95° + for the health & safety of our staff. When in doubt call the nursery at 215-427-2702. Thanks for understanding!

06/06/2013

Hey! whats goin on in the gardens?

05/09/2013

One of our volunteers is heading this fundraiser. Please donate and share to keep our neighbor, Valdez in his home of twenty years. We only have one week to go, and a lot of money to raise still, but the generosity we have seen already is beautiful. You might not know Val, but he means a lot to his neighbors and community. Donate what you can, thank you!

Valdez's home of twenty years is going up for sheriff's auction for $7500. He's an older man, an amazing person and neighbor. He needs to keep his home.

04/26/2013

Hey everyone,
A neighbor to the Free Food For You Garden might lose his home to the sheriff's auction! Please donate to help Valdez keep his home!

Valdez's home of twenty years is going up for sheriff's auction for $7500. He's an older man, an amazing person and neighbor. He needs to keep his home.