PHS Announces 2010 City Gardens Contest Winners

Blaine School-Strawberry Mansion Environmental Learning Center

PHS is honoring the contributions of hundreds of city gardeners for their efforts in transforming their own back yards, neighborhoods and communities across Philadelphia.

This year, close to 300 individuals and groups entered the 36th annual City Gardens Contest. Categories included school gardens, community parks, flower and vegetable gardens, children’s gardens, container gardens, garden blocks and – new this year – urban farms. More than 200 volunteer judges visited each site over the summer and 140 winners in 35 different categories were chosen. A full list of winners is available below.

“PHS is proud of each entrant for his and her efforts to improve their own spaces and the city through greening,” said PHS President Drew Becher. “Winners’ gardens included everything from a transformed Mt. Airy pocket park, a Roxborough resident’s ingenious vegetable roof garden and a Northeast business’ ‘cubicle farmer’s market’.”

Becher will honor the winners and present several special awards, including the annual Eugene E. Smith Memorial Award, at a luncheon at the PHS Fall Garden Festival on Sept. 11 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Launched in 1975, the City Gardens Contest is open to all Philadelphia residents and recognizes amateur gardeners for their dedication, creativity and maintenance of gardening projects in the city.

Community Children’s Garden

1ST

Morris E. Leeds Middle School

1100 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, 19138

1ST

University City High School/Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative

36th & Filbert Streets, 19104

1ST

William Cramp Elementary School

3449 Mascher Street, 19104

1ST

Honorable Luis Munoz-Marin Elementary School

3300 N. 3rd Street, 19104

1ST

Blaine School-Strawberry Mansion Environmental Learning Center

3008-3038 W. Berks Street, 19129

2ND

John F. Hartranft Elementary School

720 W. Cumberland Street, 19147

2ND

Longstreth School

N. E. Corner of 57th & Beaumont Streets, 19143

2ND

Woodford Mansion Children’s Garden

33rd & Dauphine Streets, 19132

2ND

St. Francis Xavier School

24th & Green Streets, 191930

3RD

Kencrest Services

McFerran Street, 19140

3RD

John Barry Elementary School

5900 Race Street, 19131

Honorable Mention

Greene Towne School , 19130

Honorable Mention

Ken-Crest West Center

5900 Elmwood Avenue

Community Combination Garden (Flower and Vegetable)

1ST LARGE

Southwark Queen Village, 19106

1ST LARGE

Jannahtain Community Garden, 19140

2ND LARGE

Carrie B. Bush, 19143

3Rd LARGE

Semilla Arts Initiative Garden

4th & Somerset Streets, 19133

1ST MID-SIZE

South Street Community Garden

831-839 South Street, 19147

2ND MID-SIZE

Bel Arbor Community Garden

1010-1040 Kimball Street, 19147

2ND MID-SIZE

Roots Community Garden

6th & Spencer Streets, 19120

3RD MID-SIZE

Capitolo Garden

10th & Federal Streets, 19147

3RD MID-SIZE

Pulaski-Zeralda Community Garden

4537-39 Pulaski Avenue, 19144

1ST SMALL

19147 Ellen Greenberg, 19147

1ST SMALL

Stephen Maciejewski

Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden

2042-44 Fitzwater Street, 19146

2ND SMALL

Winnie Harris & Phyllis Hinnant

Holly Street Neighbors Community Garden, 19104

3RD SMALL

Cara Carroccia

Waverly Street Community Garden

1131 Waverly Street, 19147

3RD SMALL

Hilary Pearson

Sloan Street Community Garden

326 N. Sloan Street, 19104

HM SMALL

Ekeoma Ekeleme Washington

Clivden Park 19144

1ST VERY-LG

Jeff Janoski/The Spring Gardens

18th & Wallace Streets, 19130

2ND VERY-LG

Derek Freres

Schuylkill River Park Community Garden

25th & Manning Streets, 19146

3RD VERY-LG

Roscoe C. Williams

Awbury Arboretum Community Garden

6300 Ardleigh Street, 19119

Community Flower Garden

1ST MID-SIZE

Kevin Gorman

Corner of 3rd & St. James through Philip Place

3rd Street & St. James Place, 19146

2ND MID-SIZE

Marta E. Rivas-Olmeda

Kings Court English House Garden Club, 19104

1ST SMALL

Mary Ward-Bucher

Hicks Street Memory Garden

1835 S. Hicks Street, 19145

2ND SMALL

Jane Gourley

Stillman Street Garden

846 N. Stillman Street , 19130

3RD SMALL

Blaise Syrnick

Umbria Street Neighbors Assoc.

