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Proud to have helped organize the Unity Dinner at Tioga Hope Park & Garden at the end of last month! We were able to gather 200 people to honor the importance of community green spaces and shed light on the necessity of protecting these vital neighborhood safe spaces from development all over delicious food, good company, and great music. https://lnkd.in/eAvjb3dJ
We wouldn't be able to create healthier communities without the dedication of our volunteers. 🌳 We held the PHS Honors & Volunteer Reception this Tuesday to celebrate our incredible network of volunteers, and to recognize a few key people who go the extra mile to support the Philadelphia region. 🏆 Medal of Achievement — Deb Donaldson & Leslie Ann Miller 🏅 Awards of Merit — Sarah Anton, Alice Doering, Midge Ingersoll, & Majeedah Rashid 🎖️ Mary Seton Corboy Award — Tony D'Orazio
This fall, we're celebrating 50 years of PHS's urban greening in the Philadelphia region 🌳♻️🌼 What began in the late 1970s as our "Philadelphia Green" initiative (pictured here) has evolved into a robust slate of community programs that we now call our Healthy Neighborhoods department. The work carried out by the Healthy Neighborhoods team had its beginnings in 1974 under the leadership of Ernesta Drinker Ballard, PHS’s first female president, using proceeds from the Philadelphia Flower Show to work with communities to build vegetable gardens on vacant lots. 🍅🥒 Today, our work in 250 neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region is still supported by community efforts and proceeds from the Flower Show. You can directly support this work by becoming a PHS member: https://bit.ly/3zuf8jQ #PhiladelphiaFlowerShow #PhillyHistory
Are you a keen gardener, landscape designer, or horticulturist? The Perennial Plant Conference is a great place to network and learn from experts, peers, and esteemed speakers who love what you love. Since 1983, PHS has supported the Perennial Plant Conference to bring local, national, and international experts together for a day-long conference with an educational focus. 🌿 Perennial Plant Conference 🗓️ Friday, October 18 📍 Scott Arboretum Register before September 22 for $50 off. 👇
🌳 PHS Workforce Development programs provide paid training and employment opportunities in horticulture and landscaping, particularly for those facing barriers to employment. For Cervar Pearsall, a licensed massage therapist with a passion for nature, our program offered a path to a new career — one that blended his love for the outdoors with a desire to make a difference in his community. 🌱 Cervar is just one of 88 graduates finding success as a result of the 2024 PHS Workforce Development program. Read more about his journey into the world of horticulture: https://bit.ly/4dD9RFN
Become a gardening insider! 💡🌱 Know to Grow is the engaging and educational speaker series from PHS that you can access from anywhere. Learn about diverse topics like foraging, “foodscaping,” pollinator gardens, and more from the experts that (literally) wrote the book on this stuff. Become a PHS member (for as low as $50) to access ALL Know to Grow sessions for free year-round. Or listen in on your favorite topics for $20 a session. September 11 - Foodscape Fusion with Brie Arthur October 9 - Tropical Fusion with Marianne Willburn November 13 - Into the Weeds with Tama Matsuoka Wong December 11 - Biodiverse Pollinator Gardens with Claudia West
🚨 Attention college students: There are SIX different opportunities to intern at the 2025 Flower Show and experience the magic of making the Show 🌸 🌱 Plus, we're #nowhiring even more jobs in the greater PHS world: - LandCare Contracts & Compliance Manager - Temporary Marketplace Associate - Prospect Research Analyst
🌱 A huge thank you to the incredible KPMG US team! We're grateful for the nearly 50 volunteers who dedicated their time and energy at our Glenwood Greenacres site as part of KPMG’s Community Impact Day. Their hard work cleaning the fence line, weeding the berry garden, prepping our large community plot, and creating labels for the garden has made a lasting impact. Together, we’re helping improve health and wellbeing through horticulture! 🌿 #CommunityImpactDay #GardeningforGood
