Offers a youth leadership building program focusing on arts, entrepreneurship, Puerto Rican culture, and gardening. Also offers homework help, college prep, work readiness, and outdoor experiences such as photography, gardening, camping, and canoeing.

Community Garden

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.

International Refugee Community Garden

Provides opportunities to participate in and benefit from urban farming and gardening, community-led food distribution, health and wellness education, and neighborhood land stewardship.

Programs/services include: Reservation requests for camp sites and pavilions Garden plots Offers a variety of recreational, cultural and in-service training programs for teachers. Offers an annual Christmas tree recycling program Operates Shuts Environmental Library and Resource Center and the Lancaster County Environmental Center Also maintains a public swimming pool located in Central Park Maintains a disc-golf (Frisbee) course in Buchmiller Park Garden of Five Senses with Braille Trail Park areas include: Buchmiller, Central, Chickies Rock, Speedwell Forge, and Money Rocks Parks The Conewago and Lancaster Junction Recreation Trails, The Conestoga Greenway The Theodore Parker Natural Area Park Rangers are responsible for various visitor services, law enforcement duties and park security. They provide the public with highly visible staff to assist in the following areas: General park information Medical emergencies Special event security

Community Garden

Community Garden

Cultivates a community garden. Distributes produce to community members in need. Provides volunteer opportunities.

Provides educational information, literature on gardening and related topics, and master gardener program.

Provides food, nutritional education program (Fulton County Super Cupboard), gardening program each Spring, Summer school lunch program, school backpack program, and budget/lifestyle counseling.

Works to engage the community for the success of its students and neighbors. Organizes and promotes community program such as the Music for Lunch series, Second Saturday Night Live Concerts, block parties and park parties, Grow Meadville, Pop-Up shops, Thankful Thursdays, Meadville Calendar.com, and Community Coordinator position.

Promotes a healthy neighborhood by providing activities and advocacy that engage adults and children in positive experiences. Children's activities include self-esteem and conflict resolution, art and crafts, environmental education and theme-based activities. Adult activities include cooperation with local agencies, neighborhood assessment, referrals, English as a Second Language (ESL) home tutoring, educational mentoring, computer assistance, beautification programs and collaboration with the Burton Diehl Neighborhood Organization.

Provides a tool lending library and bulk garden materials depot. Seeks to reduce barriers to growing food by making it easier for gardeners in the region to access the tools and supplies they need to grow successful home and community gardens. For a sliding scale annual membership fee, the GRC allows patrons to access free garden tool rentals and bulk materials such as organic compost, mulch, and soil amendments.

Serves the home gardening public by answering questions, speaking to groups, working with 4-H horticultural projects, participating in civic beautification, maintaining demonstration gardens, teaching plant sciences, and horticulture.

Maintains the grounds of a community garden. Pursues the goal of offering a safe and attractive environment to people desiring a place to grow edible produce and/or flowers. Requests that gardeners plant extra and donate produce to local organizations.

Community Garden

Plants, oversees, and harvests organically grown vegetables that are given to our food center families and used in preparation of some of the meals for our Westside Brunch.

Provides after school programming covering four core areas: education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and fitness and recreation. Activities and services include homework help, digital literacy training, mentoring, sports and games, nutrition education, gardening, and more.

Grows fresh fruits and vegetables that are donated to the community, affiliated pantries, and mutual aid networks. Also provides volunteer opportunities. Offers community farming days monthly for volunteers and serves as educational demonstration on farming for community members.

Offers comprehensive horticultural training to become knowledgeable gardeners.

Builds and places raised vegetable gardens into the backyards of Oxford community families to boost their food security and access to fresh produce. Also provides volunteer opportunities.

Offers year round youth educational-recreational programs, community events for parents and seniors, and life skills information for residents of all ages in the Grays Ferry and surrounding South Philadelphia neighborhoods. Also works to reduce teen violence and alleviate neighborhood tensions. Provides mentoring, food and clothing giveaways, and maintains Tynirah's Community Welcome Garden.

Supports the outreach mission of Penn State Extension by utilizing unbiased research-based information to educate the public and communities on best practices in sustainable horticulture and environmental stewardship.

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.