2025 PCGCA Grants

Fair Amount Food Forest

This grant is for continued food production on a 2-acre urban farm serving the community in East Fairmount Park, near Woodford Mansion. Materials purchased with the grant will be for adding culinary plants, nut and fruit trees. In addition, they are asking for funds to print 500 educational plant signs.  

Friends of Adaire

This grant is in support of a K-8 pubic school in Fishtown (Adaire) and goes toward education and food production. Materials purchased with this grant will be soil, compost, trellises, irrigation systems, and gardening supplies for children. The group has support from Penn State Master Gardener Program and the Vetri Foundation. 

Friends of FDR Park

This grant supports food production and education for Food Forest within FDR Park in South Philly. Funds will be used to purchase berry plants, native grapes, herbs, shrubs, perennials and seed packets.

Friends of Laurel Hill

This grant is for creating a Goth Garden in the centrally located Medallion Garden of Laurel Hill East Cemetery in East Falls.  Grant money will support the purchase, planting and mulching of shrubs in the Goth style and materials for plant signage.   

Greener Partners

This grant will finance the addition of drip irrigation to their existing Farm Explorers bin gardens. Containers are plastic milk crates which are taken by van and used to teach children at various locations around the Belmont neighborhood of West Philadelphia. 

Grumplethorpe Historic House & Gardens

This grant is for the rebuilding of a historic cedar Wisteria arbor and adding one large raised bed adjacent to the arbor, planted with historic primroses and spring bulbs, benefiting the Germantown community.  The goal of the project is to enhance the historic landscape of the 1741 house, which serves as an oasis for the community and provides horticulture education for youth 

Methodist Services Heritage Farm

This grant is for food production at Heritage Farm, serving approximately 2600 neighbors from infant to adult in West Philadelphia. Materials will also be used to educate children K-6 in after-school and summer camp programs. Materials to be purchased will be seeds and seed starting materials, potting soil, soil amendments and fertilizer. The goal of the grant is to assist in the education of growing and preparing healthy food and supplying food for family meals.  

Neighborhood Garden Trust (NGT)

This grant will go towards a comprehensive renovation of the Nicholson Church Lane Community Garden in East Germantown. 

Physic Garden of The Pennsylvania Hospital 

The grant is for plants to maintain the historic 18th Century medicinal herb garden and for rejuvenation of the surrounding woodland garden with native shrubs and perennials located in downtown Philadelphia.   The garden serves as an oasis for the hospital staff, patients, and visitors. 

Sanctuary Farm 

This grant will be used to create 2 new plots: one with flower beds to support their bee hives and another at neighboring New Jerusalem Now (a residential addiction recovery center) to create 5-6 beds for vegetables in the Sharswood /Brewery town community of North Philadelphia.  Funds will be used to build large beds, soil, tools, seedlings and seeds.

Woodmere Art Museum

This grant will be used to build artist-designed Hugel gardens to be used as outdoor classrooms for children and adults. Funds will be used to purchase soil amendments and a variety of native plants.