POP has planted orchards with a diverse range of community-based organizations throughout Philadelphia.

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• Richard Allen Orchard, West Philadelphia.  Planted in collaboration with staff and students from Growing Minds program of the Richard Allen Preparatory Charter School.  The orchard is part of a larger environmental landscape plan developed by OLIN and Growing Minds.  Produce will be distributed to students and their families.
• Cambria Orchard, Kensington. Circle Venture, a faith-based organization, maintains this orchard and an adjacent play space for children in the neighborhood. The harvest is distributed to the children’s families and other neighbors.
• Chester Avenue Orchard, Squirrel Hill. The Chester Avenue Community Garden is preserved in the Neighborhood Gardens Association. The harvest is distributed to gardeners and food banks.
• Grupo Motivos Orchard, Norris Square. Grupo Motivos, the women’s collective of the Norris Square Neighborhood Project, are expanding their landmark community garden into a greater engine of neighborhood food security. The harvest is distributed to neighbors and used in cultural and culinary programs at Norris Square.
• Hartranft Elementary School Orchard, North Philadelphia. Students and teachers at Hartranft ES maintain this orchard as part of their science and environmental education programs. POP collaborated with the Mural Arts Program and PlaySpace in this schoolyard greening project, which included de-paving part of the parking lot.
• New Africa Orchard, West Philadelphia. The New Africa Center and Muslim American Museum maintains this orchard and distributes the harvest through its youth programs.
• Nicetown CDC Orchard, Nicetown. This orchard is part of a new community garden developed by Nicetown Community Development Corporation. The harvest is distributed to gardeners and neighbors.
• Secret Garden at Greenfield Elementary School, Center City. Students and teachers at Greenfield use their Secret Garden and its harvest for environmental education.
• Teens 4 Good Orchard, Poplar. Teens 4 Good runs youth entrepreneurship programs that sell produce to local restaurants and at City Hall Farmers Market. Proceeds are reinvested in youth programs.
• United Communities Orchard, South Philadelphia. The Southeast Philadelphia Collaborative and United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia maintain POP’s first orchard through their youth gardening programs. This orchard is unfenced for free harvest by neighbors.
• POP Display Orchard, United States Botanic Garden, Washington DC. The US Botanic Garden invited POP to plant a permaculture orchard in the “One Planet-Ours” exhibit of sustainable strategies for the 22nd century (May 24-October 13, 2008). At the close of the exhibit POP brought the plants back to Philadelphia for planting here.
• Fair Hill Burial Ground, North Philadelphia. Friends of Fair Hill Burial Ground added an orchard to the community garden on the edge of their landmark cemetery, where famous abolitionists rest. Youth involved in Fair Hill's environmental education programs share the harvest with their families and neighbors.
• Francisville Orchard, Francisville. The Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation and Community Ventures teamed up with POP to plant this orchard. Their long-term vision is to bring back the vineyards and agriculture of this lower North Philadelphia neighborhood once home to agricultural estates.
• Martin Luther King High School Farm, West Oak Lane. Student farmers from King and their colleagues from Weavers Way Farm add kiwis, cranberries, and blueberries to the vegetable crops they grow and sell at City Hall Farmers Market. Proceeds help sustain this educational farm.
• Woodford Orchard, Fairmount Park. East Park Revitalization Alliance, Fairmount Park, and the Naomi Wood Trust collaborated with POP to begin bringing orchards back to the Strawberry Mansion section of the park, which was once dotted with agricultural estates. EPRA's youth programs will maintain and use the orchard for learning and eating.