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2009 City Gardens Contest Winners
The PHS City Gardens Contest is a friendly competition that celebrates the efforts of Philadelphia residents. Gardeners compete for prizes in a variety of categories, from small, roof-top gardens to large community gardens that span whole city blocks. Launched in 1975, the contest now receives about 300 entries, and teams of volunteer judges visit each site during July and August. Following are the winners of the 2009 Contest. Congratulations to all who entered!
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Combination Vegetable/Flower Gardens
First place
Thomasina E. Goodwin
Diane Kunze & John Neugebauer
Toney Lucas
Debbie Rhoe
Second place
Dan Iaccio
Ian Kiesel
Mark & Kristen Ladzinski
Judy Lustig & T. J. Scully
Antoinette Russell
Third place
Cynthia Bly
Joseph Ammaturo
Cara Frank
Marianne Miller
Christine Mumbauer
Roger VanDragt
Container Gardens (Includes balconies, patios, decks, and rooftops)
First place
Craig Bailey & Norval Copeland
Nick Balko & Casey Watson
Jennifer Brandenburg & Steven Marcus
Beth Darrow
Renaldo James
Ellen Henri Hymans
Jeannette Morrissey
Brad Oister
Viery Ricketts-Thomas
Michael Sparano
Second place
Cherry Bombeck
Zelma Gorham
Jenelle Harriff
Mark Jerde
Venesse Lloyd-Sgambati
Patty Morgan
Dr. Gerald Ross, OD
Judy Schwartz
Veronica Shelton
JoAnn Stein
Reuben Wade & Janice Smith
Third place
Regan Cooper
Jason Currie
William Fisher
Sheila Kessler
Gil Ortale
Keith Peltzman
Nina Phalen & Edgar Smith
Lora Russo & Alex Duller
Brian Wormley
Flower Gardens
(Mini, small, mid-sized, large)
First place
Iris Brown
Alfred & Debbie Bilstein
Gail Chapman
Mike DiStefano
Brandon Fisher
Don Fortune
David Harwitz
Gus Scheerbaum
Susan Smith
Bernadette Parisi
Mark Vandegrift
Second Place
Conrad Booker & Adam Kantorski
Barbara Dallao
Shirley Daly
Thomas Duffy
Barbara Graham
Theresa Halbherr
Joann Hyle
Alex Myers
Ed Rice & Ken Oakes
Monica Calkins Wagner
Third place
Brian Ames
Una Esther Coyle
Earl Eberwein
Karen Eskridge
Marita Fitzpatrick
Anna Gauss
Charlie Heiser
Megan Jann
Lynn Laville-Mills
Lucille McGee
Elizabeth A. Plepis
Bernice & Jeanne Rothwarf
Valerie T. Santiago
Christopher & Emily Stromberg
Sharon Tice
Vegetable Gardens
(Small, mid-sized, large)
First place
Lawrence King
Eva Sanders
Domenico Scicchitano
Second place
Giovanni Cancelliere
Libero Cancelliere
John Caniz
Ernest Meyer
Third place
Hubert Harrison
Brandon Huber
Fred Indictor
Rosa Miriello
Denice Witkowski
Children’s Gardens
First place
Taryn JiHae Flaherty
COMMUNITY CATEGORIES
Combination Vegetable/Flower Gardens
(Includes small, mid-sized, large, very large, and first-year gardens)
First place
Aspen Farms
Bel Arbor community Garden
Capitolo Garden
Fitzwater 2000 Community Garden
Hansberry Garden & Nature Center
Las Parcelas
The Spring Gardens
Second Place
Holly St. Neighbors Community Garden
Roots Community Garden
Schuylkill River Park Community Garden
South St. Community Garden
Southwark/Queen Village Garden
Waverly St. Community Garden
55th St. & Baltimore Ave.
1035-37 S. 6th St.
Third Place
Awbury Arboretum Community Garden
Pemberton Garden
Pulaski-Zeralda Community Garden
Sloan St. Community Garden
Summer-Winter Garden
Villa Africana Colobo
2614-2620 Frankford Ave.
Flower Gardens
(Small, mid-sized, large)
First Place
The Horticulture Center Volunteer Garden
Keystone & Rawle streets
Stillman St. Garden
Second Place
Hands-On Garden of Associated Services for the Blind
Hicks St. Memory Garden
48th St. & Baltimore Ave.
Third Place
1200 S. Broad St.
1456-60 N. Hollywood St.
2056 Ellsworth St.
6614 N. 12th St.
Garden Blocks (Window boxes & sidewalk planters)
First Place
2400 block, Olive St.
Second Place
Garden District of Philadelphia
Third Place
3800 block, Baring St.
Greenest Blocks in Town
First Place
800 block, Lombard St.
4600 block, Hazel Ave.
Second Place
The English Village
3400 block, Midvale Ave.
3400 block, W. Penn St.
6200 block, Ellsworth St.
Third Place
800 block, Jeanes St.
Community Children’s Gardens
First place
Teens 4 Good
Urban Nutrition Initiative
Blaine School–Strawberry Mansion Environmental Learning Center
Second Place
100 block N. Mole St.
The Pentridge Children’s Garden
Third place
Ken Crest Kensington Center
School Gardens
First place
Greene Towne School
William McKinley Elementary School
John H. Taggart School
Second place
Richard Allen Prep Charter School
St. Francis Xavier School
Community Parks
(Small, mid-sized, large)
First Place
Cloverly Park
Fitler Square
Liberty Lands
Memory Lane/Ogden Park
Second Place
Beck Park
Cliveden Park
Friends of Bardascino Park
Friends of Campbell Square
Friends of Gorgas Park
Friends of Konrad Square
Friends of Mario Lanza Park
Palmer Park
Paolone Park
Third Place
Carroll Park
Overington Park
Royal Gardens in Morris Park
Wissinoming Park
Vegetable Gardens
First place
The Southerners
15th & Butler streets
914 S. Bodine St.
Second place
Tippy & Tula Community Garden
Warrington Community Garden
1933-1943 N. 31st St.
Third place
Seedy Acres South
12800 Townsend Rd. |
