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Mission
To manage all aspects of the SRPCG so that plot-owners have a place to garden, to promote community-building, beautification and greening.

Accomplishments in 2009-2010
With volunteer labor and grants, we replaced benches and plot borders and upgraded some plumbing. We also joined City Harvest, a program in which we plant seedlings grown by inmates in the Philadelphia prison system, and provide the harvests to local food cupboards. In addition, we partnered with local schools to support their educational programs. Also new this years was a series of barbecues for gardeners and their families, we continued our annual ladybug release party, and we won second place across the city for our beautiful garden.

Garden plots & waiting list
In addition to the 65 plots (allocated by waiting list), there are five plots available to non-member residents, awarded each spring by lottery for a one-year term. For more information about the lottery, please contact centercity@centercityresidents.org.

How to participate
If you are a CCRA Resident Member and would like to be placed on the waiting list for a plot, please contact us at centercity@centercityresidents.org. Wait time is generally 1-3 years and new gardeners are taken on a first-come first-served basis. Plots are renewable for up to six years by gardeners who are CCRA members in good standing.

Visit http://www.srpcg.org for more information about the Garden.

Contact
garden@centercityresidents.org

photo by Seth Levi