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"Staff"
  • Staff   100
  • Members 14,000
  • Budget   $17M
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"Education Services/Publications"
  • Education Services/Publications
  • Meadowbrook Farm
  • Philadelphia Flower Show
  • Philadelphia Green
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"Lectures/Tours/Events/City Gardens Contest"
  • Lectures/Tours/Events/City Gardens Contest
  • Library (13,000 volumes)
  • Green Scene Magazine
  • Gold Medal Program
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"Donated to PHS in 2004"

  • Donated to PHS in 2004
  • $1M retail operation
  • Flower Show forcing greenhouses
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"Attendance"
  • Attendance     250,000


  • Room Nights     24,000


  • Economic Impact     $25 Million
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"2,500 Stories Nationwide"
  • 2,500 Stories Nationwide
  • New York Times
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post


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Street Trees
  • VALUE
  • Quick impact
  • Instant improvement, gets better over time
  • Good for high density blocks
  • Easy maintenance, depends on individual
  • Increase property values by 9%
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Container Plantings
  • VALUE
  • Easy to do
  • Instant improvement
  • Cheap to expensive
  • Easy maintenance, depends on individual
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Gateways and Transportation Corridors
  • VALUE
  • High profile, public oriented
  • Reflects quality of life in the community
  • Opportunity for recognition / sponsorship
  • Good garden club project
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Key Civic Spaces
  • VALUE
  • High profile, public oriented
  • Reflects quality of life in the community
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Community Gardens
  • VALUE
  • Big impact on community dynamics
  • Great social space
  • Relatively low cost
  • Opportunity to harvest… learn
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Parks Revitalization
  • VALUE
  • Key part of urban infrastructure
  • Jurisdiction and responsibility in place (the town)
  • Great venue aesthetically / socially
  • Easy to organize around park
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Vacant Land Stabilization
  • VALUE
  • Removes blight
  • Low level treatment
  • Immediate impact
  • Easy maintenance
  • Opportunity for open space use
  • Relatively cheap
  • 30-64% increase in property value
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