The Community Garden

Award Winning Chester Eastside, Inc. Community Garden

The Chester Eastside, Inc. Community Garden is an important staple in the nonprofit. Our dedicated volunteers and the students part of the After School Program, help supply the Food Pantry and the “Pay As You Can” Vegetable Stand. The students also take a portion of the harvest home to their families or it is used during the nutrition/health eating segment of the After School Program. In the garden’s true community spirit, several beds are tended by local families.

In 2024 the garden produced 1392 pounds of food that was distributed to the wider community. 

Most excitingly, The garden was awarded first place for the Children’s Garden award by the Penn State Delaware County Master Gardeners in 2023. The garden also ranked fifth in 2021 among the 2,600 community distribution sites registered with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Team program.