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Poppies at Borough Hall Raised Bed May 2012

  SHS Gardens 

        "Flowers are my music." 
             - Sir Thomas Arnold


        
SHS maintains 13 public gardens in Swarthmore: Gateway Park, Centennial Park, Alex's Garden at the Post Office, the Co-op flower bed, the Clock Tower garden, the War Memorial Garden, Lincoln Way Garden, the Town Center Container Gardens, the Central Park planters, and 4 gardens adjacent to Borough Hall.   


PictureChangeover Day at Library East Garden - May 2013
Each of our gardens receives a makeover twice a year--spring and fall--on a "Changeover Day" organized by the garden managers.  And so, each garden changes with each season. If you'd like to see photos of the different iterations of our gardens since 2011, click on the following links:
❀ 2016 Gardens
❀ 2015 Gardens
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2014 Gardens        

❀ 2013 Gardens
❀ 2012 Gardens
❀ 2011 Gardens


Our Garden Managers

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Each of our 13 gardens has a Garden Manager who oversees the design, planting, and maintenance of the garden, with the assistance of a team of volunteers. These GMs are the ones who really carry out our primary mission - making Swarthmore bloom!
​Many, many thanks to our hard-working, creative, inspirational Garden Managers!

​← There's no off-season for a GM!
     Grace and Sharon, with Charles Cresson, inspect a tree at the Lincoln Way Garden. 

The Garden Managers for the 2024 Season:
  • Borough Hall Raised Bed - Mimi Nenno
  • Library Window Garden - Katie Crawford & Jennifer Pfluger
  • Library Wall Garden - Jennifer Pennington
  • Park Avenue Pollinator Garden - Ruba Ahmed
  • War Memorial Garden - Andrew Bunting 
  • Centennial Park Garden - Kit Raven and Liz Garnett
  • Co-op Garden - Judy Penney and Julia Fries
  • Lincoln Way Garden - Sharon Mester & Grace Evangelista
  • Clock Tower Plaza Garden - Karen Peichel & Kim Scott
  • Alex's Garden at the Post Office - Ron Ricchezza
  • Sidewalk Planters - Anne Papa
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Mimi (& Anne Papa) at Raised Bed
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Bill at Butterfly Garden
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Above: Judy Penney. At left: Thomas Hawkins at War Memorial Garden
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Grace at Lincoln Way Garden
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