TURF, Inc.

08/08/2024

With the cooperation of various entities such as Capital Region Water, Harrisburg City Farm and Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority, these gardens were installed in the city as part of the ongoing Green Initiative for Harrisburg. Additionally, these spaces were created for city residents to have easier access to a community garden space by placing them within city limits. There are 44 raised garden beds available to lease. The lease is $20 for the year. The lease will cover now until the end of the next growing season. Preference will be give to city residents first, followed by anyone outside of city limits. You will have a choice of location. The Uptown garden located on the 1900 block of North 4th St., or at the Allison Hill garden located on the 400 block of South 15th. St.

Send all correspondence to [email protected]

05/14/2024

Hey All!

T.U.R.F. will be having an annual/perennial/herb sale all through the month of May! We have dozens of varieties to choose from that we will be selling at three dollars a plant. DM me or Kerry for additional info or stop on by the house! Tell your moms, tell your Aunties!!!

All proceeds will be going to our nonprofit organization, The Urban Regenerative Farm, an organization that supports urban farming, agriculture education, and self sustainability.

Our list of plants:

10/21/2023

Today we harvested a little over 300lbs. of fresh assorted greens, peppers, squash, tomatoes, garlic, peas and beans for Wildheart Harrisburg’s Fall Harvest Party! We got up early to do the harvesting because we wanted the food to be as fresh as possible when we gave it out to the community 76lbs of that was leafy greens, so if you can figure out how much volume of lettuce and all other leafy greens is, you should understand how tired we are, but it was so worth it.

08/18/2023

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credit: Disorganized Joy :)

07/24/2023

07/19/2023

After some hiccups, we finally are able to get everything going! Come on and sign up if you’re looking to to do some volunteer work. This farm is a hidden gem in the middle of the city and it’s gonna provide a lot healthy food for the city.

Joshua Farm is in full growing season and is in need of volunteers! 🥬

This Urban Farm provides food for the people of Allison Hill and gives educational opportunities to the local Harrisburg School District.

No farming experience is required. We are hosting Farm Work Days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and select Saturdays in July & August.

Sign up to volunteer on our website! 🧑‍🌾

06/13/2023

We are THRILLED to officially welcome Amahl Pitts and Kerry MacDearmid to our team to help us take the farm to the NEXT LEVEL! If you've been paying attention in the City, these guys helped pull off an incredible bleacher garden project with our friends at The Bridge last year, taught students at Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburg, LOOP Boyz and Girlz and more. Each of them are PASSIONATE about our community, love growing food, teaching agricultural skills and making sure that EVERYONE EATS! Can't wait for you to meet them!

So many of you have helped us in the last year bring this space back to life, and its going to continue to take a village to see this vision come together. If you'd like to volunteer, sign up at lovethehillpa.com! You can also reach out to coordinate your visit by e-mailing [email protected].

Huge thank you to the Harrisburg School District for this continued opportunity to serve students and residents alike!

WHERE'S THE FARM?

Come visit us at 213 South 18th Street! Just 5 blocks away from our 13th Street address :)

06/02/2023

While there’s nothing wrong with the basic tenets of capitalism, people are becoming rich at the expense of the people. Unfortunately, that’s not going to change so that’s why we must learn to sustain ourselves and nourish ourselves with nutrient dense and additive free foods.

We are on the learning journey with everyone else and it’s a wonderful opportunity to learn.

06/01/2023

We been at this for a good long time!!! I think the groundhogs are getting smarter though! 🤣

05/31/2023

We will be announcing our latest project this year in the very near future and the volunteer opportunities that will be available. SO EXCITED!!!

05/17/2023

A little guide so you can know what bees to avoid!

03/24/2023

A lot more fun though!!

03/18/2023

Now is a good time to get your herbs started indoors for outdoor growing in May.

03/12/2023

Greetings!

03/06/2023

All of these "leaves" are insects.

02/22/2023

Waiting for Spring to…take off!

*yeah, that was a terrible joke. We’re gardeners, not comedians.* 🤣🤣🤣

02/22/2023

It has begun...

12/20/2022

Happy Holidays!!!

When winter has barely started but you can’t live without gardening…

11/29/2022

Today is . Consider donating to a local organization working to teach people to protect themselves against food insecurity. You saw the amazing transformation of an old football stadium into a garden that provided over 2,000 pounds of vegetables to the community. Now help us to develop garden locations throughout the city and, more importantly, teach our neighbors how to produce their own food.you can give on PayPal at www.paypal.me/hbgcityfarm cashapp $hbgcityfarm or Venmo . Be sure to include your address or email in the comments so we can send you your tax deductable receipt. Thank you for helping us to turn the tide of for central PA!

Go to paypal.me/hbgcityfarm and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

10/25/2022

Thank you, Jonestown Road Giant for coming out and lending a hand this morning! We harvested 60 pounds of fall greens which were donated to the Downtown Daily Bread .

10/14/2022

Thank you RBS for your help today!!! Here is what the 300 pounds of veggies you harvested looked like on its way out to the needy of our community. You are rock stars!

10/14/2022

A HUGE shout out to RBS for volunteering services today!!! We cleared out the vegetation off the hills and harvested almost 300 lbs of vegetables which we donated to the Himalayan Project! Your group was a whirling dervish and had the garden looking spiffy in no time flat !!! Harrisburg City Farm and The Bridge thank you for your service today in helping us wind down the growing season for this year.