Dig It! Help Us Make Our Garden Theater Wheelchair Accessible
The first step toward building a wheelchair path is digging the path’s foundation to a depth of five inches. Can you help us on Saturday, April 13?
Category: Volunteers
Help Keep Germantown Beautiful at Philly Spring Cleanup on April 6
Hansberry Garden and Nature Center and the Kelly Green Project will join good neighbors all over the city to pitch in to the 12th annual Philly Spring Cleanup hosted by the Streets Department on Saturday, April 6, 2019, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join us to help Southwest Germantown look its best and enjoy a […]
Spring Cleanup Postponed Until April 14
Hansberry Garden and Nature Center and the Kelly Green Project will join good neighbors all over the city to pitch in to the 11th annual Philly Spring Cleanup hosted by the Streets Department, now on Saturday, April 14, 2018, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join us to help Southwest Germantown look its best!
Work Day Rescheduled to Aug. 26
The community work day previously scheduled for Aug. 19 has been rescheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26, from 9-11 a.m.
2017 Garden Tending Days
We’ve had a great response to our Garden Tending Days, so far, and we want to keep it going. Hansberry Garden and Nature Center’s Garden Tending Days, are a time for members to come together and take care of our shared growing space. It also allows members a common time to meet one another and […]
Community Work Day June 17
On monthly garden work days, members tend the common areas of the garden. Important maintenance tasks are available for all age ranges and abilities.
Join Us for Philly Spring Cleanup Saturday, April 8
Hansberry Garden and Nature Center and the Kelly Green Project will join good neighbors all over the city to pitch in to the 10th annual Philly Spring Cleanup hosted by the Streets Department on Saturday, April 8, 2017, from 9 a.m. to noon. Join us to help Southwest Germantown look its best!
Local Girl Scout Troop to Present Little Free Library to Hansberry Garden
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 1, 11 a.m. WHERE: Hansberry Garden and Nature Center Environmental education in Southeast Germantown will get a boost on Oct. 1, when Hansberry Garden and Nature Center accepts the gift of a Little Free Library from a local Girl Scout troop. Troop 91224, composed of fourth- and fifth-graders hailing from the Germantown, […]
GO! Transforms Hansberry Garden
Hansberry Garden was lucky to host a volunteer day with GO! – Philly Women Give To Others. GO! volunteers became weeding and mulching machines, clearing huge areas of the garden that had become overgrown and unmanageable. Their help was invaluable and allowed Hansberry Garden to expand its planting space.
GFS Starts The Season Off Right
Shout out to the Germantown Friends School (GFS) middle school kids who volunteered at Hansberry Garden. They managed to clear all the weeds from the unkempt beds (most of the new beds will be going to new members) and put new soil on the ones that seemed most in need. Such a productive day! Their […]