EPA Grant Cuts Leave Philadelphia Community Projects At Bartram's Garden And Elsewhere In Limbo

CBS Philadelphia

April 3, 2025

Bartram's Garden, a 50-acre botanical garden and public park in Southwest Philadelphia, is dealing with the sudden loss of a $500,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant, which staff had planned to use to fund initiatives to improve the region's tree canopy and food security.

The grant, awarded last spring, was designed to fund 50 paid internships for young Philadelphians to plant trees in neighborhoods lacking greenery such as Kingsessing, Eastwick and Elmwood Park. It is also intended to provide 120 home garden beds to help underserved families grow their own food.

But last week, Bartram's Garden received a "stop work order" from the EPA.

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