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How To Start A Community Garden

Garden Tenders, a program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), gives this descriptive information:

PHS Garden Tenders is a training course for those interested in starting community gardens on vacant lots, in parks, around schools and churches, or other locations. PHS Garden Tenders is open to groups, individuals, educators, and anyone interested in gardening with others.

Participants gain hands-on gardening experience and learn how to establish successful, self-sustaining community gardens. Introductory topics include basic horticulture, finding a site, recruiting and keeping volunteers, assessing and finding resources in your neighborhood, planting and garden maintenance, and forming partnerships.

Additional gardening workshops help gardeners develop their skills. The responsibility for creating and maintaining gardens belongs to each group.

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+== How To Start A Community Garden ==
+'''Garden Tenders''', a program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), gives this descriptive information:<blockquote>PHS Garden Tenders is a training course for those interested in starting community gardens on vacant lots, in parks, around schools and churches, or other locations. PHS Garden Tenders is open to groups, individuals, educators, and anyone interested in gardening with others.<br><br>Participants gain hands-on gardening experience and learn how to establish successful, self-sustaining community gardens. Introductory topics include basic horticulture, finding a site, recruiting and keeping volunteers, assessing and finding resources in your neighborhood, planting and garden maintenance, and forming partnerships.<br><br>Additional gardening workshops help gardeners develop their skills. The responsibility for creating and maintaining gardens belongs to each group.</blockquote>
+==See Also==
+*[[Sally McCabe|<u>Sally McCabe</u>]]
+*[[Sally's Links]]
+*[[Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)]]
+[[Category:Is-User Group]]
-Philadelphia Green’s Garden Tenders is a self-help training course for community groups, organizations and individuals within the city of Philadelphia that are interested in starting community gardens on vacant lots, in parks, around schools and churches. The responsibility for creating and maintaining a garden belongs to each group.
+[[Category:Issue-Community Gardening]]
+[[Category:Issue-Food]]
-Participants learn how to get gardens started and how to keep them going. The training course offers basic organizational information that helps groups to establish successful, self-sustaining community gardens. Upon completion of training, graduates are invited to attend additional gardening workshops. <br>
+[[Category:Issue-Gardening]]
+[[Category:Serves-Gardeners]]
+[[Category:Teaches-Gardening]]
+[[Category:Issue-Urban Gardening]]