{"id":168660,"date":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168660\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","slug":"urban-gardening-ideas-to-get-growing-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168660\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Gardening Ideas to Get Growing in Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to have acres of land to cultivate your own fruits, flowers, and vegetables in Philly. Small urban spaces are ripe for abundant, hearty growth. All you need is some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/urban-gardening-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">garden design inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sources for Plants, Trees, Flowers, and SeedsContainer Gardening Ideas<\/p>\n<p>Just because you don&#8217;t own a plot of land doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t experience the joys of gardening. Container gardens are easy, attractive ways to bring beauty and color to your urban landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Practical container plants include herbs such as rosemary, basil, and oregano. You can also grow various vegetables in containers, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, and garlic.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to consider proper lighting, pot sizes, and plant choices before you start planting.<\/p>\n<p>Pollinator Gardens<\/p>\n<p>As we think about the health and vitality of our natural world, creating a pollinator garden is an easy way to boost environmental sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Longwood Gardens expert Pandora Young, who serves as senior land stewardship technician for the Kennett Square-based horticultural paradise, offers ideas to get started. Young recommends selecting native plants, choosing diverse plantings, and creating year-round pollinator habitats.<\/p>\n<p>To encourage visits from pollinators throughout the year, focus on seasonal pollinator-friendly plants: Virginia bluebell in spring, coral honeysuckle in summer, witch hazel in fall, and wild bergamot stems in winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t have to have acres of land to cultivate your own fruits, flowers, and vegetables in Philly.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-168660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-philadelphia","9":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","10":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}