Hansberry Garden & Nature Center

Hansberry Garden & Nature Center We are a community garden and resource for environmental education in the heart of Northwest Philadelphia, in Germantown, located at 5150 Wayne Avenue.

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization invested in our community through organic gardening, the City Harvest Program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and educational programs for children and adults. The history of HGNC began in 1981 with a demonstration garden at 5150 Wayne Avenue under a federal grant through Neighbors Community Program. In the 1990s the city razed the house at 514

8 Wayne Avenue, making the garden at 5150 impossible to use. Former garden members and neighbors joined in 2001 to develop a vision of a community garden and nature center that would serve the Germantown community. In 2002, the Hansberry Garden & Nature Center Steering Committee was formed and began clearing the land, organizing, and fundraising. Later that year, Philadelphia Green put up a fence, and raised beds were built with funds from Community Gardens Project. The Hansberry Garden & Nature Center, Inc. became designated a 501(c)(3) organization under federal law in July of 2004. In 2008, 5148 Wayne Avenue was purchased by HGNC, and the city recently turned over the deed to 5148.

These tomatoes and peppers from Basement Growing will be even bigger and better at the Hansberry Garden Plant Fair and B...
04/23/2025

These tomatoes and peppers from Basement Growing will be even bigger and better at the Hansberry Garden Plant Fair and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 10!

It's almost time! We have a great list of vendors who will be selling food plants, perennials, annuals, herbs, houseplan...
04/21/2025

It's almost time! We have a great list of vendors who will be selling food plants, perennials, annuals, herbs, houseplants, cut flowers, and of course delicious baked treats. Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 10.

A variety of vendors will join Hansberry Garden volunteers to offer plants, plant-related items and home-baked treats at the annual Hansberry Garden & Nature Center Plant Fair and Bake Sale on …

Thanks to everyone who came out for our postponed Tend the Garden Day this afternoon. We got a lot done!!
04/13/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out for our postponed Tend the Garden Day this afternoon. We got a lot done!!

What an exciting winter meeting with community gardeners from all around Philadelphia! We're pumped for the 2025 garden...
02/21/2025

What an exciting winter meeting with community gardeners from all around Philadelphia! We're pumped for the 2025 gardening season.

If you donate to our SeedMoney campaign before noon on Friday, Nov. 22, you can help us win a $100 prize! The top 50 gar...
11/20/2024

If you donate to our SeedMoney campaign before noon on Friday, Nov. 22, you can help us win a $100 prize! The top 50 gardens will win the prize; right now we're within range at number 65. Our campaign will fund a project to distribute plants to our Germantown neighbors (and other things, if we exceed our goal for the project). Donate through our SeedMoney page at https://donate.seedmoney.org/11033/hansberry-community-garden
Thanks to those who have given already!!

What a beautiful afternoon for music and poetry in the garden! Come by Hansberry Garden today at 5 for a Fringe Festival...
09/08/2024

What a beautiful afternoon for music and poetry in the garden! Come by Hansberry Garden today at 5 for a Fringe Festival performance by re:claim.

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 08/23/2024 -
08/23/2024

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 08/23/2024 -

On Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. (rain date: Oct. 27 at the same time) Hansberry Garden and Nature Center will formally dedicate its Dr. Edward Chun amphitheater.

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 08/11/2024 -
08/11/2024

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 08/11/2024 -

What can a community garden teach us about the ecosystem of our neighborhood over time? Re:claim, a collaboration between poet Heather Bowlan and violinist Melinda Rice, will explore this question with a performance at Hansberry Garden at 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 (rain date: 5 p.m. on Sept. 22). Reserve a....

Plant Fair and Bake Sale in full swing at Hansberry Garden! Come on by for vegetable starts, perennials, herbs, housepla...
05/11/2024

Plant Fair and Bake Sale in full swing at Hansberry Garden! Come on by for vegetable starts, perennials, herbs, houseplants, and more!

Remember the fabulous PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE at Hansberry Garden? Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., it will be back and...
05/10/2024

Remember the fabulous PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE at Hansberry Garden? Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., it will be back and better than ever, with hundreds of varieties of vegetable starts, herbs, bedding annuals, perennials, houseplants and supplies, cut flowers and bouquets, handmade pots and birdhouses!! Please spread the word and stop by the garden, at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Hansberry Street.

Remember the fabulous PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE at Hansberry Garden? Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m/, it will be back and...
05/10/2024

Remember the fabulous PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE at Hansberry Garden? Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m/, it will be back and better than ever, with hundreds of varieties of vegetable starts, herbs, bedding annuals, perennials, houseplants and supplies, cut flowers and bouquets, handmade pots and birdhouses!! Please spread the word and stop by the garden, at the corner of Wayne Avenue and Hansberry Street.

Our annual PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE is Saturday, May 11 -- the day before Mother's Day. Stop by the garden (5150 Wayne A...
04/24/2024

Our annual PLANT FAIR and BAKE SALE is Saturday, May 11 -- the day before Mother's Day. Stop by the garden (5150 Wayne Avenue, entrance on Hansberry Street) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pick up some of these goodies:
- Cut flowers and bouquets
- Vegetable seedlings of many kinds
- Houseplants
- Perennials, including many shade-loving plants
- Potted herbs
- Tasty home-baked treats!!
https://www.hansberrygarden.org/2024-05-11-plant-fair-and-bake-sale-at-hansberry-garden/

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 04/09/2024 -
04/09/2024

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 04/09/2024 -

Several vendors will join Hansberry Garden volunteers to offer a variety of plants, plant-related items and home-baked treats at the annual Hansberry Garden & Nature Center Plant Fair and Bake Sale on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Garden (5150 Wayne Avenue, in Philadelphia’...

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 02/29/2024 -
02/29/2024

News and Events at Hansberry Garden for 02/29/2024 -

Hansberry Garden & Nature Center is now accepting applications for membership for the 2024 gardening season. Both returning members and new recruits are strongly encouraged to meet the HGNC community at our annual Spring Gathering on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. Weather permitting, the....

Cherron Perry-Thomas and her daughter Amma helped create Hansberry Garden when Amma was a little girl. Now Amma is all g...
02/27/2024

Cherron Perry-Thomas and her daughter Amma helped create Hansberry Garden when Amma was a little girl. Now Amma is all grown up, and she and her mom are still bringing people together through plants. Hear them talk about it at the PHS Flower Show at 2 p.m. this March 2!

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5150 Wayne Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19144

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+12672258217

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