The Hansberry Garden & Nature Center is a community garden and resource for environmental education in Southwest Germantown, at the corner of Hansberry Street and Wayne Avenue. We are a 501©(3) non-profit organization invested in our community through organic gardening, the City Harvest Program of the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, and educational programs for children and adults.

5150 Wayne Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19144

Mailing Address: PO Box 44137 

Coming Up:

• Free Concert to Dedicate Hansberry Garden Amphitheater

  Lucy Morningstar to Dedicate the Dr. Edward Chun Amphitheater to HGNC Community Get Free Tickets at eventbrite On Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. (rain date: Oct. 27 at the same time) Hansberry Garden and Nature Center will formally dedicate its Dr. Edward Chun amphitheater. The program will begin with a brief ceremony recognizing the late Dr. Chun, ...Read more »

News

• Member Volunteers Dominate Tend the Garden Day

  At our first Tend the Garden Day of 2024, an impressive turnout of members meant that we accomplished a great deal on a sometimes raw, windy day. Landscape and Maintenance Co-Chairs Dan and Heather led an effort to repair some planting beds that needed maintenance, while Meena spearheaded a very efficient operation to distribute a ...Read more »

• Sunday 4/7 Update: Turkey Considers Joining Collective, Changes Mind

  At our Sunday afternoon work meeting, members of the HGNC Garden Collective were approached by what appeared to be a wild turkey running down Wayne Avenue.  “Is this your turkey?” shouted a woman who was pursuing the bird. We agreed to encourage the turkey to enter the garden so as to contain it inside the fence while ...Read more »

• HGNC Members Cherron and Amma Perry-Thomas Featured at PHS Flower Show

  When Amma Thomas was a very little girl, her mother, Cherron Perry-Thomas, often brought with her as she helped to clear out the once-neglected space at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Hansberry Street that finally became Hansberry Garden & Nature Center. The family has remained active in the garden in the years since. Now ...Read more »