Umbria & Fountain Streets, 19127

1ST SPEC. NEEDS-LG

Michele Cheng

Programs Employing People

1200 S. Broad Street – courtyard, 19146

1ST SPEC. NEEDS-LG

Peggy Garrett

Hands-on Garden of Associated Services for the Blind

Horticultural Ctr. – Montgomery & Horticultural Drive, 19118

Garden Blocks

1ST

Kimberly Miller

500 Block of Kauffman Street, 19147

2ND

Richard Cavalli

The English Village

2100 Block of St. James Place

The English Village, 19103

3RD GB

Paula Hudy

1500 Block E. Berks Street, 19125

Greenest Block

1ST Mary Yee, 4600 Block of Hazel Avenue,19143

2ND Marian Darlington, Lombard Mews Courtyard, 19147

2ND Jill Swavely, 2900 Block of Cambridge Street, 19130

3RD Holly Keefe, 700 Block of Sears Street, 19147

3RD Cynthia Kishinchand, 3100 Block of West Coulter Street, 19129

3RD John Steptoe, 6200 Block of Ellsworth Street, 19143

3RD Mark Vandegrift, 8000 Block of Jeanes Street, 19111

HM Scott Diskin, 800 Block of Hancock Street, 19147

Community Park

1ST LARGE

Karen Sears

Friends of Gorgas Park

6498 Ridge Avenue, 19128

2ND LARGE

Mark Kearney

Cloverly Park

Wissahickon Avenue and Schoolhouse Lane, 19144

3RD LARGE

Ekeoma Ekeleme Washington

Cliveden Park

6415 Musgrave Street, 19144

1ST MID-SIZE

Pat Henningsen

Fitler Square

23rd & Pine Streets (East Garden)

24th & Pine (West Garden)

19146

2ND MID-SIZE

Susan Manning

Friends of Campbell Square

Belgrade Street & Allegheny Avenue , 19134

3RD MID-SIZE

Janet E. Finegar

Liberty Lands 913-961 N. 3rd Street, 19123

1ST SMALL

Carla Puppin

Friends of Bardascino Park

10th & Carpenter Streets, 19147

1ST SMALL

Eric Sternfels

Ned Wolf Park

McCallum & W. Ellet Streets, 19119

2ND SMALL

Stanislas Devigne

Rodman Street Park

1700 Block of Rodman Street , 19146

3RD SMALL

Greg Line

Beck Park

Northeast Corner of 2nd & Beck Streets, 19147

Community Vegetable

1ST LARGE

Jessica Hall

Liberty Lands Garden

900 Block of N. 3rd Street, 19125

2ND LARGE

Darlene Marcus

Glenwood Green Acres

18th & Glenwood Avenue, 19132

1ST MID-SIZE

Nicholas Roush

Tippy & Tula Community Garden

132 W. Apsley Street, 19144

2ND MID-SIZE

Philadelphia Federal Credit Union Garden/Catherine Nino

12800 Townsend Road, 19146

3RD MID-SIZE

Flossie Hendricks

15th & Butler Streets, 19140

3RD MID-SIZE

Elizabeth Vecchione

Roxborough Presbyterian Church, 19128

Individual Children’s Garden

1ST The Jones Kids, 19151

2ND Calina Hall, 19145

Individual Combination Gardens (Flower and Vegetable)

