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Join us on November 8th at the NKCDC Garden Center from 1PM-3PM for Seasons of Life, the first event in a new series centered around the process of grief, loss, and community healing.
To ensure we have enough food for everyone, please RSVP here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
NKCDC Housing Counselors will be holding homebuyer workshops for first-time home buyers in Philadelphia in November!
Sign up for one of November's Workshops here: www.eventbrite.com/o/new-kensin...
In partnership with Bennett Compost and the Fishtown Neighbor Association, NKCDC presents The Great Pumpkin Smackdown! Bring your rotting fall gourds and pumpkins to the former Greensgrow Farms from 10AM-1PM, smash them to pieces, and our friends at Bennett Compost will turn them into fertile soil!
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Join NKCDC’s Cure Violence team every Thursday from 5:30-7PM for a weekly Men’s Group Growth Circle.
Interested? Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture team next Tuesday from 4PM-5:30PM for our last art in the garden event! We’ll be making leaf lanterns and other fall themed art!
NKCDC Outdoor Programming is made possible through funding from the @williampennfoundation.
Join @phillyunknown.project and @nkcdc to celebrate the preservation of the Ruth Street Garden on October 29 from 3:30PM-5:00PM!
23.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next Tuesday, join us for our FINAL free urban botany class from our Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine , at the Former Greensgrow Farms from 1PM-3PM!
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The LIHEAP program is open from November 4th to April 10th this year. Eligible PA households can get a one-time grant of $200-$1000 to help cover costs. Our Housing Services can assist you through the process! We welcome walk-ins on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays between 9AM-11AM and 1PM-3PM.
22.10.2025 16:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture team next Tuesday from 4PM-5:30PM for another round of art in the garden! We’ll be creating leaf people and foil leaves! Spend your afternoon outside and help us create some art at Tusculum Gateway Garden!
17.10.2025 16:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We have another art in the garden event next Tuesday from 4PM-5:30PM! Join our Urban Agriculture team to paint signs that will be on display at Tusculum!
Our outdoor programming is made possible with the support of the William Penn Foundation.
NKCDC's Corridor Stewards work year-round to ensure the commercial corridors in Kensington remain clean and safe. In the month of September, they bagged 663 bags of trash along the business corridors!
09.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Come to the former Greensgrow Farms next Tuesday for another free urban botany class, taught by our Urban Agriculture Program Manager. This class will be about the laws and regulations around urban agriculture in Philadelphia.
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
Join NKCDC and @pa4moderncourts.bsky.social on October 16th for another legal information session at the Kensington Engagement Center! This month’s topic is on threats to the independence of PA’s Judiciary.
To register for the workshop with PMC, click here: www.pmconline.org/events/pmc-s...
On October 25th, ECA is holding its Fall Energy and Resource Fair at PHMC Cedar Campus Auxiliary! Stop by for resources that can help you reduce your energy bills. Click here to register: forms.gle/bsqsjP5SMu9e...
05.10.2025 16:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week we’ll be back at Tusculum Gateway Garden to make art in the garden! Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture team on Tuesday 10/7 from 4PM-5:30PM. We’ll be creating fairy and gnome houses and nature crowns!
03.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Kensington Fall Garden Tour is October 11th from 2:30PM-4:45PM! This fall will feature 3 community gardens in Kensington!
The Fall Garden Tour will all travel in one group, beginning at 2:30. Drop by and be in community with friends and neighbors on the Kensington Fall Garden Tour!
Come to the former Greensgrow Farms next Tuesday for another free urban botany class, taught by our Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine! This week we’ll be discussing green gentrification!
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
Next Tuesday we have another free urban botany class from our Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine , at the Former Greensgrow Farms! Join us on Tuesday from 1PM-3PM!
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! NKCDC is celebrating by partnering with P&S Supermarket at 3003 Frankford Avenue, on culturally relevant food tastings. Last week, our SNAP-Ed team served up Haitian pikliz, spicy Salvadoran slaw, pickled red onions on tostones!
23.09.2025 21:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture team this fall at the Tusculum Gateway Garden to create some Art in the Garden! From September through October from 4-5:30PM we’ll be at Tusculum Gateway Garden creating potato stamps, fairy houses, butterfly masks and so much more!
19.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine Reuter, for another free weekly urban botany class next Tuesday, September 23rd at the Former Greensgrow Farms!
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture and Community Gardening Initiative team is holding a free workshop on growing broccoli with DIY self-watering bucket planters! Join us at the Tusculum Gateway Garden on Saturday, September 20th from 2PM-3:30PM!
13.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This just in! There are a handful of slots open for folks to earn a certificate of completion and stipend for participating in our People-First Housing Workshop Series this fall!
09.09.2025 15:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine, for another free urban botany class on Tuesday, September 16th at the Former Greensgrow Farms!
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
Thanks to funding from the City of Philadelphia's Taking Care of Business program, NKCDC's Corridor Stewards work year-round to ensure the commercial corridors in Kensington remain clean and safe. In August they bagged 644 bags of trash along the business corridors!
05.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join NKCDC’s Nourish team and CrossFit Renaissance for Nourish & Burn, a free nutrition education and workout class happening September 20th from 11AM-1PM at 3251 Cedar St!
You can RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NKCDC Housing Counselors will be holding homebuyer workshops for first-time home buyers in Philadelphia in September!
Sign up for one of September Workshops by clicking here: www.eventbrite.com/e/first-time...
Join NKCDC’s Urban Agriculture Program Manager, Catherine Reuter, for a free weekly urban botany class on Tuesdays at the Former Greensgrow Farms, starting Tuesday, September 2nd!
Interested in joining? RSVP here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054CAE...
Our team was joined by the @ccpedu at the Kensington Engagement Center today for a workshop on emotional intelligence! This professional development opportunity is part of our ongoing commitment to be a trauma-informed and equity-focused organization. Thank you to @ccpedu for facilitating!
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Dates are still available to rent the NKCDC Garden Center this August and September! If you’d like to host your next family event, vendor market or community gathering at the garden center on the corner of Frankford Ave and Berks St, click the link below!
nkcdc.org/business-art...
