We will return to UTC on Saturday, September 25 to help with the harvesting of their crop, which feeds local residents in need through neighborhood food banks. In 2020, Urban Tree farms and gardens provided 5760 pounds of food to the neighborhood. If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Karl Miller (karl.miller@fpcphila.org) or Jen Johnson (jen.johnson@fpcphila.org).

Participants are asked to dress comfortably, bring water along with the completed CDC FACILITIES COVID-19 screening form. (If the temperature is over 90 degrees or raining with thunder/ lightning, the event will be rescheduled.)

The Urban Tree Connection (UTC) is a 501(c)(3) community-based organization, whose mission is to build a neighborhood rooted food and land system through community leadership development and land-based strategies in West Philadelphia. Over the last two decades, UTC has partnered with residents of West Philadelphia's Haddington neighborhood to develop and sustain community-driven greening and gardening projects. Their network of garden and farm sites are spaces for communal growing, gathering and education that fosters deep community engagement and leadership development of residents all ages, to build healthy sustainable community.