1ST LARGE Toney Lucas, 19131

2ND LARGE Jill P. Murray , 19119

3RD LARGE Anthony DiLisio, 19136

HM LARGE Janet Grace & Paul Welde, 19129

HM LARGE Mindy Silver, 19119

1ST MID-SIZE Earl Eberwein, 19118

2ND MID-SIZE Joseph Ammaturo, 19115

2ND MID-SIZE Judy Sally, 19124

3RD MID-SIZE Karena Thurston, 19143

3RD MID-SIZE Chris Vanhorn, 19111

HM MID-SIZE Cynthia Bly, 19111

HM MID-SIZE Derrick Pelczar, 19135

1ST SMALL Thomasina E. Goodwin, 19132

1ST SMALL Roger VanDragt, 19130

2ND SMALL Laura Martin, 19130

3RD SMALL Cara Frank, 19146

3RD SMALL David A. Thomas, 19114

HM SMALL Amanda Brannan, 19135

HM SMALL Scott Diskin, 19147

HM SMALL Megan Elliott, 19146

Individual Container Garden

1ST BALCONY Judy Knapp Schwartz, 19131

2ND BALCONY Ellen Henri Hymans, 19131

3RD BALCONY Jason Currie & Vanessa Gutin, 19148

1ST COM-CONT Janet Mason, 2101 Cooperative Rooftop Garden, 19103

2ND COM-CONT Ann Robinson, The Watermark at Logan Square, 19103

HM COM-CONT Andrew & Becky Marx, 19146

1ST DECK Dianne Reed, 19103

2ND DECK Jackie Rucinski, 19154

3RD DECK Eileen Gargano, 19148

3RD ENTRY-WY Eileen Jones, 19151

1ST ENTRY-WY Renaldo James, 19139

2ND ENTRY-WY Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, 19151

2ND ENTRY-WY Viery Ricketts-Thomas, 19151

3RD ENTRY-WY Barbara Kinney, 19111

HM ENTRY-WY Michael Sparano & Rocco Giancaterino, 19103

1ST PATIO-LG Sylvia & John Marchiafava, 19147

2ND PATIO-LG Jeanne Goldberg, 19106

1ST PATIO-SM Pamela J. Covey, 19146

2ND PATIO-SM Regan Cooper, 19147

2ND PATIO-SM Brian Watkins, 19122

3RD PATIO-SM Linda Laska, 19148

HM PATIO-SM Ed Mitinger, 19148

1ST ROOFTOP Nina Phalen & Edgar Smith, 19125

2ND ROOFTOP Brad Oister, 19147

3RD ROOFTOP Jim Maloney, 19127

Individual Flower Garden

1ST LARGE Ivey Galitan, 19111

1ST LARGE Charlie Heiser, 19119

2ND LARGE George M. Eberhardt, 19128

2ND LARGE Myrna C. Roach, 19151

3RD LARGE Mark Brack, 19104

3RD LARGE Elizabeth Burke, 19146

3RD LARGE Joan Smalarz, 19111

3RD LARGE Donald Tester, 19128

HM LARGE Cathleen McCoy, 19129

HM LARGE Caroline Meline, 19144

1ST MID-SIZE Iris Brown, 19122

1ST MID-SIZE Jason Crawford, 19111

2ND MID-SIZE Margaret & Sidney Kanefsky, 19149

3RD MID-SIZE Thomas H. Taylor, 19152

HM MID-SIZE Javier Rivera, 19122

HM MID-SIZE Bernice and Jeanne Rothwarf, 19111

HM MID-SIZE Richard & Terry White, 19138

1ST MINI Brian Ames, 19119

1ST MINI Mark Vandegrift, 19111

2ND MINI Gabrielle Moore, 19144

3RD MINI Carolyn Mulderig, 19111

3RD MINI Gregory Smith, 19142

HM MINI Monica Calkins Wagner, 19139

HM MINI Lucille McGee, 19131

1ST SMALL Bruce Benedon, 19104

1ST SMALL Gail Chapman, 19147

1ST SMALL Mark Jerde, 19127

1ST SMALL Julia O’Connell, 19118

1ST SMALL Gerald Ross, OD, 19145

2ND SMALL Carrie Borgenicht, 19147

2ND SMALL Kathleen Mickells, 19125

3RD SMALL Linda Blythe, 19104

3RD SMALL Sherree Kopple, 19116

3RD SMALL Elizabeth A. Plepis, 19142

HM SMALL Carol Weisl, 19119

HM SMALL Barbara Willis-Powell, 19140

1ST VERY-LG Alfred & Debbie Bilstein, 19128

2ND VERY-LG Don Fortune, 19114

3RD VERY-LG Janet Stotland, 19104

Individual Vegetable

1ST LARGE Brandon Huber, Benjamin Rush State Park Gardens, 19154

1ST LARGE John Masterson,Benjamin Rush State Park Gardens, 19154

2ND LARGE Fred Indictor, 19115

1ST MID-SIZE John Milko, 19111

2ND MID-SIZE Rosa Miriello, 19135

3RD MID-SIZE Tania Ciolko, 19114

1ST SMALL Lawrence King, 19150

2ND SMALL Ian & Sarah Kiesel, 19146

3RD SMALL Martin Dwyer, 19154

Urban Farm

1ST Susan McLaughlin, Penn Street Garden, 19144

2ND

Jamie McKnight/Federation of Neighborhood Centers/Teens 4 Good

8th & Poplar and 12th & Parrish Streets, 19123

3RD Jacob Bortman, 19121

3RD Erica A.Smith, 19143

HM Patrick Dunn, Emerald Street Urban Farm, 19125