Greensgrow Today

At Greensgrow we are dedicated to promoting social entrepreneurship through the reuse of land once deemed useless. In the process we are reconnecting city dwellers with rural food producers and promoting the greening of Philadelphia's homes and gardens. Greensgrow's non profit Philadelphia Project brings green ideas to life while Greensgrow Farm Inc brings food and flowers to our neighbors. Together we are building a better, more progressive and sustainable Philadelphia.

Today visitors to the farm are greeted by expansive raised beds of organic soil filled with an ever changing range of heirloom vegetables, a well stocked Farm Stand, our own version of a CSA (City Supported agriculture) and a Nursery that grows and nurtures the highest quality and greatest variety of plants in the City. What can we say? We were and are enthusiastic.

Greensgrow is THE nationally recognized leader in urban farming (don't just take our word for it...) and is open to the public from early spring through Thanksgiving. A small but dedicated staff runs a multifaceted operation, including a nursery, a farm market, and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, proving that abandoned land is only abandoned if we choose to leave it that way.
Greensgrow Continues Growing....

As the premier urban agriculture project in the country, we have been recognized nationally (PBS Edens Lost and Found, Real Momentum, Organic Style Magazine, Growing For Market) and locally (Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily News, Philadelphia Magazine, In Style Magazine) as "original", "innovative", "purposeful" and "successful". What was at one time a trash-strewn brownfield is now a vibrant, active center of the community where entrepreneurship and sustainability thrive.

Greensgrow Farm runs a successful Springtime Nursery, Farm Stand and CSA. Greensgrow, however, is more than just a farm. We serve the Philadelphia community by offering self guided tours of our operations, including lessons in composting, hydroponic growing, and raising bees. In 2007, we begin making biodiesel with waste oil from our favorite Philly restaurant and long time supporter of local foods, Standard Tap. Working with our friends at Wilson College's Fulton Farm we are applying solar laminates to our new Farm Stand roof. Greensgrow is also the co-founder of the Farm Market Alliance, developing policies designed to strengthen our nearby rural farming communities while ensuring that the urban consumer has a voice in issues surrounding food choices and methods of production.

We continue to develop exciting, affordable and workable plans for growing food and flowers on land that was once deemed un-useable. At 10 years old and still growing, Greensgrow is dedicated to developing profitable urban green businesses that grow the best products, people and neighborhoods....