Green City Teachers: More Information

ACGA provides information on urban gardening and community stewardship.

Expert volunteers answer gardening questions for Mid-Atlantic gardening.

This initiative funds improvements to public school grounds.

CBG supports school gardens through training and consultation programs for teachers and students.

A non-profit, non-partisan political watchdog organization committed to promoting good government for the City of Philadelphia and surrounding communities.

The Garden-Based Learning Program develops projects, activities, and other materials, as well as gardening content- and youth development-oriented support.

Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.

Getting Started is a 51-page guide for creating school gardens as outdoor classrooms.

Green Teacher is a magazine by and for educators to enhance environmental and global education across the curriculum at all grade levels.

The National Gardening Association has a wonderful website focused on kids’ gardening.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and National Geographic Explorer! and Classroom magazine have partnered to create the Outdoor Classroom Grant Program to provide schools with additional resources to improve their science curriculum by engaging students in hands-on experiences outside the traditional classroom. All K-12 public schools in the United States are welcome to apply

NGA is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is the long term preservation of existing community-managed gardens and open spaces in Philadelphia.

Penn State Cooperative Extension Service in Philadelphia County is a good resource for information and provides residents with easy access to the resources and expertise of Pennsylvania State University.

The Pennsylvania DCNR offers news and information about grants, student/teacher resources, publications, and state agency contacts.

Find your state senator or representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by searching by county or zip code. Session information and legislation by Bill number or keyword is available.

PHS, a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1827, produces the Philadelphia Flower Show, sponsors Philadelphia Green, has an excellent library, and offers workshops, lectures, and trips year round. Check the variety of events and programs on the calendar and find answers to your gardening questions.

Visit us at our downtown location at 20th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia.Browse online catalog of 12,000 books, videos and magazines.

Information guides guides on a growing list of topics in gardening and greening. Includes recommended books, websites and more. From the fabulous librarians at PHS!

The Philadelphia City Government website lists City Council members, their contact information, committees they serve on, meeting notices, Council district maps, and more.

PMBC, a part of the Streets Department's Sanitation Division, is an urban environmental partnership between city government and 6,500 Block Captains and their organized blocks. PMBC has become the most workable approach to combating neighborhood grime with organized block cleanings and beautification efforts, and has grown to be one of the largest volunteer organizations of its kind in the country.

The PlantFacts database at Ohio State University provides access to fact sheets from universities and government institutions. It also has an image database and glossary of horticultural terms. Select "Web - Internet search engine" and enter a word or phrase in the query box.

Located at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch, 2nd floor, the RFC houses Philadelphia’s largest publicly accessible collection of print and electronic resources on fundraising, nonprofit management, and general philanthropy. The RFC also provides free access to the Foundation Directory Online.

Created for the K-12 school community through a partnership between the United States Botanic Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden. Includes FAQs, photos and more.

The U.S. EPA develops and enforces environmental regulations, provides grants and supports environmental education projects, and publishes information online and in print. This site is for Region 3: The Mid-Atlantic States.

The Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University was established to improve the quality of urban life by enhancing the functions of plants within the urban ecosystem.

Promotes healthy forest ecosystems for every community through campaigns, publications, products (Historic Tree Nursery, CityGreen, a GIS application for land use and policy planning)

An exotic pest threatening a wide variety of hardwood trees in North America

Comprehensive information guide to community forestry

Free downloadable artwork, logos, bumper sticker, T-shirt
designs and more are available through the tree awareness campaign at this site.

An exotic beetle whose larvae feed on the inner bark of ash
trees, disrupting the tree's ability to transport water and nutrients.

Quality tree care information

This a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. These tools help communities strengthen their urban forest management and advocacy efforts by quantifying the structure of community trees and the environmental services that trees provide.

Pennsylvania flora data base, technical assistance, plant clinic ext. 141 – (215) 247-5777. The Plant Clinic provides guidelines for diagnosing your woody plant problems. Descriptions of symptoms on various tree parts (leaves, branches, trunk) will help you discover causes and controls for your problems

Small trees, tree publications and educationalmaterials, Arbor Day promotional materials.

Tree ID, selection, care, pruning, finding an arborist, educators resources, Arbor
Day

Street trees, recommended street tree list, planting and
service requests, customer service standards, environmental restoration, organic recycling,
volunteer opportunities

Clickable maps, lists, links to species information, special landscapes, for Philadelphia neighborhood.

Web-based information, tools and inspiration

TreePhilly is a greening initiative led by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, in partnership with Wells Fargo and the Fairmount Park Conservancy that directly engages all Philadelphians in improving their communities by planting and maintaining trees and enabling others to do the same.

TreeVitalize hopes to plant one million trees across the Commonwealth in the next five years. A partnership to restore tree cover in Pennsylvania communities. Tree Cover maps, latest news and research on benefits of trees, urban tree slides, Tree Tenders trainings.

UC Green fosters community development as blocks and community associations work together on greening projects around their own residences, local parks and schools.Resources, information, projects, links. Sue Pringle (215) 573-4684.

Trees, plants, vines, detailed info, images, and more.